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    May 23, 2017
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    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/lettersMay 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,...
    News/regionFebruary 22, 2017 - 7:21am
    May 18, 2016
    Benson School Board Member Bill McGeary, right, and Maintenance Supervisor Robert Neuman look over the area below the indoor swimming pool floor Monday during a tour of the pool. School board members voted five-to-two to close the indoor pool at the end of the school year and determine a new use for the area. (TOM CHERVENY | TRIBUNE)
    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/educationMay 18, 2016 - 11:26pm
    March 24, 2016
    Laura Jensen uses a swimmer’s noodle during water aerobics class Thursday in the Club Bethesda pool at Pleasant View in Willmar. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)play button
    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...
    News/localMarch 24, 2016 - 11:12pm
    August 12, 2015
    Children play Wednesday in the zero-depth area of the Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center in Willmar. (GARY MILLER | TRIBUNE)
    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...
    News/localAugust 12, 2015 - 11:13pm
    July 14, 2015
    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 Jaclyn Cordes seemed to be enjoying the water too much to notice that the temperature was in the mid-80s, according to the National Weather Service. (GARY MILLER | TRIBUNE)
    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/localJuly 14, 2015 - 11:00pm
    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 Jaclyn Cordes seemed to be enjoying the water too much to notice that the temperature was in the mid-80s, according to the National Weather Service. (GARY MILLER | TRIBUNE)
    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/localJuly 14, 2015 - 11:00pm
    July 21, 2014
    The Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center will mark its 10th anniversary with a special program Wednesday to honor the late Dorothy Olson, whose financial gift a decade ago made the aquatic center possible. The aquatic center opened July 13, 2004, and the grand opening was held six days later. (Tribune photo by Rand Middleton)
    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...
    News/localJuly 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...
    News/stateMarch 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,"...
    News/localJune 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....
    News/localJune 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...
    NewsJuly 24, 2012 - 3:12pm
    April 21, 2012
    Siblings Luke, 8, from left, Hannah, 6, and Lilly Kate de Vries, 5. When Hannah was unconscious at the bottom of a swimming pool in Willmar last summer, her younger sister was the one who found help. (Submitted photo courtesy of Amy de Vries)
    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...
    News/localApril 21, 2012 - 12:00am
    October 22, 2011
    Josh Dahlke, in pool, visits with Irma Arneson, center, Bonnie Kraemer, both residents of Bethesda Sunrise Village, during a pool open house Friday at the Bethesda Wellness Center. The center hosted the open house to give people a chance to see the recently completed warm-water therapy pool. Tribune photo by Ron Adams
    Open house features new pool
    News/localOctober 22, 2011 - 12:00am
    August 28, 2010
    Anthony Buzzeo, 23 months, of Willmar enjoys playing with the row of water spouts Friday afternoon at the Dorothy Olson Aquatic Center in Willmar. The pool's last two days of the season will be today and Sunday. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)
    Enjoying last days of season
    News/localAugust 28, 2010 - 12:00am
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