Wadena PJ

St. Frederick's fall breakfast set for Oct. 2 St. Frederick's Church in Verndale will hold their annual fall breakfast on Sunday, Oct. 2 from 8 a.m. to noon in the Verndale Lions Civic Center. Everyone is invited to the freewill breakfast consisting of pancakes, French Toast, scrambled...

Staples-Motley's Emily Veronen posted a winning 1:10.52 in the 100 back and swam a leg for the winning 200 medley relay team Tuesday in a 91-79 dual loss to Fosston. Veronen scored runner-up points for the Cardinals in the 200 individual medley with a 2:42.18. She swam a leg for Staples-Motley's...

The Verndale Pirates won two of their six matches for an eighth-place finish Saturday in the Class A Showcase at Burnsville. Shelley Glenz saw her Pirates go 2-1 in pool play Friday with victories over Wabasha-Kellogg and Wabasso. The Pirates suffered a pair of setbacks to Tracy-Milroy-Balaton. Friday's...

Luke Weniger scored three touchdowns and amassed 169 yards of total offense Friday as the undefeated Verndale Pirates rolled over Buffalo Lake-Hector 52-8. Weniger sparked a 32-point first half with scoring runs of three and 51 yards and a touchdown reception of 50 yards. Weniger...

Noah Ross placed 50th in Class A competition Saturday as the Wadena-Deer Creek varsity boys' cross country squad placed 17th in a field of 41 teams at the Milaca Mega. Ross ran a time of 18:20. The fastest time in the race was a 16:05 turned in by Declan Dahlberg of Mounds View Academy. Placing...

Mike Lovelace informed Verndale school board members Monday night a bathroom will not be needed in the district's new bus garage.

Glenn Seela scored on three short TD runs Friday as the Osakis Silverstreaks downed the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines 46-6. Logan Wolf racked up 101 rushing yards for the Silverstreaks on six carries. Colton Waldvogel ran the ball eight times for 91 yards and one touchdown. Gage Larson...

Former Minnesota Vikings linebacker Walker Lee Ashley will be in Wadena Friday to sign autographs and raise donations for Wadena-Deer Creek athletics. Ashley played professional football for Minnesota and Kansas City during his NFL career, which ran from 1983 to 1990.