Menahga News

Jeff Frodermann, former youth director at United Methodist Church of Sebeka and Menahga, entered into a plea agreement with Wadena County Court where he will plead guilty to one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree.

Public Works Superin tendent Thomas Hoppe presented three invoices to tal ing $3,557.51 to the Sebeka City Council, at their November 10 monthly meeting, for repairs made to a broken sewer line and water main.

West Central Telephone Association staff in Menahga found their building broken into when they arrived at work on Friday, November 13.

H1N1 flu vaccination clinics will be held at the following locations and days for children ages six months to nine years old who live in the these school districts: A A A a Verndale Public School on Tuesday, November 17 A A A a Menahga Public School on Wednesday, November 18 A A A a Sebeka Public School on Thursday, November 19 A A A a Wadena Deer ...

Sebeka, Minn-28-year-old Jeffery Frodermann, of Menahga, accepted a plea deal for having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl.

At 3:15 p.m. on Friday, November 6, the Wadena County Sheriffa s DepartA ment responded to a one-vehicle rollover accident two miles east of Menahga at the intersection of County Highway 17 and 149th Avenue.

Judy Berry of Woodbridge, VA, sent the Review Messenger a copy of a postcard mailed from Menahga to Sebeka on March 5, 1910.

The voters of Independent School District 821 in Menahga rejected a construction bond proposal at the polls on Tuesday, November 3, by a margin of 609 to 466.

Due to the generosity of the Menahga V.F.W. and Lions , and the First English Lutheran Church ladies the 30th Annual FREE Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Thursday, November 26, serving from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Menahga V.F.W. Club.

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.