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    July 17, 2013
    A whole new section of playground equipment at Roosevelt School is being assembled this week at the school. Tribune photo by Ron Adams
    Work finished on expansion, improvement at Roosevelt Elementary playground in Willmar, Minn.
    WILLMAR - A three-year project to improve the playground at Willmar's Roosevelt Elementary School is done. Workers were putting the finishing...
    news/localJuly 17, 2013 - 11:26pm
    April 30, 2013
    Volunteers putting up playground at park in Litchfield, Minn.
    LITCHFIELD — The new Litchfield Community Built Playground project is entering its final days and people of all ages are invited to take part in Build Week activities. Volunteer shifts are still available on all days now through Sunday. Anyone interested in volunteering with...
    news/regionApril 30, 2013 - 11:34pm
    Man shoots self in Kerkhoven, Minn., park, case under investigation
    KERKHOVEN -- A 21-year-old Willmar man was airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center for treatment of a self-inflicted gunshot wound that happened Sunday evening in a Kerkhoven park. According to a news release from Swift County Sheriff John Holtz, Jordan Pierce shot himself in...
    news/regionOctober 30, 2012 - 1:36pm
    October 13, 2012
    Andrew Kirgiss, 15 months, with his mother Melanie close at hand, rides the merry-go-round Friday at the park at Seventh Street Northwest in Willmar. Tribune photo by Ron Adams
    Circular fun
    news/localOctober 13, 2012 - 12:00am
    October 4, 2012
    Dawson, Minn., receives $1.2 million grant today for industrial park project
    DAWSON - The city of Dawson got a big shot in the arm today when it was awarded a $1.2 million federal grant that will be used to expand its industrial park. Representatives from the U.S.
    newsOctober 4, 2012 - 2:11pm
    September 26, 2012
    Renville County to seek grant funds for OHV park in Minnesota River Valley
    OLIVIA -- As a dozen or more supporters watched, the Renville County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 on Tuesday to apply for Legacy funds to acquire lands for an off-highway vehicle park. The proposed park would be developed in the Minnesota River Valley on 272 acres of land to...
    news/regionSeptember 26, 2012 - 12:00am
    July 27, 2012
    Willmar Hazardous Materials Emergency Assistance Team members place chemicals believed to have been used Tuesday by a Willmar city worker in a special container for their safe removal from the wading pool at Rice Park. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Willmar, Minn., worker resting after exposure to chlorine fumes
    WILLMAR -- A Willmar Public Works Department employee rested at home Thursday after he was exposed to chlorine fumes while performing maintenance...
    news/localJuly 27, 2012 - 12:00am
    July 25, 2012
    The chemicals used by the worker were placed in a special container for their safe removal. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Several homes evacuated as precaution near Rice Park in Willmar, Minn.
    WILLMAR -- A Willmar city worker was treated at Rice Memorial Hospital for a chemical reaction experienced while performing maintenance work...
    news/localJuly 25, 2012 - 12:00am
    July 24, 2012
    Willmar, Minn., city worker overcome by fumes when cleaning wading pool
    WILLMAR -- A Willmar city employee was taken to Rice Hospital Tuesday afternoon after being overcome by fumes he was using to clean the pool shed at the wading pool at Rice Park in southwest Willmar. Police cordoned off the area and evacuated several downwind houses. Ten to 11 people...
    newsJuly 24, 2012 - 3:12pm
    June 22, 2012
    Beth Husman, right, sings the National Anthem during the annual Bark in the Park event at the Willmar Stingers game. Husman was accompanied by her dog, Lucy. The event, presented by Hawk Creek Animal Shelter in Willmar, was held as a fundraiser for the Humane Society. Tribune photo by Ron Adams
    Canines spend the night at the old ballpark
    sportsJune 22, 2012 - 12:00am
    May 19, 2012
    Paddlers complete their river trip at the public landing in Vicksburg County Park across from the ''Big Eddy." It is one of the area's most popular fishing destinations. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has reached a purchase option agreement with private landowners that could expand shoreline fishing opportunities a short distance downstream of the Big Eddy. Tribune file photo
    DNR hopes to acquire land adjacent to Vicksburg Park
    OLIVIA -- Recreational opportunities in the area of Vicksburg County Park on the Minnesota River could soon be expanded. The Minnesota Department...
    news/regionMay 19, 2012 - 12:00am
    April 11, 2012
    22-year-old Minneapolis man delivering food to neighbor shot and killed
    MINNEAPOLIS -- Police say a young Minneapolis man biking to a neighbor's house to deliver some food was shot and killed by three boys who wanted his bike. Twenty-two-year-old Jody Patzner Jr. collapsed on the sidewalk and died just blocks from his home Monday night in north Minneapolis....
    news/stateApril 11, 2012 - 10:10am
    March 20, 2012
    Update: Minnesota State Park reservation schedule starting March 22
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) new state park and recreation area reservation system will be operational again starting Thursday, March 22 at 10 a.m. The new online system has been upgraded significantly, but due to expected high demand, reservations will only...
    news/stateMarch 20, 2012 - 11:57am
    February 28, 2012
    Part of the area proposed for the park includes exhausted gravel pits.
    On split vote, Renville County continues steps towards OHV Park in southwest corner
    OLIVIA -- By a three-to-two vote, the Renville County board of commissioners continued the steps towards the possible development of an Off Highway...
    newsFebruary 28, 2012 - 3:26pm
    January 31, 2012
    West Diamond Lake access reopened to vehicle traffic by Kandiyohi Co., Minn., sheriff
    WILLMAR -- The Kandiyohi County Sheriff's office is opening the west access, at County Park 3, to Diamond Lake. According to Sheriff Dan Hartog, the condition of the ice off the access is rough, but there is no open water at this time. Citizens are reminded to pay attention to the...
    newsJanuary 31, 2012 - 2:10pm
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