Wadena PJ

A Perham woman was injured in a rollover crash on Highway 10 shortly after noon today (Wednesday), and a 1-year-old passenger was not hurt, according to the State Patrol. Chelsie Georgia Thomas, 23, of Perham was taken to the Perham hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The...

A payroll error, which overpaid County Coordinator Ryan Odden about $18,000 in 2018, won't cost Wadena County as much as originally expected thanks to a local investigation.

Wadena County Commissioners agreed on a resolution to use what's left of state bonding dollars awarded to the City of Wadena, to try to fix drainage problems at the Wadena County Fairgrounds. The resolution approved spending $1.9 million on a lift station at the fairgrounds, hopefully...

The Wadena-Deer Creek boys hockey team hopes complete a rare feat when they open the Section 6A playoffs on Feb. 16. The Wolverines hope to defeat the Breckenridge/Wahpeton Blades for the fourth time this season. The Wolverines (10-14-1) earned the No. 8 seed and will take on Breckenridge/Wahpeton...

Monday, Feb. 4 Cynthia Lee Kaumans (48) of Park Rapids, was stopped and issued a citation for expired motor vehicle registration. Tuesday, Feb. 5 Douglas Steve Brasch (52) of Deerwood, was stopped and arrested for driving after cancellation inimical to public safety. Brasch was transported...

A driver lost control of his pickup Monday afternoon before heading into a ditch and rolling near New York Mills. A Dodge Ram driven by 92-year-old Roland H. Larson, Wadena, was headed east out of New York Mills on Hwy 10 when it left the roadway into the south ditch and rolled, coming...