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The local Community Action agency now has an office in downtown Wadena. Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership quietly opened its 311 S. Jefferson St. location Tuesday. Staff members were unpacking office equipment in the morning. "We are very excited," Dana Patsie of Childcare...

The First annual Saddle Up for the Cure trail ride will be held at the Old Wadena Historical Site 10 a.m. Sept. 15, according to a press release given to the Pioneer Journal. The trail ride is to benefit the American Breast Cancer Foundation. Pamela Sommars and her daughter Heidi...

Caroline Hartman and Susan Stoddard of the Wadena County Humane Society (WCHS) appeared before the Wadena County Board at its July 10 meeting to ask for help. The WCHS needs money to care for the dogs impounded by the police or county deputies, the abandoned cats and dogs it takes...

More Minnesota communities will be disappointed than happy as state officials look to divide $47.5 million for public works projects. The Department of Employment and Economic Development received 90 requests worth $288.4 million - more than six times the amount of money legislators...

The Wadena City Council gave its blessing to a restaurant owner to add an outdoor seating area. Jim Formanek, owner of The Uptown, presented plans to build an outdoor dining area in what is currently the building's parking lot. A dumpster would be moved, the outdoor dining area would...

The Wadena City Council met with a representative of a Brainerd-based advertising agency to go over what Councilman Don Niles described as a "miscommunication" over whether the agency had held up their end of a contract. Scott Mitchell of Adventure Advertising addressed the council...

A tie vote by the Wadena City Council led to members tabling a decision on whether to change a one-way street to a two-way street. Fourth Street southwest was made into a one-way street when high school students relocated to temporary classroom space at M State and the elementary...

Let me get this straight. If we don't buy healthcare, we are "taxed." I always thought that you had to "buy" something so it can be "taxed." I've never heard of being taxed on nothing - air - zero - invisible! Can anyone tell me what is being "taxed?" Mary Jo Bahls Verndale

The 9th annual Honor Ride to benefit soldiers and families will take place July 14, starting at noon at the Wadena VFW and ending in time for dinner at the Menahga VFW. The ride will take place rain or shine, and registration runs from 10 to 11:45 a.m. The cost is $15 per person....