2. Pledge of Allegiance:
3. Announcement by Chair Nystrom:
A. Due to the current federal and state emergency declarations, the Minnesota directive to residents to stay at home, and guidance about limiting person-to-person contact due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting of the Brainerd School Board is being conducted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.021 Meetings by Telephone or Other Electronic Means. Persons may monitor this meeting from a remote location by watching on YouTube live. This meeting is being recorded. Access to the recording will be made available on the school district’s website as soon as is reasonably possible.
4. Approval of the agenda as presented / amended:
The house is part of the 10 home project with Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation. 6:43 am, Feb. 18, 2021 ×
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation has sealed up their first home in a development in southeast Wadena near Homecrest.
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With one house nearing its finish, the Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation and the city of Wadena are hoping to grow the community with nine additional homes.
The homes are being constructed in the Folkestad East Addition after the city reduced the properties’ assessments and purchased 16 tax-forfeited lots. MMCDC, of Detroit Lakes, purchased 10 of these lots and will follow the build-and-sell model for each lot. The first home is expected to be finished by late April or early May for $240,000.
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Pull tabs are coming to Drastic Measures Brewing.
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Gambling opportunities are expanding in the area thanks to a recent push from the Deer Creek Lions Club.
Deer Creek Lion member Steve Techam spoke with the Wadena City Council Tuesday, Feb. 9, sharing the club’s intent to offer pull tabs at Drastic Measures Brewing in Wadena. The city council unanimously supported the idea, which was a necessary step in gaining approval. The state is the entity responsible for permitting the gambling site permit and will be working with the club and the brewery to move the project forward.
WDC FCCLA students continue leadership roles and STAR events.
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WDC Chapter members present at the conference include Graci Skarka (front, left), Madyson Moats, Madyson Beversluis, Angela LeComte, Danielle Dickey and Naveya McManigle. Makaylan Sibert (back, left), Casey Bounds, Grace Matthesien, Morgan Grangruth, Katelyn Kallevig, Elliot Doyle, Emma Mehl, Kira Sweeney, Makayla Varela, Gracie Arm and Jenny Varela.
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Since the start of the organization, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America has been addressing important personal, career and societal issues.
Minnesota FCCLA was started in 1946. At that time, the organization was known as Future Homemakers of America. In the 1980s, Minnesota FHA made a name change to Minnesota Future Leaders of America/Future Homemakers of America. At the 1999 FHA National Leadership Conference in Boston, Mass., delegates voted to change the name of the national organization to FCCLA, accordin
The reunion was originally scheduled for 2020 and then postponed to 2021.
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The 2021 Wadena-Deer Creek All-School Reunion scheduled for summer 2021 has been postponed to June 10-12, 2022. The reunion will again coincide with Wadena s June Jubilee summer celebration.
While it was a difficult decision, the All-School Reunion Committee felt that there was too much uncertainty due to COVID-19 to successfully plan and carry out an event of this size, and that postponing until 2022 would provide the best opportunity for a large and successful all-school reunion, according to a school Facebook post.
The Johnny Holm Band and Arch Allies have both been re-booked for the reunion.