Closings and announcements on March 31-April 1, 2023

By West Central Tribune staff report

March 31, 2023 at 10:47 AM

Here is a list of government, school and organization weather-related announcements.

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Updated: 10 a.m. March 16, 2023

Counties

No information is available yet.

Cities

No information is available yet.

Health care

No information is available yet.

Schools

Willmar Public Schools: Willmar schools are on spring break.

New London-Spicer Schools: No information is available yet.

ACGC School District: No information is available yet.

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Schools: No information is available yet.

Benson Public Schools: Benson Schools will be closing early today, Friday, March 31, 2023 due to winter weather. Northside will be released at 11:00 AM and the High School at 11:05 AM.

Las escuelas de Benson cerrarán temprano hoy, viernes 31 de marzo de 2023 debido al clima invernal. Northside saldrá a las 11:00 a. m. y High School a las 11:05 a. m.

BOLD Public Schools: No information is available yet.

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools: No information is available yet.

Canby Public Schools: Due to ice Canby Public Schools will have an E-Learning day. The blood mobile is canceled.
All Events for today are cancelled

Central Minnesota Christian School: No information is available yet.

Community Christian School: No information is available yet.

Dassel-Cokato School District: No information is available yet.

Dawson-Boyd Public Schools: Dawson-Boyd School are dismissing at 1 p.m. Friday. Daycare will remain open until 4 p.m.

Dream Technical Academy:No information is available yet.

Hancock Public Schools: No information is available yet.

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Schools: KMS schools are closing early at 11:30 a.m. Friday.

Lac qui Parle Valley Schools: The schools are closing early and dismissing at 1p.m. Friday, March 31.

Lakeview School District:
Lakeview will be 2 hours late on Friday, March 31 due to icy roads. Students in grades 7-12 will report to period 3 at 10:15 a.m. Periods on Friday will be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2. No 8th and 9th hour classes.
All of the sporting events for tomorrow, Friday have already been postponed. We are pretty sure everyone expected it, just making it official.

Litchfield Public Schools: Litchfield schools are on spring break.

MACCRAY School District: No information is available yet.

Minnewaska Area Schools: No information is available yet.

Morris Area School District: Morris Area Schools is closing at 10:45 am due to the weather. All activities, including Community Ed, are canceled.

La Escuela de Morris cerrará a las 10:45 debido al clima. Todas las actividades, incluyendo educación comunitaria, están canceladas.

Ortonville School District: Ortonville schools will have early out on Friday, March 31, due to weather. There will be no PM preschool. All activities and Community Education events are also canceled.

Paynesville Area Schools: Paynesville baseball practice is canceled.

Renville County West Schools: No information is available yet.

Yellow Medicine East Schools: No information is available yet.

Colleges:

Ridgewater College: No information is available yet.

St. Cloud State University: No information is available yet.

Southwest Minnesota State University: No information is available yet.

University of Minnesota-Morris: No information is available yet.

Minnesota State University-Mankato: No information is available yet.

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University: No information is available yet.

Business:

Home and Outdoor Living Expo — Due to the winter storm forecast Firday, the Home and Outdoor Living Expo has been changed to a one-day event. The expo will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Willmar Civic Center,
2707 Arena Dr Willmar, Minnesota.

Prep athletic events

No information is available yet.

By West Central Tribune staff report

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