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Kathleen Novak will be the guest speaker at the Book Ends event April 14. Courtesy photo.
Kathleen Novak to visit Wadena for Book Ends
Book Ends, monthly meet-the-author event in Wadena, welcomes Minnesota novelist Kathleen Novak on April 14. Novak is a native Minnesotan from...
 entertainment / books 23 hours 11 min ago
Northern Lights Chorale concerts coming soon
Northern Lights Chorale will be performing their spring concert April 22 at 3 p.m. at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Sebeka. They will perform a second concert April 22 at 7 p.m. at Karvonen Chapel in Wadena, 419 2nd Street NE., two blocks east of Tri-County Hospital. Enjoy your...
 entertainment / music 23 hours 34 min ago
Denim Day held April 25
Each April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is observed throughout the United States to raise awareness of sexual violence. Sexual violence, while prevalent in our so­ciety, is not just a national issue. It unfortu­nately affects many individuals in our local communities as...
 community / events April 16, 2018 - 12:48pm
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A firre driven by a northwest wind quickly consumed TJ's Detailing on Ash Ave. in Wadena Monday morning. Wadena and Verndale firefighters responded to the scene. Brian Hansel/Pioneer Journal play button
Crews fight blaze at TJ's Detail in Wadena
Emergency personnel fought a large fire starting at about 9 a.m. Monday at TJ's Detail in Wadena. Wadena and Verndale fire departments responded...
 News April 16, 2018 - 10:53am
Wadena lost one of its landmarks April 9, 1938 when flames set by a nearby rubbish fire destroyed the old Wadena brewery near the great Northern tracks in the southeast part of Wadena. File photo.
Living History - April 12 edition
20 years ago Excerpts from the April 2, 1998 Pioneer Journal • Rhoades selected as new WDC High School principal Moving seven miles down the...
 community / history April 16, 2018 - 9:06am
Renee Miller received the Star of Life award March 20. Courtesy photo.
TCHC paramedic presented Star of Life award
The Minnesota Ambulance Association honored Renee Miller, a paramedic with Tri-County Health Care's Emergency Medical Services (EMS), with a...
 people / community April 16, 2018 - 8:35am
Shane Motchenbacher was named to the All-Minnesota Academic Team. Courtesy photo.
Motschenbacher among M State students named to All-Minnesota academic team
Four students at Minnesota State Community and Technical College have been named to the All-Minnesota Academic Team in recognition of their leadership,...
 community / people April 16, 2018 - 8:06am
Veterans: 3K-5k National Personnel Records Center military records restored weekly
On July 12, 1973, approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files were destroyed when a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. More than 40 years later, staff at the NPRC still are attempting to piece together those records. Kevin...
 opinion / columns April 15, 2018 - 12:11pm
A representative from Zoll shows members of Sebeka Fire and Rescue how to use the ResQPUMP, which is one of the components of the ResQCPR System. ResQCPR is an FDA-approved CPR device that can improve the likelihood of survival after cardiac arrest. Courtesy photo.
Sebeka Fire and Rescue receives TCHC Foundation grant
The Tri-County Health Care Foundation recently awarded a $1,295 grant to Sebeka Fire and Rescue for the purchase of a Zoll ResQCPR System. After...
 Business / healthcare April 15, 2018 - 10:04am
Ask A Trooper: What is the length limit for loads off the rear of a pick-up?
Question: I have a short box pick-up. A friend wanted me to carry two 12-foot aluminum boats he had purchased. Being as they would have extended far past my 7 foot or less truck bed, I declined thinking it was too long to be legal. Was I correct? What is the length limit for loads...
 opinion / columns April 15, 2018 - 8:37am
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Wadena SWCD establishes priorities for 2018
The gears driving the Wadena Soil and Water Conservation District began to synchronize last week. It was soil and water strategy the group was...
 Business / Agriculture April 14, 2018 - 1:52pm
Police Scanner - April 12 Edition
March 29 • When a deputy stopped a driver for speeding he produced a German driver's license which the deputy was unable to read or run. The deputy issued him a warning. March 31 • A domestic incident involving one male head-butting another was reported but the caller was very...
 News / crime and courts April 14, 2018 - 10:06am
Rural broadband to continue expanding in Wadena, Otter Tail, Todd counties
It's only been about a year since Ross Olson recalls the Bell Hill Recovery Center near Wadena was connected to broadband internet through West Central Telephone Association (WCTA). Just last fall, he finally was connected to broadband at home as well. "I've gotten so used to it,"...
 News / traffic and construction April 14, 2018 - 10:01am
Weekly crime report - April 12 edition
April 3 • Joseph Lee Swain, 28, of Hewitt, was arrested on a Stearns County warrant. Swain was booked into the Wadena County Jail. April 5 • Amanda Rae Leeper, 25, of Wadena, was arrested for domestic assault. Leeper was transported to the Morrison County Jail. The Wadena Police...
 News / crime and courts April 14, 2018 - 9:06am
Zackery Lawrence. Courtesy photo.
Wadena County wanted - April 12 edition
Joshua William Butcher, 23, Wadena, warrant: contempt of court. Zackery Laverne Lawrence, 31, minneapolis, warrant: terroristic threats. Terry...
 News / crime and courts April 13, 2018 - 9:57am

Inside Wadena PJ

Otter Tail Lake neighbors Caryn Klosterman and Tami Sirek flank Brooklyn Sirek under the big tent at the Otter Tail County of Ice celebration Saturday afternoon. Brian Hansel/Pioneer Journal

Many an idea is hatched in a fish house in the middle of a cold Minnesota winter.

Otter Tail County's Erik Osberg of had an idea some years back that ...

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