Money

Every year, our politicians talk about the need to simplify the tax code and every year, they make it more complex. The average taxpayer will spend an estimated 23 hours completing their return this year. Eighty percent of taxpayers will hire someone to do the work, or buy tax software,...

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 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...

What do Drexel Burnham Lambert, Lehman Brothers, Madoff Investment Securities, Wachovia, Washington Mutual, CIT Group, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, AIG and Citi Group all have in common? They were all highly regarded private investment firms that were incorporated after the Social...

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...

After voting on June 26 to proceed with the design phase of the proposed Courthouse Security Addition (Option E), Wadena County Board members abandoned the project Tuesday. Instead of having workers add on to the front of the Courthouse, which would have included a metal detector...

The Wadena City Council is applying for another DNR trail grant, in hopes of finishing improvements on the Leaf River bike trail. The council approved an application during the Aug. 15 regular council meeting. In 2010, the city received a $200,000 grant to improve the Leaf River...

The north side of Community Center Drive will be a no-parking zone on school days from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in order to accommodate new parking and traffic patterns from the new WDC high school building. The Wadena City Council talked about high school parking issues during its Aug...

A proposed townhome development in southwest Wadena is continuing to go through, as the Wadena City Council approved a developer's agreement and an annexation ordinance during its regular meeting Wednesday. Initially, Matt and Terry Roach, representing their company, Roach Development...