living history

10 years ago Excerpts from the April 1, 2004 Pioneer Journal Parade again will be at fairgrounds The June Jubilee parade won’t run through downtown again this year, but will follow the same parade route as last year. Shirley Uselman, executive director of the Wadena...

10 years ago Excerpts from the April 8, 2004 Pioneer Journal Public transit one year old After a record-breaking month in March, Friendly Rider Transit will turn one year old, already exceeding its rider goal for 2004. April 15 marks the one-year anniversary...

15 years ago Excerpts from the March 25, 1999 Pioneer Journal • First guests check in at Wadena Humane Society shelter They're a bit ahead of schedule, but the Wadena Humane Society shelter has its first guests. Nine dogs arrived from Otter Tail County on Friday and...

10 years ago Excerpts from the March 18, 2004 Pioneer Journal • County takes aim at radon The second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States could be filtering its way into your house. Wadena County is in the high-risk zone for radon, an odorless, colorless and tasteless...

10 years ago Excerpts from the March 11, 2004 Pioneer Journal • Hockey goes to state Sixteen years. State competition was a long time coming for the Wadena-Deer Creek boys hockey team, but they finally can lay some ghosts of hockey past to rest. They've been close before in Section...

5 years ago Excerpts from the March 5, 2009 Pioneer Journal • Funeral dispute led to terroristic threat charge A Menahga man was charged with terroristic threat and domestic assault crimes in Wadena County District Court in a dispute that escalated from a request to turn off a cell...

10 years ago Excerpts from the Feb. 26, 2004 Pioneer Journal • Mock trial finishes season The Wadena-Deer Creek mock trial team wrapped up its season on Feb. 11. In its first competition on Feb. 4 against Moorhead, the team won by six points. The Wolverines then took on the mock...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Feb. 5, 2009 Pioneer Journal • Verndale reinstates officer, gives police pay raise A $30,000 pot of revenue was a motivating factor in the Verndale City Council's 3-2 decision to reinstate the city's second full-time officer position at Monday night's...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Jan. 29, 2009 Pioneer Journal • Eagle Bend man gets five months for kidnapping After a violent fight with a woman, an Eagle Bend man faces 150 days in jail on a kidnapping charge. Dean Melvin Raymond Shamp, 21, was sentenced Jan. 20 for kidnapping -...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Jan. 29, 2009 Pioneer Journal • Eagle Bend man gets five months for kidnapping After a violent fight with a woman, an Eagle Bend man faces 150 days in jail on a kidnapping charge. Dean Melvin Raymond Shamp, 21, was sentenced Jan. 20 for kidnapping -...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Jan. 22, 2009 Pioneer Journal • Wadena Little League? City gives enthusiastic approval to plan for baseball program It wasn't a very hard sell: Kyle Dykhoff went to the city council with a plan to use a seldom-played softball field and turn it into...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Jan. 15, 2009 Pioneer Journal • All OK after car, school bus collide On Jan. 7 at 3:46 p.m., the Wadena County Sheriff's Office received a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a school bus on Oink Joint Road in Wadena Township. Deputies arrived...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Jan. 8, 2009 Pioneer Journal • Liquor in locker led to charge A Sebeka woman faces a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a child after a bottle of alcohol was found in a student's locker at Sebeka school on Oct. 31. Wadena County court records...

5 years ago Excerpts from the Jan. 1, 2009 Pioneer Journal • No foul play in R&J fire No foul play is suspected in a fire that killed more than 40 horses and burned a large barn at R&J Horse Sales in Verndale on Dec. 21. Wadena County Sheriff Michael D. Carr said this week that...

10 years ago Excerpts from the Dec. 25, 2003 Pioneer Journal • Officer involved in Dec. 9 shooting returns to duty. A Wadena police officer involved in a shooting on Dec. 9 returned to active duty. Investigation results haven't come back from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension....