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American Paint Horse, Bound To Be Cool, owned by Sandra Hanson, MD of Motley, captured a World Championship title at the 2011 American Paint Horse Association World Championship Paint Horse Show. The show held Nov. 2-12 in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the APHA's premier events. Bound...

• On Saturday, Oct. 22, Taylor Anderson of Wadena joined millions of Americans by volunteering for Make A Difference Day, the nation's largest day of community service. Anderson, who is majoring in business, was among approximately 400 University of Evansville students who spent...

• Abigail Joy Malone, of Wadena, graduated from the University of North Dakota in summer 2011 with a degree in radiologic services.

• Jeremy Jon Reinitz, of Wadena, earned bachelor's degrees in accounting and business management from the University of Minnesota-Crookston. Reinitz was a summer 2011 graduate.

• Lt. Commander Chris Bowen, a 1984 graduate of Wadena High School , was promoted to

• Gillian F. Arntson of Verndale, a political science major at North Dakota State University, was named to the summer semester dean's list at the college. • Dylan Anderson, son of Jim Anderson of Ottertail and Karen Anderson of Wadena, has enrolled at Saint John's University for...

• Amy Brown, Whitney Greenwood, Jennifer Hackler, Heather Haman, Christopher Peluso, Joshua Rowe and Kelsi Vorderbruggen, all of Wadena, were named to the spring semester dean's list at Bemidji State University.

• Yvonne Cooney, vice president and CFO of Midwest Vision Centers in Sauk Rapids, was named one of the "Most Influentual Women in Optical" for her 20 years of service to her company. Cooney is a 1976 graduate of Wadena High School and the daughter of Joan Cooney of Wadena.

• Cindy Collison of Verndale and Kevin Trout of Wadena were named to the College of St. Scholastica spring semester 2011 dean's list.

• Aaron D. Schmidt of Verndale has made the dean's list for the May 2011 session in the College of Technologies at the University of Northwestern Ohio. Full time students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or better to be named to the dean's list. Schmidt also graduated this...

• Henning Medical Clinic, part of Tri-County Health Care, held an open house on Friday, July 15, in conjunction with Henning Festival Days. Refreshments were enjoyed by people who stopped by to visit with clinic staff. The door prize winner (a first aid kit) was Steve Hendricks.

• Claire L. Smith, of Wadena, graduated cum laude with a political science bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin -- Whitewater in a spring commencement ceremony.

• Bethany Anderson, of Wadena, graduated recently from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Anderson earned a bachelor's degree in English, and graduated magna cum laude.

• Teach For America announced that Jeff Brown, a Wadena native, has been accepted to the organization's 2011 corps. Teach For America is the national corps of top recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders...