Ready and waiting: Deer Creek School awaits first trial
The temporary fix offers enough room to fit all the necessary members of a trial inside the school s gymnasum. 9:33 am, May 14, 2021 ×
IT director Dave Hotchkiss shares details about the temporary courtroom at the Deer Creek School with Wadena County Commissioner Mike Weyer on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
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Needing a place for Wadena County District Court to hold trials with social distancing, the Deer Creek School became the best option during the pandemic. But at this point, it s not been used.
On a recent tour of the school, Wadena County IT Director Dave Hotchkiss shared about the work of getting the building up to speed. The project took some time, engineering and significant funds to make it useable.