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- Friendly fire
Photo by Brian Hansel Alexsis Copa and Jennifer Jares exchange friendly fire from their snow forts on the corner of Fifth and Garfield last Friday.
- Hammes has spearing, carving in his blood
Staring down into a spearing hole gives a fellow plenty of good ideas. Adam Hammes took up fish decoy carving as a hobby and is parlaying it into a part-time business.
- Traveling musicians to perform at Living Waters
Join singer-songwriters Steve and Amanda Hinson in a time of praise and worship at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 4 at Living Waters Assembly of God Church in Alexandria.
- Senator Skogen named dairy 'Legislator of Year'
Senator Dan Skogen was selected as the 2008 Dairy Legislator of the Year by Minnesota Milk Producers Association.
- December comes in as 14th snowiest in Twin Cities
Residents of central and northern Minnesota will get a one-day reprieve before the next system brings more snow to areas that saw more than a foot or more of snow on Tuesday and made December one of the ...
- Bemidji woman struck as pedestrian in Wadena County
Felicity Nyaronge, 21, of Bemidji, was struck at about 5:45 a.m. today on U.S. Highway 71 north of Sebeka, Minn., as she stood alongside the roadway, according to a report from the Minnesota State Patrol out of ...
- Much waiting as Amtrak train delayed
John Faber's right knee ached, and his surgical wounds had started to seep through his pants Tuesday afternoon.
- Snow proves treacherous on area highways
A car headed eastbound went into the center median and rolled near mile marker 56 on I-94 Tuesday morning.
- Public health revises list of critical staff in event of bioterrorism
Wadena County Public Health recently assembled a revised list of the countya s mission critical staff to ensure there are enough doses of antibiotics in the event of bioterrorism.
- Early schooling summed up in one word: Overcrowding
BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Wadena County Historical Society and the Wadena Pioneer Journal, Wadena Pioneer Journal Published Wednesday, December 24, 2008 As I look at the wonderful education system that ...
- Wadena native Hosmer scolds bad drivers in new reality show
Wadena native Pete Hosmer admits he wasna t the best student when he took drivera s ed at Verndale High School.
- Wadena city, county lose more than $200k in LGA
The city of Wadena's and Wadena County's Local Government Aid checks from the state will be a little light this week.
- 40 horses perish in barn blaze
In the pre-dawn blackness of a stormy December Sunday, the Verndale Fire Department received a call around 6 a.m. that a fire had broken out at the Central Minnesota Arena and Event Center on the northwest edge ...
- Local driving instructor lands national TV show
Up until several months ago, Pete Hosmer was more driven to grow his five-year-old business than to seek fame.
- Choreographed Christmas
Greg "G.P." Anderson of Wadena loves Christmas. But he doesn't love it in the quiet, solemn way that many people mark the occasion.
- Pawlenty cuts local aid, some programs to balance budget
State budget cuts are under way. So is the anguish. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Friday drained the state's budget reserve and chopped away at state payments to local governments, colleges, human services ...
- WDC school board closes year with good news, brisk meeting
The mood at Monday eveninga s December meeting of the Wadena-Deer Creek School Board was decidedly upbeat and it caught board member Wayne Perkins off guard.
- TCHC president and CEO resigns
Tri-County Health Carea s board of directors has accepted the resignation of President and CEO Dennis Miley, it announced in a press release.
- City freezes part-time wages
The city of Wadena rejected proposed pay raises for part-time city employees; instead, it instituted a wage freeze for 2009.
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City DescriptionWadena is a city in Otter Tail and Wadena counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 4,294 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wadena County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.2 square miles (13.6 km²), all of it land.
U.S. Routes 10 and 71 and Minnesota State Highway 29 are three of the main routes in the city.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,294 people, 1,871 households, and 1,062 families residing in the city. The population density was 818.4 people per square mile (315.8/km²). There were 1,964 housing units at an average density of 374.3/sq mi (144.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.88% White, 0.84% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population. 46.7% were of German, 17.3% Norwegian, 6.8% American and 6.3% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000.
There were 1,871 households out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Wadena County
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
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