Menahga News

In a county-wide poster contest, two area 5th and 6th graders were selected to have their drawings on billboards.

Mark Hepokoski of Menahga spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as an Electronic Warfare Officer in a B-52. Click here for full report.

Menahga School District 821 voters went to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, to decide whether or not the District should issue $8.5 million in bonds to construct a new gymnasium and new classrooms onto the school.

During their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 3, the Wadena County Board of Commissioners approved a a oePay to Staya plan to charge inmates in the County Jail for room and board.

Wadena Public Health Director Karen Nelson reports that her department has not received reports of any confirmed cases in the county.

The 1916 Sociability Run for the Jefferson Highway at its stopover in Menahga. The Menahga Journal editor estimated that 500 people attended the event.

The Paulbicke family of Sebeka are ready for Halloween. Their home on 1st Street NW has become one ofA several places in the area where ghoulish specters are gathering in preparation for their big night this Saturday.

Wolf Lake's new million-dollar-plus corrective action septic system is now operational, according to city officials.

Workers for Sellin Bros. are busy constructing another stormwater retention pon on the old railroad right-of-way between Menahga City Hall and the Blueberry River.

The Menahga City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Monday morning, October 19, with Mayor Tom Larson and council members Dennis Komulainen, Maxine Norman and Kim Rasmussen in attendance; Joel Mickelson was absent.

The flu season in Minnesota typically begins in October. This year it is predicted to include a higher than normal number of cases of influenza-like illness because of the seasonal flu and the new H1N1 flu.

Hubbard Co., MN - On October 14, 2009, at approximately 6:38 p.m., the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office received a report of a three vehicle accident on County Road 4, approximately 1/2 mile south of County Road 40 in Lake Emma Township.

On Sunday, October 11, 2009 the Wadena County Sheriffa s Department received a report of a one vehicle rollover on County Highway 23 approximately one mile north of Verndale.a According to the accident report, the vehicle was southbound and left the roadway onto the west shoulder.

Mark Garner set a goal for himself when he was 38 years old. He was working as a meat cutter in a grocery store and sick of punching the clock.

Members of the Co-op Sampo will have the opportunity to vote on a proposed merger between Perham Cooperative Creamery Association and Cooperative Sampo of Menahga at a stockholders meeting to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14 at Blueberry Pines Golf Club.

The two men arrested following an attempted burglary at a golf course in Morrison County on August 24, 2009, have now been charged in Wadena County District Court for the crimes they allegedly committed at Blueberry Pines Golf Course near Menahga.

Earl William Wevley, son of Karl and Carolina Wevley, was born September 14, 1924, in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

The Menahga School Board will host informational meetings on District 821's proposed $8.5 million building project and bond issue for the public in Menahga and Wolf Lake this coming week.

The Menahga School Board approved the proposed 2010 tax levy at the maximum formula allowable during their Monday, September 21 regular meeting.

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