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School levy overwhelmingly approved in BOLD district in western Minn.

OLIVIA -- Voters in the BOLD School District today overwhelmingly approved extending an existing $700 per pupil levy for six years. The vote tally was 607 yes and 104 no...

news / region / education Tue, Nov 08, 2011 - 9:23pm

Zaeska gets ace at Island Pine

Dave Zaeska made a hole-in-one at Island Pine Golf Club in Atwater on Sunday. He used a gap wedge from 130 yards on No. 7 for his second lifetime ace.

sports Tue, Aug 30, 2011 - 12:00am

(Tribune photo by Rand Middleton)
Raymond Rockets starting pitcher Jordan Smith delivers against the Bird Island Bullfrogs in the third inning Sunday in Eden Valley. The junior at Minnesota-Duluth gave up a lead-off homer to Mark Neubauer but nothing more.

Amateur Baseball: Raymond, Sacred Heart to meet next Saturday in 11C with spot in state tournament at stake

EDEN VALLEY -- The Raymond Rockets are one win away from the state tournament after whipping Bird Island 9-1 on Sunday in the Region 11C winners' bracket. Both teams move...

sports Mon, Aug 08, 2011 - 12:00am

Amateur Baseball: Bird Island wins 11C play-in game

EDEN VALLEY -- Bird Island started off a great weekend for the Cornbelt League by upending St. Nicholas 6-4 in a play-in game for the Region 11C tournament. Milroy later...

sports Mon, Aug 01, 2011 - 12:00am

(Tribune photo by Rand Middleton)
Raymond starting pitcher Tyler Knott gets his 6-foot-9 frame behind a first-inning delivery against Bird Island Friday at Lilleberg Field in Raymond.

Amateur Baseball: Rockets blast Bird Island to gain spot in Region 11C tournament

RAYMOND -- Raymond defeated Bird Island 7-3 Friday night in the Cornbelt League amateur baseball playoffs, and Bird Island, Pearl Lake, Milroy and Watkins all play in single-elimination play-in games...

sports Sat, Jul 30, 2011 - 12:09am

After standout college track career, west-central Minnesota woman moves on to play on elite national rugby team

Kaelene Lundstrum, a chemist at 3M and former track and field standout at Gustavus Adolphus, is headed for Toronto, Canada, this week to play in the Nations Cup Seniors Rugby...

sports / college Thu, Jul 28, 2011 - 12:00am

Amateur Baseball: Bird Island ousts Milroy in Cornbelt playoffs

MILROY -- Bird Island scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and pitchers Andy Stevens and Brad Gass made the lead stand in the Bullfrogs' 4-3 win over Milroy...

sports Thu, Jul 28, 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

Brian Sheehan of Olivia is dressed as a baby Saturday as he rides in the 2011 Regatta Parade in Bird Island. The parade was part of the city's annual Wing Ding Days. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Wing Ding Days parade

news / region Mon, Jun 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Amateur baseball: Hebrink leads Bird Island past Starbuck

BIRD ISLAND -- Tyler Hebrink had four hits and drove in three runs to highlight Bird Island's 10-3 non-league win over St. Peter on Sunday. It was the season opener...

sports Mon, May 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Chuck and Shelly Vilven of Spicer enjoy a lunch break Tuesday in the sun as they sit at a picnic table outside of the Endreson Shelter at Robbins Island in Willmar. Eating outdoors will be a possibiltiy today and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. It will be partly sunny today with a high near 55. There will be a 20 percent chance of rain, but not until after 1 p.m. Thursday. In the morning it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local Wed, Apr 06, 2011 - 12:00am

SBA honors Bird Island computer company

BIRD ISLAND -- Brian Sheehan, Kevin Sheehan, Susan Peterson and Brian Fagerstrom, owners of Rural Computer Consultants Inc. in Bird Island, have been named the Minnesota Small Business Persons of...

business Tue, Mar 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Selena Vasquez's family gather around a candle lit in her memory on Friday at the start of the lyceum held in the BOLD Elementary Gymnasium in Bird Island. From left are Selena's mother, Cristina; her aunt, Maria DeClerq; sisters Daisy, Jackie, Ivette and Belinda; cousin, Brianna DeClerq; and father, Ramiro, back. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Students rally over loss of classmate

BIRD ISLAND -- To her friends and classmates in sixth grade, Selena Vasquez was fun-loving and full of zest. "Great fun,'' said BOLD sixth-grader Noelia Lopez. Or, as BOLD elementary...

news / region Sat, Mar 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Deb Jacobs, left, and Kathy Squibb-Ludowese operate Gathering Friends Quilt Shop in a 1902-vintage, brick building that has become a popular destination for quilters from around Minnesota and neighboring states. The business was chosen from more than 3,000 to be featured as one of the Top Ten quilt shops in the U.S. and Canada in the May issue of "Quilt Sampler Magazine,'' published by Better Homes and Gardens. (Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny)

Gathering Friends

BIRD ISLAND -- Ever since two sisters-in-law opened up a quilting shop in Bird Island in 1998, this farming community has been getting used to strangers strolling about Main Street...

business Tue, Mar 01, 2011 - 12:00am

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