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Update: Willmar man killed in Cosmos crash

COSMOS -- The Minnesota State Patrol has identified the man killed in a one-vehicle crash Monday along State Highway 4 south of Cosmos as Brandon James Binger, 27, of Willmar...

news / region / state Tue, Jul 12, 2011 - 3:59pm

Fatal Cosmos crash under investigation

COSMOS -- The death of a driver in a one-vehicle crash discovered around 11:20 a.m. Monday along State Highway 4 south of Cosmos is under investigation by the State Patrol...

news / region / state Tue, Jul 12, 2011 - 9:00am

Lietzau Taxidermy in Cosmos lost its roof as a result of a fire late Monday night. Furs and pelts also were damaged. (Tribune photo by TJ Jerke)

Fire damages Lietzau Taxidermy building in Cosmos, Minn.

COSMOS -- A fire late Monday night caused damage to the roof of Lietzau Taxidermy in Cosmos. Owner Chuck Lietzau said he woke up to a phone call around midnight...

news / region Wed, Jul 06, 2011 - 12:00am

Karen and Doug Adams launched the Adams wind farm as an opportunity to harvest the wind and as a value-added investment for their children and grandchildren. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Meeker County is home to one of state's largest community-based wind projects

COSMOS -- Not since sod buster days has the start of a new farm generated this much interest in Meeker County. In this case, it's two farms. More than 500...

business / region / community Tue, Jul 05, 2011 - 12:00am

Power now restored to most of western Minn. after storm

BIRD ISLAND -- The people of Bird Island have electricity again, but will spend the coming weeks and months cleaning up fallen trees and repairing damaged buildings. "It's going to...

news / region Tue, Jul 05, 2011 - 12:00am

Xcel crews working today in Belview, Bird Island, Hector and Cosmos to restore power after storm

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Electricity has been restored for most of the 100,000 Xcel Energy customers who lost power during the storms that moved through the state on Friday, but crews...

news / region / state Mon, Jul 04, 2011 - 11:12am

Pea to baseball-size hail reported in Meeker County in central Minn.

LITCHFIELD -- The storms that swept through western Minnesota on Friday afternoon and evening brought pea to baseball-size hail in Meeker County. Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin said damage was...

news / region Sat, Jul 02, 2011 - 3:00am

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Goracke named K-6 principal at ACGC

GROVE CITY -- Kodi Goracke has been hired as the new K-6 grade principal at the Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District. The ACGC School Board unanimously approved her appointment on Monday...

news Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Shutdown could force schools to borrow money for payroll

GROVE CITY -- Sherri Broderius has a stack of papers an inch thick on her desk that the state Attorney General was required to send government entities regarding temporary funding...

news / local Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Atwater Baseball Association hosting supper, silent auction

The Atwater Baseball Association is hosting its annual supper and silent auction from 5:30-8 p.m. on April 1 at the Atwater Community Center. Proceeds for the free-will donation event benefit...

sports Fri, Mar 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Ninth grade student Larry Bomstad uses his cell phone Wednesday to cast votes in an interactive poll as part of the presentation. Bomstad and his fellow ACGC students heard a presentation on the dangers of a digital footprint and social networks. The presenter was Dave Eisenmann, director of instructional technology and media services at the Minnetonka school district. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

ACGC students hear about risks of using social media: Message to teachers

GROVE CITY -- Unlike footprints in the snow that are quickly blown away in the wind, the digital footprints people leave behind when they post a photo on Facebook or...

news / local Sat, Feb 26, 2011 - 12:00am

Cosmos firefighters spay water on the smoldering rubble that just a few hours before was the Cosmos Library. A fire broke out in the library's basement sometime during the night, destroying the building and its contents. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Cosmos library lost to fire

COSMOS -- An early morning fire Thursday destroyed the Cosmos Public Library and forced residents in a neighboring building to evacuate their second-floor apartments. "A huge loss,'' said Mayor Rich...

news / local / life Fri, Feb 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Smoke rises from the scene of the library fire in Cosmos Thursday morning. The fire was reported about 5:11 a.m. and the roof collapse about 7 a.m. Reader photo by Jocelynn Buckentin

Update: Cosmos library destroyed in early morning fire

Update 9:30 a.m.

news Thu, Feb 24, 2011 - 11:32am

ACGC, Foley meet for West Central mat championship

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, the West Central South Conference wrestling champion, will face North champion Foley tonight in the overall conference championship match in Foley. ACGC (19-0) is ranked No. 2 in...

sports / prep / sports Tue, Feb 01, 2011 - 12:00am

Seven ACGC students and one parent spent Wednesday conducting a sit-in at the high school to protest the possible closure of ACGC South Elementary in Cosmos. The ACGC School Board is expected to make a decision Monday about whether to move classes from the south building to ACGC North in Atwater. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

ACGC students stage sit-in to protest possible Cosmos elementary closure

GROVE CITY -- Their numbers were small but the passion of a handful of Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City students ran high Wednesday as the group conducted a peaceful sit-in at the high...

news / local Thu, Dec 16, 2010 - 12:00am

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