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"Life - Live It, " a community-wide campaign to increase awareness of mental health resources, will launch next week during the June Jubilee parade. M State Wadena student government leaders won't just be tossing candy from their float next Thursday.

When Becky Huhta moved to Wadena from Verndale in 2010, she decided to keep her six school-age children at the smaller school to the east. "I wanted that stability for them - that's huge for a child," the single mother of 10 said. "The teachers there had done so well with them,...

Wadena-Deer Creek third-graders enjoyed a "sweet" experience touring Les Schwartz's sugar shack near Sebeka on Wednesday, April 23. The 78 third-graders boarded two school buses and traveled to Schwartz's beautiful wooded acreage southeast of Sebeka where he is tapping 300 maple...

Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School students watched with delight as WDC staff made good on their promises on April 17 for the Klawitter/Ortmann fundraisers. Longtime teachers Craig Klawitter and Mike Ortmann are fighting cancer with a positive attitude and tenacious Wolverine spirit. ...

On April 9, Wadena-Deer Creek sixth-grade students graduated from the D.A.R.E. program in a special ceremony held in the WDC Middle/High School Gymnasium. Wadena Police Officer Nick Grabe taught the DARE curriculum, "Keepin' It Real" to WDC sixth-graders. DARE stands for Drug Abuse...

Wadena-Deer Creek School Superintendent Lee Westrum was at the State Capitol March 26 with a delegation of area school leaders. The group met...

Members of the Wadena-Deer Creek FFA Fish and Wildlife team qualified for state competition recently at the FFA Region II Fish and Wildlife Career Development Event (CDE) held at Central Lakes College, Brainerd. Teams from 18 FFA chapters competed in identifying species of fish, wildlife,...