Sebeka

An 18-year-old Sebeka man pleaded guilty in Otter Tail County District Court on Tuesday to shooting a handgun at three people in Perham on Aug. 5. Judge Sharon Benson convicted Taylor Ray Allen Luster of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Initially, Luster was charged...

Retired and active members of the Teamsters union are organizing to fight back against efforts to cut their Central States Pension Fund pension benefits by half or more. Local retirees have planned a meeting for 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Hub 71 cafe in Sebeka. It's one of dozens...

Menahga and Sebeka Fire Departments were called to a garage fire Wednesday afternoon, March 18 in Meadow Township, northeast of Sebeka. Upon arriving at the scene, the firefighters found an unattached garage fully engulfed by flames and a small grass fire, which appeared to be...

Fire destroyed an unoccupied vehicle Monday morning northeast of Sebeka. The Wadena County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a vehicle fully engulfed in flames on County Road 23 near 280th Street Northeast. The Sebeka Fire Department extinguished the fire, which caused...

A New York Mills officer cited Sebeka police chief Eric Swenson for suspicion of driving drunk Feb. 26. In his latest brush with the law, Swenson was pulled over about 11 p.m., New York Mills police officer Bruce Wangsness said Monday. The incident report won’t be released to...

Sebeka Police Chief Eric Swenson spoke only briefly during the public portion of the city council meeting to suspend him for 30 days last week, but in a half-hour phone interview Wednesday with the Pioneer Journal, Swenson opened up. He talked about how he's doing following the suspension,...

Chief of the Sebeka Police Department Eric Swenson has been suspended with pay by the city following his citation for domestic assault, which may violate Swenson’s probation for a prior misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. Sebeka Deputy Mayor Lowell Stewart said Monday that...

When a massive fire threatened the citizens of Menahga Tuesday evening, Sebeka Public Schools, the Red Cross and an assortment of average Sebekans stepped up to give shelter, food and comfort to their neighbors from the north, working late into the night and early Wednesday morning...

I am 74 years old and a lifelong Republican. Party affiliation was an easy choice for me as a young adult in the 1950s and 60s. In those days, it was the Democrats who were out of touch with reality.

A predatory offender is facing a felony charge after a second offense of failure to register as such. Court documents said Darrell Wallace Dumpprope, 53, of Sebeka, failed to give written notice of his residence since his July 5 release from the Minnesota Correctional Facility of...

A warrant has been issued for a felony charge against Ricky Eldon Dague Jr., 29, of Sebeka, after he knowingly violated registration requirements for convicted sex offenders. According to court documents, an investigator made a compliance check Aug. 1 at an apartment listed as the...

Philip Blake Schmidt of Wadena to Amanda Rae McManigle of Wadena. Gregory LaVerne Greenwaldt of Bertha to Betty Marie Schumaker of Sebeka.

Darin Ray Pikar, 26, Sebeka, windshield prohibitions.

Darin Ray Pikar, 26, Sebeka, public nuisance, fees $190. Michael Alan Tanney, 21, Menahga, theft, local confinement (90 days, stayed 90 days for one year), adult probation (one year), fees $390. Jena Frances Morales, 19, Harvest, Ala., liquor under 21, probation to the court (six...