DAILY UPDATES

Walt Gronlund

Walter Raymond Gronlund, 84, passed away March 8, 2010, at Lakewood Health Care System in Staples.

March 11, 2010

Frank Braith

Frank Joseph Braith, 90, passed away March 8, 2010, at Fair Oaks Lodge in Wadena.

March 11, 2010

City makes four-way stop permanent

The four-way stop at the intersection of Colfax Avenue and First Street Southeast, installed temporarily for a detour during the reconstruction of U.S. Highway 71 last year, is now permanent after being approved by both the city of Wadena and Wadena County.

March 10, 2010

Missing Wadena man found

A Wadena man missing since Monday morning was found safe this afternoon in a swampy area northeast of Wadena.

March 10, 2010

Wadena man missing, needs medication

A Wadena man went missing Monday morning, and is in need of diabetes medication.

March 10, 2010

Pauline Anderson

Pauline M. Anderson, 66, resident of Detroit Lakes, formerly of Wadena, died Monday, March 8, 2010, at her residence in Detroit Lakes.

March 10, 2010

Gene Albers

Gene I. Albers, 72 of Vining, died Sunday, March 7, 2010, at Tri-County Medical Center in Wadena.

March 10, 2010

Sherry Stoderl

Sherry Yvonne Stoderl, 67, passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Wadena.

March 10, 2010

LaVonne Wallner-Anderson

LaVonne Mae Wallner-Anderson, 75, passed away March 5, 2010, at her home in Bertha.

March 10, 2010

Tuesday Scorecard 3/9

Girls' Basketball Section 5A Sebeka 63, Bertha-Hewitt 55 Barnum 69, Northland 44 Next: Section 5A Championship, Sebeka vs. Barnum at Crosby-Ironton, Friday, 7 p.m. Section 6A New York Mills 58, Norman County East 49 Parkers Prairie 43, Hancock 42 Next: Section 6A Championship, New York Mills vs. Parkers Prairie at UM-Morris, Friday, 6 p.m. Section 8AA Hawley 59, Pequot Lakes 44 East Grand Forks 66, Warroad 30 Next: Section 8AA Championship, Hawley vs. East Grand Forks at Concordia-Moorhead, Friday, 7 p.m.

March 10, 2010

CEO responds to nursing home death caused by wrong meds

Investigators from the Minnesota Department of Health concluded Fair Oaks Lodge neglected three residents by giving them the wrong medication or administered medication at the wrong time, leading to the death of one of them. A spokesman for the nursing home said a human error was made, medication disbursement procedures have been changed and the home’s changes recently resulted in high marks on an inspection.

March 09, 2010

Ryan Carkhuff

Ryan M. Carkhuff, 19, of Shakopee, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, after a long battle with cancer.

March 09, 2010

Saturday Night Fight

March 08, 2010

Weekend Scorecard 3/6

Boxing Wadena Golden Gloves Card Double Main Event John Geyer (St. Cloud) dec. DeWayne Steward (Wadena) Tom Fanjoy (Brainerd) split dec. T.J. Steward (Wadena) Trent Petro (Wadena) split dec. Shane Kern (Detroit Lakes) John LaPlant (St. Cloud) RSC 2nd Rd. Justin Isaacson (Wadena) Sergio Garcia (Fergus Falls) dec. Brandon Hall (Wadena) Josh Holtz (Brainerd) RSC 2nd Rd. Eugene Garcia (Fergus Falls) Kira Ollila (Wadena) dec. Letesha Anderson (Detroit Lakes) Cody Reberg (St. Cloud) dec. Jeremy Hoemberg (Wadena) Sam Davidson (Wadena) RSC 1st Rd. Jackson Hinge (Brainerd) Jordan Lemieur (St. Cloud) dec. Shane Motschenbacher (Wadena) John Johnson (Wadena) RSC 2nd Rd. Seth Carpenter (Fergus Falls) Dion Bower (White Earth) dec. Matt Umland (Wadena) Girls' Basketball Section 5A Bertha-Hewitt 62, Pine River-Backus 37 Sebeka 72, Upsala 59 Northland 41, East Central 49 Barnum 76, Isle 40 Next: Bertha-Hewitt vs. Sebeka at Wadena-Deer Creek, Tuesday, 6 p.m. Sectlon 8AA East Grand Forks 55, Crookston 34 Hawley 57, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 44 Pequot Lakes 64, Perham 59 Warroad 41, Roseau 40 Wrestling Class A CHAMPIONSHIP Jackson County Central 32, Frazee 23 103 --- Trevor Stilke, Frazee dec. Kyle Edlin, JCC, 6-2. 112 --- Dylan Riggle, JCC major dec. Jordan Ketter, Frazee, OT 11-9. 119 --- Tanner Ellenberg, Frazee major dec. Paden Moore, JCC, 11-0. 125 --- Bronson Steuber, JCC pinned Bruce Lemon, Frazee, 4:45. 130 --- Darick Vancura, JCC major dec. Myrle Schemerhorm, Frazee, 14-1. 135 --- Rij Koehnen, Frazee dec. Spencer Johnson, JCC, 4-0. 140 --- Taylor Menke, JCC dec. Cody Piper, Frazee, 6-3. 145 --- Jessie Regalado, JCC dec. Casey Nunn, Frazee, 4-2. 152 --- Tucker Freeman, JCC dec. Jacob Schermerhorn, Frazee, 8-4. 160 --- Brandon VanWatermulen, Frazee dec. Patrick Hanson, JCC, 3-2. 171 --- Cooper Moore, JCC major dec. Nathan Sandberg, Frazee, 16-3. 189 --- Rick Brandt, Frazee pinned Tanner Menke, JCC, 0:38. 215 --- Kody Lafreniere-Sorenson, Frazee major dec. Alex Tewes, JCC, 13-1. 285 --- Jordan Phibbs, JCC pinned Devon Drewes, Frazee, 0:33. CLASS A INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP 103 -- Isaac Novacek, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River major dec. Gus McCarthy, Border West 16-4. 112 -- Hayden Zillmer, Crosby-Ironton major dec. Mitchel Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo 14-2. 119 -- Travis Borchert, Browerville/Eagle Valley dec. Christian Skillings, Minneota 5-4. 125 -- Bronson Steuber, Jackson County Central major dec. Chad Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo 18-5. 130 -- Drew Lexvold, Kenyon-Wanamingo major dec. Alex Anderson, Martin County West 9-1. 135 -- Curt Maas, Medford dec. Mariano Portillo, Crookston 4-2. 140 -- Tony Vaske, River Valley dec. Brett Pfarr, LeSueur-Henderson 11-4. 145 -- Justin Buss, Chatfield dec. Jake Long, West Central Area 5-2. 152 -- Ryan Thompson, Benson dec. Brad Keller, Medford 7-4. 160 -- Cooper Moore, Jackson County Central major dec. Stephen Erlandson, Breckenridge/Campbell-Tintah 13-2. 171 -- Josh Willaert, LeSueur-Henderson dec. Ben McPhail, Pine Island 7-6. 189 -- Joel Bauman, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg dec. Ian Pratt, Mille Lacs 9-4. 215 -- Brandon Manderschied, Minnewaska Area dec. Jon Gorter, Pipestone Area 3-1. 285 -- Dustin Caspers, BOLD dec. Alex Yeager, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 3-2. THIRD PLACE 103 -- Kurt Timmons, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg dec. Marcus Hamer, Kimball Area 8-4. 112 -- Zach Keller, Medford dec. Taner Trembley, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 5-2. 119 -- Will McCarthy, Border West pinned Chase Levos, Saint Clair/Mankato Loyola 5:32. 125 -- Beau Buysse, Minneota major dec. Skylar Price, Badger/Greenbush-Middle River 13-2. 130 -- Darick Vancura, Jackson County Central dec. Jack Hawkins, Wabasha-Kellogg-Alma 6-1. 135 -- Clint Poster, Pierz major dec. Jordan Novak, New York Mills 11-2. 140 -- Cam Schafer, Minnewaska Area dec. Jessie Regalado, Jackson County Central 12-9. 145 -- Cole Kavitz, Medford dec. Anthony Caputo, Crookston 8-5. 152 -- Caleb Lanoue, Mahnomen/Waubun pinned Jake Schermerhorn, Frazee 5:38. 160 -- Sean Huls, Pierz dec. Jarid Groth, Kenyon-Wanamingo 3-2. 171 -- Brock Claeys, Canby dec. Jared Nash, Park Rapids Area 2-1. 189 -- John Gusewelle, Sauk Centre dec. Kody Lafraniere/Sorenson, Frazee 5-3. 215 -- David Lindell, New Richland-H-E-G pinned Logan Brand, Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson 2:57. 285 -- Jordan Phibbs, Jackson County Central dec. Aaron Rose, Sibley East 10-8. FIFTH PLACE 103 -- Zack Kuhns, Maple River dec. Matt Hickerson, Ogilvie 6-0. 112 -- Ted Berckes, Canby dec. Aaron Bates, Sibley East 10-7. 119 -- Tanner Ellenberg, Frazee dec. Jake Wirtjes, Blue Earth Area 7-0. 125 -- Brad Hofstrand, Crosby-Ironton dec. Brad Maas, Medford 7-3. 130 -- Larry Bomstaad, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City major dec. Brett Schwartz, LeSueur-Henderson 10-2. 135 -- Ethan Hildebrandt, Saint James dec. Taylor Menke, Jackson County Central OTx4 3-2. 140 -- Sam Derynck, Minneota pinned Skyler Quamme, Kenyon-Wanamingo 1:30. 145 -- Alex Cooling, Madelia/Truman/Martin Luther dec. Grant Hegge, Southland 5-4. 152 -- Alex Steffl, BOLD dec. Sam Lindgren, LeSueur-Henderson 4-3. 160 -- Travis Winter, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa pinned Brady Wesinger, Benson 3:44. 171 -- Chad Matthees, Zumbrota-Mazeppa pinned Nich Dorschner, Martin County West 4:30. 189 -- Ben Dahl, Zumbrota-Mazeppa pinned John Drury, Park Rapids Area 1:17. 215 -- Alex Dreyer, United South Central dec. Joe Holdvogt, Eden Valley-Watkins 2-0. 285 -- Cody Torkelson, Osakis dec. Jordan Arndt, Zumbrota-Mazeppa 2-1.

March 08, 2010

Health Department reports Fair Oaks gave wrong meds, leading to one death

Investigators from the Minnesota Department of Health concluded Fair Oaks Lodge neglected three residents by giving them the wrong medication or administered medication at the wrong time, leading to the death of one of them.

March 08, 2010