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    February 19, 2013
    3 arrested for stealing $19K in supplies from local business
    Local authorities arrested three men Thursday after the suspects tried to get away with more than $19,000 worth of wiring and tools from a local business. At around 1:24 a.m., the Wadena Police Department responded to a report of unknown individuals in the Minnesota Valley Irrigation...
    news / crimeFebruary 19, 2013 - 12:57pm
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    February 6, 2013
    Wadena shooting victim recovering slowly
    Last October, Angie Templin was shot in her home by her ex-boyfriend. The bullet he fired passed through her hand, entering her pelvis. He...
    newsFebruary 6, 2013 - 11:43am
    December 17, 2012
    School says photo investigation over; WDC Board to give statement Monday
    A school investigation into the events surrounding the alleged appearance of a nude photo on health teacher Tom VanErp's school-issued iPad has...
    newsDecember 17, 2012 - 2:45pm
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    November 27, 2012
    Driver flees crash scene, hits squad car
    A Little Falls man was arrested Friday after leaving the scene of an accident and colliding with a Staples squad car, according to a report from the Todd County Sheriff's Department. Todd County deputies and a Staples Police officer responded at approximately 6:29 to the scene Friday,...
    news / crimeNovember 27, 2012 - 8:57am
    October 10, 2012
    Sex, crime and betrayal: Former Wadena woman pens memoir about ex-husband's sex scandal
    Monica Lee decided to write her account of her ex-husband's sex scandal for one reason and publish it for another. "I didn't even really 'decide' to write it.
    booksOctober 10, 2012 - 9:35am
    September 24, 2012
    East Otter Tail, Wadena tornado footage arrives at Omnitheatre
    IMAX footage of the East Otter Tail County and Wadena tornadoes will have its Minnesota premiere when "Tornado Alley" opens at the Science Museum of Minnesota's Omnitheater in St. Paul on Friday. "Tornado Alley" opened in other IMAX theatres, mostly science museums, in March 2011....
    news / theaterSeptember 24, 2012 - 12:26am
    September 16, 2012
    Wadena awarded $4.2 million state bonding grant for wellness center
    The Wadena Regional Wellness Center project was awarded $4.2 million from the DEED Capital Projects Grant Program, making Gov. Mark Dayton's final choices today (Thursday). "We are extremely ecstatic," Mayor Wayne Wolden said. The award amount was short of the $4.625 million asked...
    newsSeptember 16, 2012 - 5:01pm
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    September 5, 2012
    Whiskey Creek Film Festival Sept. 14-20
    The model established for the Whiskey Creek Film Festival seven years ago has proven to be a success:  show the best available current release movies not available at most theaters in the region and people will come.  Always held the second full weekend in September, this year's...
    events / theater / entertainmentSeptember 5, 2012 - 12:07pm
    August 20, 2012
    Wadena man faces malicious child punishment charge
    A Wadena man faces a felony count of malicious punishment of a child as well as gross misdemeanor assault after a July 12 incident. Court documents said on July 16, Wadena County authorities and human service workers spoke with a woman regarding an assault on her child. She said...
    crime / newsAugust 20, 2012 - 8:50am
    June 18, 2012
    Wadena man faces domestic assault charge over cookie
    On May 25 at approximately 1 a.m., officers were informed of a domestic disturbance at a Wadena residence. According to court records, a woman said she and William Charles Hajder, 45, were living together as roommates along with her three children. And when she tried to eat a cookie,...
    June 18, 2012 - 9:44am
    April 23, 2012
    Wadena woman faces three felony charges, including assault with a deadly weapon
    A Wadena woman allegedly stabbed a man and herself and is facing three felony assault charges. According to court records, at approximately 10:55 p.m. on April 11, officers were advised of a stabbing at a Wadena residence. They arrived at the home to find the front door was ajar...
    April 23, 2012 - 8:42am
    February 6, 2012
    Foggy crash on Highway 10 critically injures one
    Two people from Sauk Centre, Minn. were injured in a crash Thursday night that temporarily shut down traffic on U.S. Highway 10 west of Wadena. A...
    February 6, 2012 - 1:28pm
    January 12, 2012
    Minnesota Millionaires
    Mike and Lea Snyder of rural Wadena are new Minnesota Millionaires after Mike purchased two tickets for the big prize. Wearing "Winner" sweatshirts...
    January 12, 2012 - 9:25am
    November 25, 2011
    Wadena's Words of Wisdom
    Wadena Mayor Wayne Wolden was the guest speaker at a Kiwanis meeting this week, bringing with him the stories of trials and triumph. Those stories started with audio from the 9-1-1 calls that came in that afternoon and a video presentation of their disaster. After an EF4 tornado...
    newsNovember 25, 2011 - 1:04pm
    November 7, 2011
    Sen. Gretchen Hoffman meets with Wadena board
    Minnesota State Senator Gretchen Hoffman, who represents Senate District 10 which includes Wadena County, part of Becker County, and Otter Tail County, spent about an hour with commissioners at their regular board meeting on Nov.
    newsNovember 7, 2011 - 10:52am
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