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PJ Penny Pincher Bargain: Fish House

$385 Fish House Certificate for Central Building Supply, located at 827 @nd Ave. NW, Staples. Your price: $225.00 See attached PDF file for additional deals. To purchase certificates, Come to...

outdoors Thu, Jan 05, 2012 - 11:47am

Wadena turned down for second trail grant

A second grant application for the Leaf River Trail Grant, meant to finish the work begun with the first grant received, has been rejected. In fall 2010, the city of...

news / outdoors Sun, Jan 01, 2012 - 12:18pm

Near-misses on the ice

The Todd County Sheriff's Office issued a dangerous ice warning Thursday night and said no one should operate vehicles or ATVs on the ice. There have been several near-miss incidents...

news / outdoors Sun, Jan 01, 2012 - 11:41am

Six volunteers worked on the Tapley Park project late Thursday morning. L to r: Jerry Leverson, Joey Najjar, Michael Uhde, Adarius Pete, Mike Pete and Adam Leverson.

Leverson's Eagle Scout project clears Tapley Park's tornado damage

A year and a half after the EF4 tornado rolled through Wadena, the trail side of Tapley Park is being cleaned up. Adam Leverson, a WDC sophomore, chose to lead...

outdoors / environment Sat, Dec 31, 2011 - 12:19pm

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An angling house fell through thin ice on Barrett Lake in Grant County Tuesday. Unseasonably mild temperatures combined with wind and a lack of snow have created problems for some Minnesota ice fishermen this winter.

Mild December creating headaches for ice fishermen

Ice fishing has been a difficult sport for some this winter as unusually mild temperatures prevail in west central Minnesota. Houses have already gone down on Otter Tail County lakes...

news / outdoors Sat, Dec 31, 2011 - 11:33am

Visitors stand along the Malecon, a popular Iquitos district overlooking the Amazon and home to many bars and restaurants

Iquitos: City of Magic, Mystery and Sweltering Heat

Note from the writer: After a long hiatus (what has it been, two months?) Roving Reporter is back with new posts. This week, I'll be telling tales of my adventures...

outdoors Thu, Dec 15, 2011 - 1:41pm

Youth Wildlife Banquet planned

The Youth Wildlife banquet sponsored by the Knob Hill Sportsman's Club and Wadena Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association will be held Sunday, Dec. 18, from 12:30 to 3...

news / outdoors Mon, Dec 12, 2011 - 3:27pm

Goodbye to a great companion

My wife and I have been without kids during our 32 years of marriage but we have never been without a dog. Six years ago we were looking for a...

sports / outdoors Sun, Nov 27, 2011 - 11:38am

Snowmobile safety class offered

The Trailbreakers Snowmobile Club will be hosting a snowmobile safety class at the Knob Hill Sportsman's Club east of Wadena on Nov. 29 and Dec. 10. Students must be at...

news / outdoors / education Fri, Nov 25, 2011 - 12:41pm

Deer numbers could be matter of perception

How good or how bad the 2011 firearm deer hunting season was for folks in central Minnesota is still in question. With official figures still on the way, the perception...

sports / outdoors / hunting Tue, Nov 22, 2011 - 1:43pm

The adventures of a rookie deer hunter

With everyone carrying guns, we were like desperadoes headed to hold up a train as I and the guys who were taking me hunting crunched through the predawn darkness on...

opinion / outdoors / hunting Sun, Nov 20, 2011 - 2:02pm

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Louie Vandermay of Brainerd shot a 9-point buck Nov. 6 while hunting on his uncle's farm north of New York Mills.

sports / hunting / outdoors Sun, Nov 20, 2011 - 1:45pm

Photo by Rachelle Klemme
At mid-morning on deer opener, Rachel Folkestad and Robert Boen were the first hunters to register at Orton's after harvesting two bucks.

Hunters stumped by lack of deer

So where are they? That is what a lot of area deer hunters have been asking themselves during the nine-day firearm season. Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Greg Oldakowski...

news / outdoors Sun, Nov 13, 2011 - 3:53pm

I'm a deer, and it's fun being me

I'm a deer. Not a normal deer, mind you, I have a white tail, which I'm really proud of. That makes me a special deer. I like to show off...

opinion / outdoors Sun, Nov 13, 2011 - 2:19pm

Wadena deer hunter injured in fall

David Folkestad, 53, of Wadena, was hunting from a stand in Section 32 of Bluffton Township at 4 p.m. Saturday when the wooden floor gave way and he fell eight...

sports / outdoors Sun, Nov 13, 2011 - 11:48am

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