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Golden Gloves Region tournament March 29-30

The Region IV boxing tournament will be held Friday and Saturday, March 29-30, at the Wadena Armory. Bouts begin at 7:30 p.m. Boxers from Wadena, Fergus Falls, Leech Lake, Brainerd,...

sports Thu, Mar 21, 2013 - 3:10pm

Nick Bahls and the Perham Yellowjackets advanced to the Section 8AA South Subsection semifinals with a victory over Frazee Thursday evening.
Photo by Robert Williams/FOCUS

Perham throttles Hornets in first round of playoffs

PERHAM — The Perham boys basketball team played their last home game of the season and defeated the Frazee Hornets for the third time in a 61-27 victory to open...

sports / Yellowjacket Boys Fri, Mar 08, 2013 - 12:24pm

Tracking the noise; Train horns in Wadena aren't fading away anytime soon

Those who have been kept up late at night or had their conversation with friends drowned out by the horns of trains passing through Wadena will most likely will have...

news Mon, Mar 04, 2013 - 9:53am

3 arrested for stealing $19K in supplies from local business

Local authorities arrested three men Thursday after the suspects tried to get away with more than $19,000 worth of wiring and tools from a local business. At around 1:24 a.m.,...

business / news / crime Wed, Feb 20, 2013 - 11:50am

Wadena man faces felony domestic charge after violating no drink order

Jeffrey Lynn Welde, 43, of Wadena, faces one felony count of domestic assault after an altercation with his girlfriend. Court documents state that on June 3 at approximately 10:39 a.m.,...

news / crime Wed, Jun 20, 2012 - 9:43am

Photo provided by Tri-County Health Care

Fair Oaks Lodge is a 75-bed rehabilitation and long-term care facility in northern Wadena. On Tuesday, facility ownership was transferred to Health Dimensions Group of Minneapolis.

Read the article: Fair Oaks Lodge and Fair Oaks Apartments under new ownership and management.

Fair Oaks Lodge and Fair Oaks Apartments under new ownership and management

Fair Oaks Lodge Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation and Tri-County Health Care Home Care and Hospice in Wadena are under the new ownership of Legacy Senior Services of Minnetonka. The facilities,...

business / news Fri, May 11, 2012 - 9:03am

Anna Kleen tells a Minnesota Senate committee Monday night that people with injuries like she suffered in a car wreck when she was 16 would benefit from a heated therapy pool in a proposed community center. Her mother, Kathy Kleen, watches. Pioneer Photo/Don Davis
Read the article: Wadena seeks aid to rebuild facilities lost in tornado

Wadena seeks aid as tornado forces out residents, businesses

Wadena is losing residents and businesses, city leaders told a Minnesota Senate committee Monday night in seeking state aid to rebuild facilities lost in a 2010 tornado. "We have been...

news / business Tue, Mar 20, 2012 - 11:46am

Allowing underage parties now against the law in Wadena

If you live in Wadena, it is now illegal to allow underage drinking at your property or otherwise provide the environment for it - even if you are not the...

news Mon, Sep 19, 2011 - 9:47am

14-year-old hurt at rodeo in Nimrod

A 14-year-old bull riding participant suffered a serious head injury after being thrown from a bull Saturday, Sept. 3 near Nimrod. Wadena County authorities said Sam Bell was taken to...

news Mon, Sep 12, 2011 - 1:21pm

Wadena community center: a new possibility

The Wadena community center organization may be moving forward with a change of plans. John Paulson, chairman of the community center board, said the group is looking to go ahead...

news Mon, Sep 12, 2011 - 1:20pm

Photo by Lester Hughes-Seamans

Dr. Jim Krause and his wife, Laura, celebrated 40 years after he survived an accident on Otter Tail Lake. Krause, a Wadena native currently on the faculty of Medical University of South Carolina, received the 2011 Medtronic National Courage Award. He is a spinal cord injury researcher, who is himself living with a C4-5 spinal cord injury.

Wadena native picked for Courage Award

More than 40 years ago, he was a self-described mediocre C-student who had no plans for college at all. Then on July 21, 1971, an accident changed his life and...

news Mon, Aug 22, 2011 - 1:26pm

Passenger seriously hurt in three-vehicle crash near Wadena

WADENA, Minn. - One person was seriously hurt when a car was rear-ended by a van and then struck by a semitrailer Sunday, the Minnesota State Patrol said. The accident...

news Mon, Aug 22, 2011 - 10:33am

Verndale man charged with assault, stopping 911 call

A Verndale man was charged in Wadena County District Court with domestic assault and interfering with a 911 call after an altercation Aug. 1. Around 12:55 p.m., a sheriff's deputy...

crime / news Mon, Aug 22, 2011 - 10:30am

Wadena man faces interference charge

A 20-year-old man from Wadena is accused of hanging up a woman's phone as she called 911 for police assistance. Ray Juan Antonio Polan was charged Aug. 3 for an...

crime / news Mon, Aug 22, 2011 - 10:29am

Whiskey Creek Film Festival to be held in Wadena Sept. 9-15

The Whiskey Creek Film Festival, sponsored by the Whiskey Creek Film Festival Association, will again feature six feature films in current theatrical release (not yet out on DVD). These films...

entertainment / news Wed, Aug 17, 2011 - 3:00pm

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