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    April 17, 2017
    An information meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Willmar Community Center for those interested in improving water quality in Foot, Willmar and Swan Lakes.
    Willmar chain of lakes focus of Wednesday's public meeting
    WILLMAR — A public information meeting about the Willmar chain of lakes, and efforts to improve and protect their water quality, will...
    life/extraApril 17, 2017 - 7:30am
    February 19, 2015
    Noah Gausman, of Hudson, Wisconsin, paddles after a trumpeter swan Tuesday near where the Willow River empties into the St. Croix River in Hudson, Wisconsin. Gausman was one of several people who helped rescue the sick bird, which was later brought to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota in Roseville. (PIONEER PRESS/Andy Rathbun)
    Rescuers aid ailing trumpeter swan
    HUDSON, Wis. — A trumpeter swan was seen on Valentine’s Day helping free a sick swan from ice on the St. Croix River near Hudson. Days later,...
    news/stateFebruary 19, 2015 - 6:00am
    November 2, 2011
    Trumpeter swans such as these are protected. One was found dead in Kandiyohi County, and authorities are trying to apprehend the culprit. (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources photo)
    DNR officer out to catch trumpeter swan killer in Kandiyohi County, Minn.
    COLFAX TOWNSHIP -- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Jim Steffen is looking for the person who shot and killed a...
    life/outdoorsNovember 2, 2011 - 10:59am
    July 25, 2011
    56-year-old Annandale, Minn., man drowns in Big Swan Lake
    KINGSTON -- A 56-year-old Annandale man was pronounced dead after his body was found floating around noon Sunday near Big Swan Lake on the county line between Meeker and Wright counties. According to a news release from Meeker County Sheriff Jeff Norlin, Patrick Lynch had been fishing...
    news/regionJuly 25, 2011 - 9:07am
    January 4, 2010
    Spicer man rescues trumpeter swan from the side of interstate
    SPICER -- Keith Palmquist of Spicer enjoys fishing and hunting, and is making the most of this year's early ice to try his luck on the local lakes. Yet his biggest wildlife experience of the year came Dec.
    news/localJanuary 4, 2010 - 12:00am
    August 22, 2009
    Cory Netland sends a secchi disk into the waters of Long Lake to measure water clarity. The Hawk Creek Watershed Project is collecting water samples from a number of Willmar area lakes. The data will be analyzed and used to determine how best to improve the lakes. Submitted photo
    Assessments of Willmar area lakes to be done this year
    WILLMAR -- Not since Willmar Mayor Ole Reynolds and Kandiyohi County board chair Virgil Olson stood before the cameras and supposedly sipped...
    sportsAugust 22, 2009 - 12:00am
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