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5 years ago Excerpts from the Sept. 13, 2007 Pioneer Journal • WDC Homecoming Wadena-Deer Creek Homecoming week kicks off Monday with students wearing pajamas and ends on Sept. 21 with blue and gold dress and the return of the Homecoming Parade. The football game will be Friday...

Funeral services were held for Mary Westman, age 90, of Henning, Minn. 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Henning. Visitation was on Monday from 4-6 p.m., with a prayer service at 5:30 p.m. at the Belmont Funeral Home in Henning. Visitation also...

Funeral services were held for M. Joyce Ojala, who was born in 1925, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at the Apostolic Lutheran Church in New York Mills, Minn. Visitation was on Tuesday from 4-7 p.m., with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. at the Karvonen & Son Funeral Home in New York...

Question: I frequently encounter school buses and I see many drivers hesitate, and it seems like they don't know what to do when the school bus lights start flashing. Could you cover this issue? Answer: Yes, and great timing!

Supernaturals Blasek-Zeise 654, Domier -Macklem 647, Nelson-Heilig 636, Tellers-Erickson 616, Carr-Waldahl 613, Roisum-Johnson 588, Dahms-Kneisel 575, Conzemius-Szczech 573, Aldeen-Tobin 561 Legends Duncan-Palloch 6487, Priebe-Breuer 634, Mahlen-Bounds 633, Lien-Uselman 607, Adams-Olson...

The Deer Creek City Council received an update on the Baseball Restoration Project from organizer Diane George, during the regular council meeting Aug. 27. George, who arrived at the council meeting after a meeting with the Baseball Restoration Project, said plans for the project...

Wadena County Commissioners approved bid awards for two more road and bridge projects to take place this season, during the Aug. 23 board meeting PCI Roads, LLC, of St Michael, Minn., was the low bidder for a bridge remodeling project on CSAH 12 in Nimrod at Stigman Mound Park. They...

David A. Cardini and Connie Cardini, h&w, hereby conveys to Ryan D. Cardini and Cortney L. Cardini, as jt ten, The W1/2 of the NE1/4 of the NE/14, aka the W1/2 of Government Lot 1, Section 5, Twp 136, Range 34. Arway, Inc, a Wisconsin Corporation, hereby conveys to Roseanne I. Flamm,...

Aug. 28 • Police helped release a dog locked inside a vehicle for four hours with the windows rolled up. Aug. 29 • A caller reported she had been fighting on and off with her boyfriend. A woman was living at their residence, but allegedly was not supposed to be there. The landlord...

Jeffrey Allen Willcocks, 45, Stacy, Minn., 70/55, fees $150.

Justin Mark Stevens, 19, Motley, underage drinking and driving, local confinement (90 days, stayed 89 days for one year, credit for time served one day), adult probation (one year), fees $390. Bruce Eugene Cooper, 48, Staples, local confinement (365 days, credit for time served 365...

Todd Michael Anderson, 29, Bluffton, third degree criminal sexual conduct (three counts), liquor purchase (four counts). Bruce Eugene Cooper, 48, Staples, trespassing. Samantha Christine Martin, 21, Staples, fifth degree drugs. Jared Ray Halonen, 22, Menahga (two counts) fifth...