Wicks fills open Reardan-Edwall board seat

REARDAN-A longtime farmer living in the Mondovi area was chosen to join the Reardan-Edwall school board. Tessa Wicks was selected by the board members Wednesday, Aug. 24 to fill the vacant seat created when Roger Peterson suddenly passed away in June.

"There are big shoes to fill with Roger's passing, and I knew that going in," Wicks said.

Wicks joins a board that includes chair Jeff Anderson, Jennifer Cox, Simon Butterfield and Ryan Clouse. All seats in the district are at-large positions.

"Jenny Cox and I have children in the same grades, and she kind of nudged me to apply (for the vacancy),...