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Chris Bennett, asset manager of Bennett Office Technologies in Willmar, checks the company's Facebook page at a computer at the front desk of their office. Employees there are allowed to access sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn at work because management trusts employees to stay on task, Bennett said. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Navigating Facebook in the workplace

WILLMAR -- If your boss ever catches you updating your Facebook status or posting a tweet from your work computer, you probably won't be fired -- but you might get...

business Tue, Jun 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Emily Lorenzen, a naturalist from Minn Aqua, left, helps Ridgley Hulstein, 6, of Willmar, as he ties a fishing hook to a line Wednesday during a fishing camp at Robbins Island in Willmar. The camp was sponsored by Willmar Community Education and Recreation Department and the state of Minnesota. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

A budding fisherman

news / local / outdoors Thu, Jun 17, 2010 - 12:00am

Mindi Anderson plays the nine-hole disc golf course Sunday with her father, Clarke Kraal of Willmar, not pictured, at Robbins Island in Willmar. Anderson was in town visiting family. She resides in Maine. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Time for a quick nine

news / local / sports Mon, Jun 07, 2010 - 12:00am

No. 2 unit at Red Wing, Minn., nuclear plant unexpectedly shuts down, Plant officials say there no risks to the public

RED WING, Minn. - Operators at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant north of here are investigating the cause of a turbine trip that led to the shut down of...

news / state Tue, May 25, 2010 - 2:57pm

Runners lead the pack Thursday during the 5K Mental Health Awareness Walk at Robbins Island in Willmar. Several hundred participants took part in the second annual walk, designed to draw awareness to mental illness and those affected by it. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Raising awareness

news / local Fri, May 21, 2010 - 12:00am

Peggy Karsten of Willmar sings during the Sierra Club's Earth Day observation Thursday during at the Guri Endreson shelter on Robbins Island. The group shared food during a potluck and took a hike on the park's nature trails. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local Fri, Apr 23, 2010 - 12:00am

David Peterson of Svea picks up litter Thursday as he walks at Robbins Island in Willmar. Peterson noticed all the litter, which accumulated in the snow at the park during winter. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local Fri, Mar 26, 2010 - 12:00am

Nearby house fire forces school evacuation in Bird Island

BIRD ISLAND -- Students were evacuated and school closed early Wednesday at the BOLD Elementary School and St. Mary's School after a neighboring house fire filled the buildings with smoke...

news / region Wed, Mar 17, 2010 - 5:56pm

An outer shell and charred interior is all that remains following a twin home fire Thursday night on the east side of the Olivia golf course. The owners were out of town. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Fire destroys Olivia twin home while owners out of town

OLIVIA -- Firefighters battled a blaze for eight hours Thursday in frigid temperatures at a twin home in Olivia. Both units of the structure were destroyed. The Golf Drive property...

news / local Sat, Jan 30, 2010 - 12:00am

Fire destroys Olivia twin home

OLIVIA -- Both units of a twin home were destroyed in a fire Thursday in Olivia. No one was at home at the time. The Olivia Fire Department was called...

news Fri, Jan 29, 2010 - 12:19pm

The Rev. George Schmidt of Bird Island talks about a piece from his Fontanni nativity set Dec. 18 in the basement of his home. A priest at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Schmidt's 600-piece miniature biblical metropolis boasts hundreds of figurines, structures, flora and fauna. Tribune photos by Ron Adams

Away in a basement, nativity set grows

Each figure in the Rev. George Schmit's Fontanini nativity set stands only five inches tall, but his entire collection is no little town of Bethlehem. His Fontanini nativity set collection...

news / local / region Thu, Dec 24, 2009 - 12:00am

Sarah Sagedal of Willmar shares a moment Friday with horses Cindy and Sandy during the fall celebration for ARC of Kandiyohi County at Robbins Island Park in Willmar. The horses are owned by Fred Zwart. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local Sat, Sep 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Jake Haverly, left, and James Vogelpohl of Double J Masonry work Tuesday on an expansion at the Angel of Hope memorial near Robbins Island in Willmar. They began work Friday by placing below grade and laying the blocks. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

news / local Wed, Sep 09, 2009 - 12:00am

Items collected at the BOLD and ACGC schools and during the Sept. 18 football matchup will be shipped to local troops serving overseas, among them Andy Tepfer of Danube and William Flickinger of Spicer, shown here on duty in Iraq. Submitted photo

Game on as ACGC, BOLD sports rivalry takes on new colors

OLIVIA -- In 16 of the last 17 seasons of football competition, either BOLD or Atwater Cosmos Grove City has claimed the West Central South or Highway 212 conference championship...

news / local / region Mon, Aug 31, 2009 - 12:00am

Suspicious person sought at Bird Island fairgrounds

The Bird Island Police Department is investigating reports of a suspicious person at the Renville County Fair on Friday who reportedly followed some children around the fairgrounds and, in a...

news / region Sun, Aug 23, 2009 - 3:57pm

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