Wakefield raring to go with full Fourth of July schedule

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — More than a week of celebration now begins in Wakefield with “Family, Friends, Freedom” as this year’s Fourth of July theme.

The Matt Ahonen Memorial 24th Annual Softball Tournament begins today at 5 p.m. and continues at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday at the softball field area on Cemetery Drive.

Next Thursday, July 1, the Hometown Variety Show will be held at 6 p.m. at the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School. The show will be held outside on the north side, facing Sunday Lake. In the event of bad weather, the show will move to the school gy...