Bird Island

OLIVIA — A 25-years-long effort to develop a trail linking the Renville County communities of Olivia and Bird Island may now be just a few years from happening. On a unanimous vote, the Area Transportation Partnership board approved $600,000 in funding for the project, contingent...

ST. PAUL — The BOLD Schools in Bird Island and Olivia will receive funds through the federal Safe Routes to School program. The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced on Friday that $4.8 million in federal grants will be awarded to 138 schools in 50 communities. A trail...

SAINT PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed two Renville County residents to the Board of Water and Soil Resources. The governor’s office announced Friday the appointments of Kathryn Kelly, Olivia, and Douglas Erickson, Bird Island. Kelly is a member of the board for the Renville...

Delivery of the West Central Tribune this morning has been delayed in some areas due to the blizzard conditions. Tribune subscribers will have late delivery this morning in the towns of Bird Island, Olivia, Hector, Cosmos, Blomkest, Lake Lillian, Renville and Prinsburg. The...

OLIVIA — The ProAg of Renville County annual meeting will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at Max’s Grill in Olivia. The featured speakers will be Dave Scheibel and Joel Mathiowetz, who will speak about their trip to China with the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and how checkoff dollars...

BIRD ISLAND — A rural Lake Lillian man was taken to Renville County Hospital & Clinics in Olivia and then flown by air ambulance to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale for treatment of injuries sustained when his vehicle crashed into a semi truck around 4 p.m. northwest...

John Domeier, manager of Bird Island-Hawk Creek Mutual Insurance Company of Bird Island, received a 2013 President’s Club plaque from Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company. The plaque recognizes the company’s achievement, ranking among Grinnell Mutual’s top 50 agencies...

OLIVIA -- After a series of starts and stops spanning more than two decades, there's optimism that the timing is right to develop a recreational trail linking Bird Island and Olivia. An ad hoc committee of trail supporters from the two communities is moving forward with plans to...

BUFFALO LAKE — Buffalo Lake’s famous singer of the national anthem performed for fans at the Minnesota Timberwolves game on March 30. McKaia Ryberg, 14, was absolutely in her glory singing at the start of the game, said her parents, Brian and Sandy Ryberg. The young singer has...

WILLMAR — Michael Jon Underland, 29, of Bird Island, was sentenced Monday to 68 months in prison on a felony second-degree assault charge for stabbing a man in the abdomen in February 2012 at a rural Spicer residence. As part of his sentence handed down by District Judge Donald...

BIRD ISLAND -- Due to the weather, the All Ag Celebration that had been scheduled for tonight has been moved to Tuesday night at the Island Ballroom in Bird Island. Everything will stay the same for the fundraising event that begins at 5 p.m. Proceeds go to ag scholarships, ag education...

WILLMAR — A District Court jury found Michael Jon Underland, 29, of Bird Island, guilty Tuesday of second- and third-degree assault for stabbing a man in the abdomen in February 2012 at a rural Spicer residence. The verdicts came after a one-day jury trial before District Judge...

OLIVIA — Aspirations to develop a recreational trail to link the Renville County communities of Bird Island and Olivia are being revived. More than two dozen supporters of the idea joined a meeting of the Olivia and Bird Island park boards last week in Olivia to explore the possibility....

OLIVIA — A community notification meeting regarding Jeffrey Joseph Lingl will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 7 the Bird Island Municipal Building. According to Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable, the release of information about Lingl is required by the state statute that authorizes law enforcement...