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What are the road rules for skaters and rollerbladers?
Question: I was skating the other day and wondering about how skaters/rollerbladers should behave on the roads. I am familiar with bike laws - a bicycle is treated like any other vehicle on the road with a few exceptions. What about inline skates? Especially if I'm training, skating...
 opinion / commentary 14 hours 16 min ago
Buffer strip law should present no problems locally
The Wadena County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution last Tuesday to enforce Minnesota's buffer law. The controversial conservation measure, got some new teeth two years ago when it was brought into the spotlight by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. Stricter enforcement was...
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Avoidance of county spraying comes with a price
Wadena County is agreeable to accommodating private landowners along county highways where herbicide control of roadside brush and noxious weeds has been carried out. The Wadena County Highway Department is requesting those objecting to roadside spraying fill out an exemption form...
 News / region 23 hours 15 min ago
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Entertainment briefs - June 22 edition
Park Rapids Area Community Band performs June 30 The Park Rapids Area Community Band will perform Friday, June 30 at the Spirit Lake beach from 7-9 p.m. Featured will be trumpet soloist Dr. Tom Strait. The performance of part of the 2017 summer concert series. Admittance is free....
 entertainment / events June 24, 2017 - 8:15am
Crime report - June 22 edition
June 6 • Daniel John Cermak, 38, was arrested for 3rd degree driving while impaired. Cermak was transported to the Wadena County Jail. • Rayshawn Malik Frelix, 24, Brainerd, was stopped and issued a citation for driving after revocation. June 8
 News / local June 24, 2017 - 8:15am
Police Scanner
June 7 • An ambulance run was required when a vehicle allegedly ran a man in a wheelchair off the road. June 8 • A complainant asked to speak with a deputy regarding spraying in a field across the road from his home. When a deputy attempted to interview the man he was being placed...
 News / local June 23, 2017 - 7:39pm
Hannah Vorderbruggen, Miss Wadena 2016, performed her talent from last year's contest, a timpani solo. Heather Bullock/Wadena Pioneer Journal.
Ross crowned Miss Wadena 2017
There were a lot of tears Saturday night. Gabrielle Ross, a 2017 WDC graduate, cried happy tears when she was crowned miss Wadena 2017 at the...
 News / local June 23, 2017 - 6:37pm
Horse carriage rides were given at the Historic Carnival put on by the Wadena County Museum Friday afternoon. Lina Belar/Wadena County Historical Society.
Whooping it up in Wadena
An estimated crowd of 4,000 attended the June Jubilee Grand Parade on a warm Thursday evening in Wadena last week. According to Chamber of Commerce...
 News / local June 23, 2017 - 5:45pm
A little help from a friend
It is not the connection you hear when a bat strikes a ball or battery starts a car engine but it can be infinitely more important. The Kinship Program brings people into contact with one another in a manner that ideally has something to offer everyone. Laura Kiser and Monica Watson...
 News / local June 23, 2017 - 4:40pm
Jeff Wiirre and his wife, Pam, have opened the Woodtick Lounge in Hewitt. The lounge can seat 58 customers. The Wiirres are planning to have both on and off-sale liquor for their customers and food. The Todd County community is nine miles south of Wadena at the junction of Highway 210 and Highway 71. Brian Hansel/Pioneer Journal
Woodtick Lounge bringing bar crowd to Hewitt once again
Jeff and Pam Wiirre went chasing a dream earlier this year like a couple butterfly hunters. On May 23 they netted their dream and put it in a...
 News / local June 23, 2017 - 4:40pm
Minnesota briefs - June 22 edition
Seat belt tickets drop again during summer Click It or Ticket campaign ST. PAUL—For the third year in a row, seat belt tickets decreased during the Minnesota summer Click It or Ticket campaign's two-week extra enforcement wave.
 News / state June 23, 2017 - 4:40pm
The Wadena Area Knitters gathered June 13 at the Cyber Cafe to knit together. Pictured, back row, from left, are: Jean Siirala, Kayla Meeks, Ally Pavek, Lorie Baron, Tiffany Meeks and Sharon Kempf. Front row, from left, are: Gail Moore, Carol Osborn and Ines Ashbaugh. Heather Bullock/Wadena Pioneer Journal.
Area knitters craft for African orphanages
The Wadena Area Knitters has an ambitious knitting goal for African children. The group, comprised of women and girls young and old, is looking...
 News / local June 23, 2017 - 3:32pm
Angie Hammer found herself in a tug-o-war with a reluctant heifer named "Ogre" Thursday afternoon during 4-H judging at the Wadena County Fairgrounds. The heifer belonged to Hammer's daughter, Melissa, a member of the 4-Corner 4-H Club. Brian Hansel/Pioneer Journal
Who is the Boss?
 local / News June 23, 2017 - 10:37am
Wadena PJ offered in E-PAPER format free through June 30
Electronically delivered replica newspapers are all the rage these days. From major-metro dailies to small-town weeklies, publishers everywhere are finding audiences enthused by this modern method of traditional newspaper delivery. Starting today and through June 30, anyone who wants...
 News / local June 21, 2017 - 3:32pm
Watermelon Margarita
Summer - warm weather, fun gatherings and the chance to enjoy some great fruity drinks! This recipe for Watermelon Margaritas is so refreshing on hot days. One sip will have you begging for more. Enjoy! Watermelon Margaritas Makes four servings • 1/2 c. white sugar • 1/2 c. water •...
 Life / Food June 20, 2017 - 8:22pm

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Lylah Radach, 7, and Rhea Radach, 4, pose with the family’s kitten and chickens. The stray kitten showed up at their home in mid-November, took a liking to the chickens, and now lives in the coop. (Beth Leipholtz | Echo Press)

A stray kitten has found a home in an unlikely place — a Garfield family's chicken coop.

Micah and Allyson Radach say the kitten, not more than a few months ...

The Wadena County Transfer Station expansion is complete and came in under budget. Anna Erickson/Pioneer Journal

A Wadena County Transfer Station expansion is complete.

The project, which included an expansion to the northeast side of the building allowed for more storage. The project cost just over ...

Joan Hess, of Verndale, received a flu shot this week from Tri-County Health Care Primary Care Nursing Manager Diane George earlier this week. Hess said she gets a flu shot every year and thinks it helps prevent sickness. Anna Erickson/Pioneer Journal.

It's the season for sneezin' and health officials are recommending people get a flu shot sooner than later.

"By far, the best prevention against the flu is getting the vaccine," ...

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Wadena County Fair 2017

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Wadena-Deer Creek Class of 2017

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