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August 29, 2013
Tornado hits Wadena Monday, no damage reported in county
Tornado sirens sounded on the streets of Wadena Monday night as the National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings for Wadena County. According to the NWS website, at 8:15 p.m. a local spotter took video of a brief funnel cloud touchdown 100 yards northwest of the intersection...
news / localAugust 29, 2013 - 3:37pm
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January 12, 2013
Missionaries to visit Assembly of God
Wadena Assembly of God will hold a special service 10 a.m. Sunday with missionaries Mark and Anjali Jones. The Jones' have ministered for 10...
January 12, 2013 - 12:00am
October 30, 2012
Science Museum Wadena Days set for Nov. 16-18
The Science Museum of Minnesota invites residents of Otter Tail and Wadena counties, areas hard-hit by the biggest tornado outbreak in Minnesota's history in June 2010, to see the new "Tornado Alley" Omnitheater film for free during Wadena Days on Nov. 16-18, according to a press...
newsOctober 30, 2012 - 2:54pm
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September 13, 2012
Wadena awarded DEED grant for wellness center
The Wadena Regional Wellness Center project was awarded $4.2 million from the DEED Capital Projects Grant Program, making Gov. Mark Dayton's final choices today (Thursday). "We are extremely ecstatic," Mayor Wayne Wolden said. The award amount was short of the $4.625 million asked...
September 13, 2012 - 11:13am
September 5, 2012
A school of their own
There wasn't an empty seat in the house Wednesday evening, as community members, students and staff flooded into the new Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High...
news / educationSeptember 5, 2012 - 5:28pm
August 28, 2012
Give it up for the gold and blue!
To say the least, this has been a busy summer at WDC, and I am sure the frantic moves and shifting of school items will continue until all staff and students are settled into their new spaces in the next few months. Will the new high and middle school open on Sept. 4? Oh, yes. Will...
educationAugust 28, 2012 - 11:01am
New school, same spirit
Aug. 17 turned out to be a beautiful Friday; one I felt couldn't be spent entirely indoors. So I decided to take my work outside for a bit. The new Wadena-Deer Creek School has really been taking shape, and I figured the blue skies would make for good pictures of the building. I...
opinion / educationAugust 28, 2012 - 10:42am
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August 11, 2012
A trip through the Wadena multiverse
Wadena is a small community with good hunting land, a golf course and an ice arena home to hockey enthusiasts. Sitting on the intersection of two highways, the railroad town boasts murals as well as an old depot that is also a museum. Tornadoes and storm chasers have made the headlines. And...
entertainmentAugust 11, 2012 - 10:51am
July 28, 2012
Wadena residents give council feedback on townhome project
Wadena City Council members and Compton Township officials got feedback from a few local residents regarding the annexation of a proposed townhome...
July 28, 2012 - 5:40pm
July 21, 2012
Community Action office opens in Wadena
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...
news / businessJuly 21, 2012 - 12:00am
July 16, 2012
Dedication of new WDC Middle/High School set for Aug. 29
The dedication of the new Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School on Aug.
educationJuly 16, 2012 - 3:05am
June 30, 2012
Wadena Hide and Fur celebrates successful rebuild project
Tom and Rich Paper, owners of Wadena Hide and Fur, wanted to pick a sunny day to celebrate the rebuilding of their business property since the 2010 tornado - and Wednesday's event fit the bill. The large office building was damaged by the June 17, 2010 tornado that ripped through...
businessJune 30, 2012 - 12:00am
DEED results pushed back
Although Wadena city officials and staff were timely in their completion of a grant application, they will have to wait longer than expected to hear the results. The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) grant application for the Wadena Regional Wellness Center...
newsJune 30, 2012 - 12:00am
June 25, 2012
Tubby Smith visits Wadena
On June 17, Wadena area fathers and their families had a chance to meet Gopher men's basketball coach Tubby Smith at the dedication of new equipment...
June 25, 2012 - 5:15am
June 19, 2012
Tornado survivors tell their stories
About 50 survivors told their stories in a newly released book for the second anniversary of the twin EF4 tornadoes that leveled areas of Wadena and east Otter Tail County on June 17, 2010. The book, "Struck Down but Not Destroyed: A 9-11 Experience", was signed by several tornado...
June 19, 2012 - 10:31am
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