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Mike Peters of the Wadena Parks Department mulches leaves at Burlington Northern Park on a cool autumn morning Friday. Photo by Brian Hansel If you have a photo that you...

David Evert pauses to look at a row of paintings Thursday afternoon while setting up for the 5 p.m. opening of The People's Choice Art Show at the ArtsPlace in...

In an effort to cut up leaves for fertilizer, Tom Malone pushes a lawn mower across his southeast Wadena yard Wednesday. Photo by Dain Sullivan If you have a photo...

Kindergarteners Austin Wendt, left, and Mason Brauch go through the lunch line Tuesday morning at Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary. Photo by Brian Hansel If you have a photo that you think...

CDI Head Start representatives Peggy Dauphinais, front, and Sharon Veden, back, help young ones cross the street to get to Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary on Monday in southwest Wadena. Photo by...

Members of the 2012 Wadena-Deer Creek Homecoming Court stand together at the end of the ceremony late Friday morning, at the WDC Middle/High School gymnasium. From left, Sarah Craig, Halley...

John Braith washes off construction equipment Wednesday in northeast Wadena. Photo by Dain Sullivan If you have a photo that you think is a "Photo of the Day", send it...

Ken Kneisl, left, and Mark Stone of Mark Stone Construction size up a carpentry job Tuesday morning at the Wadena Hockey Arena. The facility opened last year, and extensive improvements...

Kyle Taggart, left, and Josh Landin with Pete's Nursery step down a load of freshly cut Amur Maple branches Friday morning in front of Wadena Hide and Fur. Photo by...

Rudy Yglesias with Pyramid Construction of Wadena does finishing work on a sidewalk and curb in downtown Wadena on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Rachelle Klemme If you have a photo...

Desiree Varner of New York Mills hauls a pumpkin to the front steps of Zion Lutheran Church in Wadena on Wednesday. Photo by Dain Sullivan If you have a photo...

Wadena-Deer Creek student Tiffany Sunstrom, 17, skateboards down a southwest Wadena sidewalk Tuesday to get to class. Photo by Dain Sullivan If you have a photo that you think is...

Matthew Smith, left, pushes 1-year-old Selena Harris on a stroller Monday in northwest Wadena, as Keryn West walks alongside with Karly West, front, and Keyra West, who are both 2...

Wadena-Deer Creek senior Drew Larson, 17,walks to class near the east side of WDC Middle/High School on Friday. Photo by Dain Sullivan If you have a photo that you think...

Paula Amudson, left, accepts a cup of chili from Shannon Schey during the annual Chili Cook-Off in downtown Wadena on Thursday afternoon. Schey's business, Schades of Green, was one of...