A great number of contributors for the new building are residents of Wadena County.
The Wadena State Bank and the Jack and Alvida Browne Foundation committed multi-year pledges for $150,000 and $50,000 respectively.
Executive vice president of Wadena State bank, Jeff Browne, said he worked with his brother Kip and mother Alvida to get these funds committed because it was clear that the project was going to be a major asset to the community and region. We need to participate in this, Browne said. It s an investment in our community, it s another asset we can be proud of.
Jeff, Kip, and their parents Jack (deceased) and Alvida have all been dog lovers, so the idea to invest in a project focused on those animals came natural. Jeff looks forward to the group taking this project to the next level.
Johnson: Looking for a warm way to start your weekend? Check out ‘Masked Matinees’
If you ve never seen the Wizard of Oz on the big screen, check it out this weekend in Wadena, for free. 5:05 pm, Feb. 10, 2021 ×
Matthew Quincer (front) loads up a popcorn at the Cozy Theatre, while Kylie Quincer adds up the order.
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I’ve been a Minnesotan for all but a few years of my life and I can say with seriousness, I’m looking for cold days like these to be gone for good.
They keep me from the garage, working on projects. They keep the kids from bouncing around outside for more than three minutes. And my poor black lab, who loves to be outside, can barely even stand running across the yard long enough to sniff the neighbor’s dog.
Changes due to the pandemic approved by the school board. 7:49 am, Jan. 21, 2021 ×
At Wadena-Deer Creek, hybrid learning with alternating days for 7-12th graders and in-person learning Monday to Thursday for pre-K-6th graders resumed on Jan. 19. Students in K-12th grade have distance learning Fridays.
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With the number of COVID-19 cases in the Wadena-Deer Creek schools in “really good shape at the moment,” hybrid learning is continuing, as Superintendent Lee Westrum said. And if cases remain low, 7-12th grade students will return to four days of in-person learning on Feb. 1.
Students returned to hybrid learning on Jan. 19 after a two week distance learning period. Students in pre-K-6th grade have in-person classes Monday to Thursday with kindergarten-6th graders having distance learning on Fridays. Seventh-12th graders alternate in-person days with Fridays also a distance learning day.
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A Christmas Eve fire at Cornerstone Farms brought a total loss of their barn, 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog.
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Funds are on the way for a Henning family who lost their barn, and everything in it, to a fire on Christmas Eve.
The Springer family lost their barn, tractors, straw, 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog in the fire that s believed to have started around 3 a.m. at their farm, Cornerstone Farm, northeast of Henning.
The family includes husband and wife Stephen and Brittany and their five children.
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A Christmas Eve fire at Cornerstone Farms brought a total loss of their barn, 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog.
Photo courtesy of Cornerstone Farms
HENNING, Minn. Funds are on the way for a Henning, Minn., family who lost their barn, and everything in it, to a fire on Christmas Eve.
The Springer family lost their barn, tractors, straw, 1,000 milking goats, 15 peacocks and a dog in the fire that s believed to have started around 3 a.m. at their farm, Cornerstone Farm, northeast of Henning.