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CLEARFIELD — Although the 2024 Clearfield County Fair has new dates, it is keeping many of its popular traditions and bringing a few back.

At Monday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Wayne Kindle said the new Trailhead Learning Center (TLC) will offer educational opportunities previously unknown in the Yankton School District.

The meeting which began at 9:00 a.m. lasted nearly six hours with numerous regular agenda items taking much longer than expected.

The Wadena County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the Wadena County Courthouse for annual organizational meeting. County's official publication chosen.

The Wadena County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a motion to hire CJ Holl as the new Wadena County administrator.

The Wadena County Board of Commissioners approved the 2024 levy budget with a 1.97 percent increase in property taxes.

With the search for the new county administrator combined with the pending levy budget to approve the county board learned about additional items that needed to be addressed.

Wadena County Board of Commissioners heard from multiple county residents concerning land valuations and the proposed levy in their Truth In Taxation hearing on Nov. 27.

Wadena County Auditor/Treasurer and interim co-county coordinator Heather Olson provided an update on the preliminary levy budget.

Wadena-Deer Creek School District residents were asked Nov. 7, 2023, to vote for an operating levy increase and/or for issuing building bonds in a special election in Wadena. Both measures failed.