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Pool
May 23, 2017
Letter: Welcome the new splash pad
I see the city of Willmar will soon replace the old wading pool at Rice Park with a splash pad. The pool had been closed for the last five years...
opinion/letters
May 23, 2017 - 2:14am
February 22, 2017
Food, lodging inspections show improvement in Kandiyohi, Renville counties
OLIVIA — An ongoing effort to emphasize education along with the enforcement of health codes appears to be paying dividends in Renville and Kandiyohi counties. The two counties have now seen a two-year decline in the number of violations issued to licensed food, swimming pool,...
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February 22, 2017 - 7:21am
May 18, 2016
Benson Schools to close indoor pool
BENSON — A four-decade run of indoor swimming may come to a close in Benson with the end of the school year. Benson School Board members voted...
news/education
May 18, 2016 - 11:26pm
March 24, 2016
Arthritis tolerates water aerobics
Laura Jensen uses a swimmer’s noodle during water aerobics class Thursday in the Club Bethesda pool at Pleasant View in Willmar. Jensen, who...
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March 24, 2016 - 11:12pm
August 12, 2015
City panel backs pool project
WILLMAR — The Willmar City Council next week will consider a committee recommendation to refurbish several water features at the 11-year-old...
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August 12, 2015 - 11:13pm
July 14, 2015
Keeping cool at the wading pool
Pearl Cordes, 1, of Atwater, cools down Tuesday in the wading pool at the Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center in Willmar. The daughter of Justin and...
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July 14, 2015 - 11:00pm
Keeping cool at the wading pool
Pearl Cordes, 1, of Atwater, cools down Tuesday in the wading pool at the Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center in Willmar. The daughter of Justin and...
news
July 14, 2015 - 11:00pm
July 21, 2014
Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center to celebrate 10-year anniversary
WILLMAR — A special program is set Wednesday morning to honor the late Dorothy Olson whose financial gift a decade ago made possible her dream...
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July 21, 2014 - 11:29pm
March 2, 2014
Boy pulled from St. Louis Park school pool dies
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. -- A 12-year-old boy pulled from a St. Louis Park Middle School swimming pool Thursday after a physical education class has died, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The newspaper quoted a statement Saturday from city spokesman Jamie Zwilling, who said...
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March 2, 2014 - 9:13am
June 18, 2013
Rice Park wading pool in Willmar, Minn., closes for good
WILLMAR -- For at least two generations of Willmar youngsters, the Rice Park wading pool has been a favorite place for splashing around on hot summer days. But the knell has finally sounded for the aging pool, which closed for good this month. "The useful life of it has expired,"...
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June 18, 2013 - 11:34pm
June 8, 2013
Aquatic Center to open today in Willmar, Minn.
WILLMAR — Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center will be open daily beginning today from noon to 7 p.m. at 1601 22nd St. S.W. in Willmar. The cost is $3 per person including observers. The group rate for 10 or more $2.50. The summer kick-off pool party is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today....
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June 8, 2013 - 8:00am
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...
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July 24, 2012 - 3:12pm
April 21, 2012
Coon Rapids, Minn., woman, Willmar, Minn., girl to be honored for saving girl's older sister
WILLMAR -- It's every parent's worst nightmare: Receiving the news that your 6-year-old child has been pulled, unconscious, from the bottom of...
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April 21, 2012 - 12:00am
October 22, 2011
Open house features new pool
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October 22, 2011 - 12:00am
August 28, 2010
Enjoying last days of season
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August 28, 2010 - 12:00am
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