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Those who believe newspapers are becoming a relic of the past should update their thinking. Survey after survey shows that today's local newspapers...
 opinion / editorials 12 hours 30 min ago
VA ID card wait time unknown
Veterans will have to wait an unknown amount of time before they can get a photo ID card from the Department of Veterans Affairs under a law passed in 2015. The law, known as the veterans Identification Card Act 2015, orders the VA to issue a hard-copy photo ID card to any honorably...
 opinion / commentary 12 hours 49 min ago
Lewis Wins 25th annual Great American Think-Off
On June 10 in New York Mills, four armchair philosophers faced off in the Great Debate portion of the Great American Think-Off philosophy competition held by the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center. Over 250 attendees voted in three elimination rounds to choose Pamela Lewis of...
 News / region 13 hours 34 min ago
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Wadena County wanted - June 22 edition
Sarah Danielle Davis, 33, Dilworth, warrant: assault. Stacy Marie Mitchell, 33, Hewitt, warrant: property damage. Samuel Tate Theisen, 25, bemidji,...
 News / local June 25, 2017 - 10:18am
Authorities are searching for this manure spreader, which was stolen from the village of Leader, east of Wadena. (submitted photo)
Authorities search for stolen manure spreader near Wadena
Authorities in central Minnesota are looking for the person who stole a manure spreader. The Cass County, Minnesota Sheriff's office says a...
 News / state June 25, 2017 - 10:18am
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 June 24, 2017 - 6:54pm
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...
 News / local June 24, 2017 - 11:48am
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 June 24, 2017 - 9:55am
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

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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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