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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,"...

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....

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...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Gov. Tim Pawlenty says Minnesota is opting out of a new national high-risk pool for hard-to-insure Minnesotans. Pawlenty says Minnesota already has such a pool. And he's concerned that the initial $5 billion in federal funding for the program will go quickly, meaning...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar Jaycees wading pool at Rice Park is set to reopen possibly by Monday after a donation from the Jaycees provided the funds for a new drain cover. The reopening may be short-lived, however, as Jaycee members and city officials hope to replace the aging pool with...

BENSON -- Benson Public Schools hired U.S. Aquatics on Tuesday to serve as the engineering company for the high school's upcoming swimming pool project. Superintendent Lee Westrum said U.S. Aquatics estimates the improvements will cost the district less than $90,000. He is optimistic...

BENSON -- Benson School District will look into options to replace boilers in its elementary and high schools. Superintendent Lee Westrum said Wednesday the district's Building and Grounds Committee recommended during Tuesday's School Board meeting that the district examine options...

ST. PAUL - Public pool operators in Minnesota have until next Tuesday to complete a state survey required under a new law designed to weed out faulty drain covers. The survey is due by July 1 and is a condition to renew or receive a license to operate. It asks for specific information...