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Hosted by the Wadena Area Chamber of Commerce the annual Christmas Festival will feature over 70 plus vendors, free horse-drawn carriage rides, Santa, entertainment and so much more.

This one-of-a-kind evening under the grand tent at the Astera Health Campus features entertainment, auctions, live music and food.

The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board approved a final 2022, payable 2023 property tax levy of $2,187,922 at its Monday, Dec. 19 meeting, an increase of 3% over the previous year.

You can now go explore the trail as it starts off of Seventh Street SE.

Three were elected out of a field of five.

The general election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. At the close of that election, three members will be elected to the school board for terms of four years each. Five candidates are running for the three seats.

You have until 5 p.m. on Aug. 16 to file for a seat.

As the hospital staff make a transition out of the historic building, the plans for what that building could become are plentiful. Share your thoughts on the building use.

The ideas range from upgrading sports facilities to improving parking and added comforts for high school students.

Candidate filing will open Aug. 2 for 23 school board seats, spread across six lakes area school districts, and 11 city council seats in Detroit Lakes, Perham and Wadena. Candidates must pay up to a $5 filing fee, verify their address and complete registration for those elections before filing closes on Aug. 16 at 5 p.m., said one city clerk.