Verndale News

For most kids, a free bike and the chance to hang out on a college campus for a few days is a pretty good deal.

Paine Santos gains Lakewood employee honor STAPLES - Lakewood Health System, Staples, announced Katie Paine Santos, registered nurse, care coordinator for Memory Care as it's 2009 Team Member of the Year.

From the life span of a mosquito to the sound of thunder, WCCO-TV viewers are getting answers to some of their Good Questions.

A A A Following the news earlier this month that the City of Verndale had been approved for $395,756 in grants for this summera s infrastructure project, another $295,794 will be processed in the form of two loans to fund the remainder of the costs.

A Browerville family filed papers and asked the Verndale City Council to take disciplinary action against Verndale Police Chief Jeff Jares after an incident at a Verndale bar that led to a young man getting tasered three times, one of those times allegedly in the groin.

Five new murals have been mounted in Wadena this spring, thanks to the volunteer help of Chuck Richards, his grand sons Jake and Shawn and Tim Nieminen, according to Alley Arts coordinator Dave Evert.

A Wadena woman was charged May 28 with assault and making terroristic threats after an altercation with a family member involving a gun.

A Pictured clockwise from top: Pat Volkerding, Jim Rife, Bill Wilson, Rich Gronlund, Ray Buckingham, Don Strayer, Jayson Graba and Paul Sturm.

The Verndale City Council is hoping increased signage will improve sales at the Highway 10 off-sale liquor store.

Recognizing individual powerlessness and the importance of teamwork is the best way council members can navigate the sometimes treacherous waters of city governance, according to Verndale City Attorney Dan Carlisle of Pemberton, Sorlie, Rufer and Kershner, PLLP.

Wadena-Deer Creek girls first; Wadena-Deer Creek boys eighth; Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale boys sixth, Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale girls 11th Firsts: Brittney Noon 100 dash, 200 dash; Hannah Toedter 3,200; WDC 4x100, 4x200 relays; Brigetta Berg pole vault; Dane Hoffman discus, Amos Schmidt 300 hurdles; Josh Ganz long jump Seconds: Caleb Hamman pole vault; WDC ...

A cardboard box was home sweet home for 147 kids last Friday night in Burlington Northern Park in Wadena.

The Ashby Fastpitch team traveled to Verndale on Monday for non-conference action and lost the Pirates 8-2. The Arrows fell to 7-3 on the season with the loss.

Mike Hejhal had a pair of hits and drove in three runs Thursday as the Pirates snapped a four-game slide by topping Parkers Prairie 7-2. Cody Yungbauer doubled and Matt Moenkedick tripled for the Pirates.

At the adjourned meeting of the Wadena County Board on Thursday, April 23, Wadena VFW Post Commander Jim White invited the commissioners to attend the dedication and sign unveiling ceremony that will be held to designate County Highway 23 as a Veterans Memorial Highway on Saturday, May 16, in Blue Grass.

Wolverines took five firsts. Hannah Toedter 1600, Brigetta Berg pole vault, Boys 4x100 relay, Girls 4x100 relay, Girls 4x800; Runner-up Brittany Noon 200, Dane Hoffman shot, Rachel Craig high jump Softball Steph Perkins 4-hitter; Wolverines now 5-0 Verndale 6, Parkers Prairie 5 Pirates win fourth straight Baseball Verndale 7, Parkers Prairie 2 ...

Spring weather has Wadena County commissioners in no hurry to decide the much-debated fate of the highway departmenta s Verndale garage.

A Wadena County Highway Engineer Joel Ulring said there has been "significant damage" to roads throughout the county as a result of recent flooding, but the full extent of the damage cannot be determined until the flood waters recede.

The deaths of two Verndale residents, whose bodies were discovered March 6, have been ruled prescription drug overdoses.

A two-year-old, Vintage-style barn belonging to Ken and Val Schmitz was destroyed by fire March 24 in Verndale.