Woodcarvers’ craft is part skill, part therapy

A group of local woodcarvers have whittled a niche in the social life of the Senior Citizen Center in downtown Wadena. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday, a tiny basement room serves as the headquarters for an informal gathering of eight to 10 regulars to bond over carving, conversation and coffee.

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Wolverine girls golf finishes third in own invite Monday

Tracy Gustafson carded an 88 to finish fourth individually and lead the Wadena-Deer Creek girls golf team to a third-place finish in the Wadena-Deer Creek Invitational at Whitetail Run Monday.

Bluffton loses Hi-10 opener 9-4 to Millers

The Bluffton Braves and rival New York Mills Millers kicked off the 2008 Hi-10 amateur baseball season on Sunday a bit rusty from the long winter layoff.

shockers snuff out the "Frazee" flames 15-1 in opener

The Wadena-Deer Creek Area Shockers opened Hi-10 League action with a bang on Sunday with the 15-1 dismantling of the Frazee Flames.

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The Wadena-Deer Creek softball team won all three of its games to take home the championship in the four-team Little Falls Tournament on Saturday.

Wolverine tennis gains first victory of season

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