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The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board was treated to a video board presentation by WDC Middle/High School Activities Director Norm Gallant in the gym on May 19. The display will raise advertising funds.
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Cathy Keezer bought Lyle’s Shoes in Wadena and Park Rapids in 2023. The former employee will close the Wadena store after last year's grand reopening failed to improve sales at the downtown site.
Commissioners debate cost concerns and sale strategy for former Bell Hill Recovery Center land as electricity bills mount, and hiring a new county also under discussion.
Normans depend on faith with second devastating fire.
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StormTRACKER Meteorologist Lydia Blume discusses a pattern shift, bringing in warmer and drier weather.
A CIA spokesperson said earlier that security staff "engaged a person" outside the main gates and then arrested the suspect.
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The last bill approved before the regular session closed made a series of changes that will mostly affect election istration but also put the onus on voters to return absentee ballots sooner.
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From the Hubbard County dispatch blotter.
Wadena-Deer Creek and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale competed in the Park Region Conference Championship Tuesday, May 13.
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“This victory could not have happened without the tens of thousands of educators who came together in union,” said Education Minnesota President Denise Specht.
Dr. Gilda Carle, a consultant for Cottonelle, says that generally, people who place their toiler paper roll “over” tend to have a more dominant personality type. And if you hang your toilet paper roll “under,” you’re more likely to be easy-going.
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