Wadena County News

Month-Long Extra Impaired Driving Enforcement Effort Is Coupled with Seat Belt Patrols To combat the serious threat of impaired driving on Wadena County roads, Wadena County Law Enforcement will conduct extra DWI patrols as part of a Minnesota-wide crackdown throughout December.

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.

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

The search for a Farmington pilot last heard from Friday near Staples, Minn., will continue today.

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.

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

The engineers and construction managers for the CSAH 21 project in Menahga held their last meeting for 2009 this week.

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 ...

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.

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.

K9 Danny will retire in 2010 after sevenyears of service in Wadena County. He was teamed with Deputy Luke Manderschied in 2008.

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.

The discovery of an exotic species is prompting stricter rules for anglers on Upper and Lower Twin lakes in Hubbard and Wadena counties.

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.

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.

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.

Sebeka American Legion Post 456. Do you want to save it? What does it mean to you? A number of individuals say it is not worth saving.