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As family and friends passed by in celebration of Irma Allen s 100th birthday, she waved and clasped her hands above her head in May 2020.
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With cars lined up at the softball complex and balloons galore, friends and family of Irma Allen were delighted to see one another again in celebration of “a very special person,” as Allen’s neighbors the Knutsons said. Allen smiled as people honked and waved and shared how beautiful she looked on her 100th birthday.
Allen’s granddaughter, Allison Uselman, distributed decorations and lead the excitement of “Happy birthday” honks and sweet air hugs, and even a second time around the block for the “great woman,” as Jeff Harrison said.
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At -24 degrees on the morning of Friday, Feb. 12, this bison in Wadena s Sunnybrook Park was tinged with frost.
Michael Johnson/Pioneer Journal
After spending over 250 hours below zero, Wadena is expected to see a roughly 60 degree swing over the week and could see some melting with highs above freezing next Monday.
Our coldest temperature, not counting windchill, arrived shortly after Valentine’s Day exited with a temperature of 33 below zero on Monday morning. It’s believed the state set a new daily low record on Saturday, Feb. 13, when Ely saw an air temperature of 50 below zero, according to the National Weather Service.