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Think-Off on tap June 9

The Great American Think-Off will hold its 20th annual contest June 9 - and this time, they are repeating the very first question ever presented: Is humankind inherently good or...

education Sat, May 26, 2012 - 3:14pm

PFund Awards $6,500 to New York Mills and Bertha-Hewitt high school graduates

PFund, the only Minnesota foundation dedicated exclusively to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, has awarded 18 high school and college students with more than $53,000 in leadership scholarships,...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 1:21pm

$Photo by Vicki Pearson Drew Waldbillig's fourth-graders, including Blade Haarup, left, have a fun twist to math once per week as they get to pop a balloon for a classroom surprise. This week's adventure led them outside to work math problems on the concrete with sidewalk chalk. Mr. Waldbillig said keeping math interesting drives students to learn more at a refreshing and fun pace.$

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:58pm

Alicia Schmidt

Namedroppers: Alicia Schmidt

Alicia Schmidt of Wadena was honored as Outstanding Freshman Female Student of the Year for 2011-12 at the Staples campus of Central Lakes College, according to a press release sent...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:55pm

Wadena FCCLA receives grant from Delta Dental

Delta Dental of Minnesota, in collaboration with the Minnesota Alliance With Youth (the Alliance) and Minnesota FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America), announced that the company has awarded...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:55pm

Namedroppers: Tegan Jo Peterson

Tegan Jo Peterson of Wadena received the juris doctor degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law on May 5, according to a press release sent to the Pioneer...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:54pm

Namedroppers: Taylor Anderson

University of Evansville student Taylor Anderson, a resident of Wadena, Minn., will study abroad this summer at Harlaxton College near Grantham, England, said a press release sent to the Pioneer...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:54pm

Photo by Vicki Pearson
Jack Erckenbrack, a DARE graduate, poses with the lion mascot. DARE Graduation 2012 was at 1 p.m. May 9, where students were supported by family, friends, school personnel and the Wadena Police Department. Six Students shared their personal commitments, which involve encouraging themselves and others to stand up for what is right in compromising situations. For 10 weeks, Deputy Naomi Plautz teaches the drug, abuse, resistance and education components of DARE to WDC sixth graders f...

DARE graduation

DARE Graduation 2012 was at 1 p.m. May 9, where students were supported by family, friends, school personnel and the Wadena Police Department. Six Students shared their personal commitments, which...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:24pm

CLC students attend geriatric nursing event

Connie Frisch, Central Lakes College director of nursing, and Staples Campus Associate Degree nursing students Michelle Hart of Wadena and Autumn Urbanski of St. Cloud, attended a gerontology enrichment event...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:24pm

Dr. Ryan W. Hess

Hess selected for Fellowship Program

Dr. Ryan W. Hess has been selected as a Fellow in the Sports Medicine Fellowship program at the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., under the direction of Dr. James...

education Tue, May 22, 2012 - 12:24pm

Central Lakes College earns national accreditation for concurrent enrollment

The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) announced today that Central Lakes College and 21 other colleges and universities in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Utah have been granted...

education Sun, May 20, 2012 - 4:57pm

Advocating is one of the best things you can do for your children

So your child has special needs. You've gone through steps to grieve it, accept it, educate yourself and move forward. But part of moving forward is making the decision of...

education Sun, May 20, 2012 - 12:26pm

Peggy Kennedy appointed President of M State

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees appointed Peggy Kennedy as president of Minnesota State Community and Technical College on Wednesday, according to a press release sent to...

education Sat, May 19, 2012 - 4:27pm

Wadena student receives msum scholarship

Minnesota State University Moorhead awarded Meghan Sly of Wadena an $8,000 President's Honors Scholarship, according to a press release sent to the Pioneer Journal on Thursday. Sly, who intends to...

education Tue, May 15, 2012 - 12:54pm

Photo by Rachelle Klemme
Wadena-Deer Creek 5th - 8th grade choir students held their spring concert with a Disney theme Tuesday at Memorial Auditorium. Seventh and 8th grade girls sang "I See the Light." Front row, from left, are 8th graders Lydia Lindquist, Hope Norenberg, Beth Schmitz and Angela Torkkola.

Junior high concert

education Tue, May 15, 2012 - 12:44pm

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