Ruth Clark, from the Wadena VFW Post 3289 Auxiliary, said the socks would be donated to Veterans' Homes in St. Cloud and Fargo as well as possibly a few others.
While social and emotional impacts on students have been a concern throughout the pandemic, staff have worked on mental health and trauma-informed school trainings for about four years. The elementary school added Mary Ellenson as student success coordinator at the start of this school year, along with morning meetings and additional curriculum to create common vocabulary, unity and encourage discussion about emotions.
The Relationships, Education, Academics, Character and Hard Work program started four years ago and will expand to seventh and eighth graders as well as a second ninth to 12th grade class.
Wadena morning radio show host had bigger dreams, but stayed in the small market for 36 years. 7:05 am, Jun. 9, 2021 ×
Mike Danvers has been the voice of Wadena for about 36 years out of his roost above the Boondocks Cafe at the K106 broadcasting studio now owned by Hubbard Broadcasting.
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While many people only know him by his voice, many are missing the man they woke up to every morning on a local Wadena radio station.
For the last 36 years, the people of central Minnesota have been listening to the voice of Mike Danvers announcing news and entertaining the masses with his own humorous take on the days headlines. He used to play records, still occasionally plays CDs and his voice lives on in radio ads throughout the daily program.