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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!

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...

Tanna Marie Harris, 33, Verndale, dog at large, fees $100. Todd Michael Anderson, 29, Bluffton, (two counts) third degree, fourth criminal sexual conduct, committed to St Cloud Correction Facility, 48 months, stayed for 15 years), local confinement (364 days, credit for time served,...

Wadena Commissioners unanimously approved a design for a new fairgrounds grandstand, during Tuesday's county board meeting. The new design was proposed by architect Tony Stoll of BHH Partners in Perham.  The old grandstand was destroyed by the June 17, 2010, tornado that ripped...

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...