Wadena News

Family and friends of the pilot of a plane missing since Friday, November 13, continued the search on foot in Wadena County this week.

Two people suffered minor injuries Friday night in a one-vehicle rollover on Highway 29 in Otter Tail County.

More than a thousand bicycle riders will be peddling through Fergus Falls and setting up a base camp in Adams Park in late July 2009 when the MS Tram - " Bike Across Minnesota returns to Fergus Falls.

The Schoon Farms outside of Verndale sustained extensive property damage from a fire reported at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 12.

Volunteers are planning another ground and air search for a Minnesota pilot missing since Friday.

Starting next year, inmates at the Wadena County Jail will be charged $20 for every day they're housed in the jail.

A Wing River Township farm was severely damaged by fire on Thursday night. The fire was reported just after 11:30 PM and the Verndale Fire Department was paged to respond.

Mark Hockert of Hockert Cleaners in Wadena made his annual trip to the Menahga Assembly of God Church to pick up the handiwork of a group of very busy ladies.

CAREER Sarah Rach-Sovich, a counselor at Central Lakes College was named president-elect of the Association of Minnesota Community and Technical College Counselors.

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

As part of their long range planning, Wadena County Board passed a resolution in 2007 to begin turning back low usage county roads to townships on an annual basis.

A 40-year-old Wadena woman suffered serious injuries after a head-on collison Saturday morning on Highway 29 in the northeast corner of Otter Tail 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 Wadena County Board approved the appointment of Assistant County Engineer Jeff Adolphson as interim Highway Department head at their October 21 meeting.

It was obvious that tail wagging and smiles had common meanings during the Rescue Day event at Leashes and Leads on Saturday.

Ita s three down and one to go for establishment of the Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid Waste Authority that would oversee operations of the refuse burner in Perham.

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.

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.

On Sunday, October 4, the Wadena County Sheriffa s Department received a report of a missing person just to the south of Verndale on County Road 23 in Aldrich Township.

The Wadena County Board accepted the resignation of County Highway Engineer Joel Ulring, with regret, at their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 6. Ulringa s resignation will become effective on Friday, October 23.