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Bruce Uselman, chief of the Wadena Police Department, is pictured in his office May 17. Uselman recently announced he is retiring after almost 40 years in law enforcement.

Uselman to retire as Wadena police chief

After ten years of serving as chief of the Wadena Police Department and almost 40 years in law enforcement, Bruce Uselman is finally willing to let someone else walk the...

news Fri, May 24, 2013 - 9:40am

No sequester cuts reach Wadena yet

Automatic federal spending cuts known as the “sequester” that took effect earlier this year so far have not trickled down to Wadena. County, city and school officials are as yet...

news Fri, Apr 26, 2013 - 9:52am

Headline: April 20 Police Scanner April 8 • An administrator at the Verndale school informed police a juvenile threatened to “shoot up the office staff” and said they wished to...

news / local Fri, Apr 19, 2013 - 12:00am

Group petitions city for Wellness Center whirlpool

A local petition group has entered into the community discussion of what the coming Wellness Center will be like with a request that its leader feels will lead to an...

news / local Fri, Apr 12, 2013 - 9:42am

Halley Maas, Miss Wadena 2012, will be present at a kickoff gathering for this year’s pageant at the WDC High School Commons area from 7:30 to 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 10. Also present will be pageant director Bonnie Kingsley. WDC math instructor, Holly Becker, will also be present and has applications for interested girls.

Registration opens for Miss Wadena pageant

Registration is open for the Miss Wadena Scholarship Pageant which will be held Saturday, June 22 at 7 p.m. Elegibility requirements are that candidates must be females from the Wadena-Deer...

entertainment Sat, Apr 06, 2013 - 10:00am

‘Saddle Up! Introduction to Horses’ class, April 9 or 11

Wadena-Deer Creek-Bluffton Community Education is offering an introduction to horses class for families. The class will be taught by Ron Sundby and his family. Learn how to groom a horse,...

entertainment Sat, Apr 06, 2013 - 6:00am

Members of the Wadena City Council observe as Steven Miller and Mike Brandt, the architects in charge of designing the new Wellness Center, explain the schematics for the new building. The council voted at a Mar. 27 special meeting to allow the architects to move forward with preparations for the center based on the overall project design approved in December.

City Council votes full speed ahead after Wellness Center delay

The Wadena City Council in a special meeting March 27 voted unanimously to let the architects working on the Wellness Center project move forward using the general building outline plan...

news Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 1:30pm

Wadena-Deer Creek students Brandee Bly and Madeleine Hinojos watch in respectful silence as the Wadena VFW wreath is carried by a soldier at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on April 3. WDC band and choir students are performing and touring in Washington, D.C., April 1-6. (Photo by Lisa Weniger, WDC Schools)

WDC students place wreath on Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Four Wadena-Deer Creek High School students placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday as part of their band and choir trip itinerary...

news / education Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 10:27am

Oakridge to host dance at Elks Lodge

Oakridge Homes will host a dance for the handicapped from 6-8 p.m., Friday, April 19, at the Elks Lodge in Wadena.

entertainment / events Fri, Apr 05, 2013 - 10:16am

Tyler Muehler of Wadena scoops up alley ice and water for Smith Furniture & Carpet on Monday. Photo by Dain Sullivan, Pioneer Journal

Photo of the Day: Breaking the ice

news Mon, Mar 25, 2013 - 2:41pm

Status of social networking at WDC: It’s complicated

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are a digital double-edged sword for Wadena–Deer Creek Middle/High School. On one hand, WDC uses official social network profiles to give updates to...

news Mon, Mar 25, 2013 - 10:07am

My Two Cents: Planning a ‘staycation’

By Jessica Keddy, Special to the Pioneer Journal We have one 17-year-old, two 7-year-olds and two 3-year-olds. As you can imagine, traveling is super intense, expensive and exhausting. This summer...

life Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 6:29pm

Westrum makes official superintendent acceptance via text message

It was officially decided during Monday’s Wadena-Deer Creek School Board meeting that Lee Westrum will be the district’s superintendent next year, and some could argue the method of communication with...

news Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 4:45pm

Randy Jansen of Peterson Sheet Metal in Bemidji removes a thermostat fixture Thursday in the old administration space of Tri-County Health Care as part of the demolition taking place in preparation for the installation of new specialist physician exam space. Brian Smith, a supervisor for Kraus-Anderson Construction Company, said this phase of construction will be completed in August. Photo by Zach Kayser, Pioneer Journal

TCHC building revamp enters next phase of construction

Tri-County Health Care (TCHC) began its next phase of renovations this week as part of an extensive multi-million-dollar development plan that included the new Rehabilitation Center completed earlier this year...

news Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 4:43pm

Scott Endres of Wadena pauses for a moment before continuing to clear snow from a sidewalk Monday. Experts said as much as 6 inches of snow fell in parts of our area between Sunday and Monday. Photo by Zach Kayser, Pioneer Journal

Snowstorm hits Wadena days before spring; experts say weather should shape up first week of April

In a continuation of the seemingly relentless pattern of storms affecting Wadena over the past few weeks, the area was struck again by a snowstorm late Sunday and early Monday...

news Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 4:39pm

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