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Garage logic questioned, steak dinner offered

A steak dinner is the prize in a controversy over the financial benefits of Wadena County's decision to sell the Verndale highway department garage. County Highway Engineer Joel Ulring expressed...

news Fri, Feb 27, 2009 - 12:01pm

Cris Valdez, who took over provost duties at MSCTC--Wadena Dec. 1, sits in the Student Life Center at the Detroit Lakes campus. Photo by Steve Schulz

New provost promises cuts, growth for Wadena campus

New MSCTC--Wadena Provost Cris Valdez doesn't want to tell you the local campus is going to be a vibrant, growing place. He wants to show you. Valdez took over being...

news Thu, Feb 26, 2009 - 11:58am

Wadena County to save on prisoner boarding

Competition, price wars and hard times have caught up with the Hubbard County Correctional Center. Wednesday, the county commission reduced the inmate boarding charge from $55 per day to $46...

news Sun, Feb 22, 2009 - 1:00am

Victims of hay bale accident in Wadena County identified

The victims of a farm accident Wednesday evening in northeastern Wadena County have been identified. Harold W. Skov, 45, and Douglas A. Amundson, 62, both of Sebeka, were pronounced dead...

news Sat, Feb 14, 2009 - 12:00am

Two men killed in farm hay bale accident in Wadena County

Two men were killed in a farm accident Wednesday night in Wadena County. Sheriff Mike Carr said his office received a call at 5:18 p.m. of an accident in Orton...

news / farm Thu, Feb 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Mayor Wayne Wolden of Wadena says cities would be devastated by a local government aid cut like proposed Tuesday by Gov. Tim Pawlenty. With him is St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. Photo by Don Davis, St. Paul Capitol Bureau.

Schools fare well under governor's budget

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Pawlenty would chop many parts of the state budget - including dropping 84,000 people off state-funded health care...

Fri, Jan 30, 2009 - 12:00am

1992 Wadena-Deer Creek graduate Pete Hosmer is starring in "Driving Me Crazy," which will premiere at 10 p.m. Christmas Day on truTV. Hosmer coaches bad drivers to help them pass a road test and win prizes. Photo provided

Wadena native Hosmer scolds bad drivers in new reality show

Wadena native Pete Hosmer admits he wasn't the best student when he took driver's ed at Verndale High School. He still managed to pass the road test on the first...

news Thu, Dec 25, 2008 - 12:00am

Verndale firefighters attempt to limit the blaze at R & J Horse Sales Sunday. A fire destroyed a barn there and 40 horses perished.

40 horses perish in barn blaze

VERNDALE -- In the pre-dawn blackness of a stormy December Sunday, the Verndale Fire Department received a call around 6 a.m. that a fire had broken out at the Central...

Tue, Dec 23, 2008 - 12:00am

Police: Tobacco store heist was an inside job

The theft of checks and cash from the Tobacco Store in Wadena was an inside job, police said. The Wadena Police Department said in a release that Luke Bachmann, 20,...

news Mon, Dec 15, 2008 - 12:00am

Wadena native James Krause was recently inducted into the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame for his work researching spinal cord injuries.

Wadena native, Robin Williams, Ted Kennedy win SCI award

Wadena native James Krause's name joined Hollywood stars and political giants when he was inducted into the Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame Nov. 17 along with actor Robin Williams...

news Sat, Nov 29, 2008 - 12:00am

The Rev. Carol Carroll and her son, Russell Staton Jr., stand in front of the freshly painted Miracle Mansion in Wadena on Monday.

A new look for the old mansion

A firm foundation and a fresh coat of white paint are the latest renovations to the old Merickel home on Second Street now called the Miracle Mansion. The Rev.

news Sat, Nov 08, 2008 - 12:00am

Florence Lucken

Funeral services for Florence Lucken of Wadena, formerly of Morris, will be held Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Morris. Reverend Gregg...

Mon, Oct 20, 2008 - 12:00am

A brighter day for WDC's budget

The Wadena-Deer Creek School Board got a dose of good news from Business Manager Jerry Anderson at Monday night's meeting: after the district's reserve balance fell as low as $2,000...

Sat, Sep 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Meth lab owner at large

A Wadena man remains a fugitive as of Tuesday morning after law enforcement officers allegedly uncovered a meth lab at his home in northeast Wadena. Steven Arthur Savaloja, 48, is...

Fri, Jul 04, 2008 - 12:00am

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