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Hammes has spearing, carving in his blood
Staring down into a spearing hole gives a fellow plenty of good ideas. Adam Hammes took up fish decoy carving as a hobby and is parlaying it into a part-time business.
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Traveling musicians to perform at Living Waters
Join singer-songwriters Steve and Amanda Hinson in a time of praise and worship at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 4 at Living Waters Assembly of God Church in Alexandria.
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Senator Skogen named dairy 'Legislator of Year'
Senator Dan Skogen was selected as the 2008 Dairy Legislator of the Year by Minnesota Milk Producers Association.
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December comes in as 14th snowiest in Twin Cities
Residents of central and northern Minnesota will get a one-day reprieve before the next system brings more snow to areas that saw more than a foot or more of snow on Tuesday and made December one of the ...
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Bemidji woman struck as pedestrian in Wadena County
Felicity Nyaronge, 21, of Bemidji, was struck at about 5:45 a.m. today on U.S. Highway 71 north of Sebeka, Minn., as she stood alongside the roadway, according to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol out of ...
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Much waiting as Amtrak train delayed
John Faber's right knee ached, and his surgical wounds had started to seep through his pants Tuesday afternoon.
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Snow proves treacherous on area highways
A car headed eastbound went into the center median and rolled near mile marker 56 on I-94 Tuesday morning.
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Public health revises list of critical staff in event of bioterrorism
Wadena County Public Health recently assembled a revised list of the countya s mission critical staff to ensure there are enough doses of antibiotics in the event of bioterrorism.
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Early schooling summed up in one word: Overcrowding
BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Wadena County Historical Society and the Wadena Pioneer Journal, Wadena Pioneer Journal Published Wednesday, December 24, 2008 As I look at the wonderful education system that ...
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Wadena native Hosmer scolds bad drivers in new reality show
Wadena native Pete Hosmer admits he wasna t the best student when he took drivera s ed at Verndale High School.
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Wadena city, county lose more than $200k in LGA
The city of Wadena's and Wadena County's Local Government Aid checks from the state will be a little light this week.
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40 horses perish in barn blaze
In the pre-dawn blackness of a stormy December Sunday, the Verndale Fire Department received a call around 6 a.m. that a fire had broken out at the Central Minnesota Arena and Event Center on the northwest edge ...
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Local driving instructor lands national TV show
Up until several months ago, Pete Hosmer was more driven to grow his five-year-old business than to seek fame.
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Choreographed Christmas
Greg "G.P." Anderson of Wadena loves Christmas. But he doesn't love it in the quiet, solemn way that many people mark the occasion.
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Pawlenty cuts local aid, some programs to balance budget
State budget cuts are under way. So is the anguish. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Friday drained the state's budget reserve and chopped away at state payments to local governments, colleges, human services ...
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WDC school board closes year with good news, brisk meeting
The mood at Monday eveninga s December meeting of the Wadena-Deer Creek School Board was decidedly upbeat and it caught board member Wayne Perkins off guard.
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TCHC president and CEO resigns
Tri-County Health Carea s board of directors has accepted the resignation of President and CEO Dennis Miley, it announced in a press release.
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City freezes part-time wages
The city of Wadena rejected proposed pay raises for part-time city employees; instead, it instituted a wage freeze for 2009.
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Medicare will start paying for telemedicine
A new Medicare could reduce state health care spending. Medicare will now pay for nursing home patients to be treated by telemedicine, reducing the number of expensive trips to the hospital.
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Cities plead for local aid checks
Disaster. Crisis. Insane. Unfair. All are words Minnesota's city leaders used to describe prospect of the state chopping payments later this month.
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