Wadena County

The Wadena County Sheriff's Office received a report of a motor vehicle crash at approximately 4:15 p.m. July 21 at the intersection of County Road 23 and County Road 12. A minivan driven by Diane Smith, 64, of Kasson, Minn. was traveling northbound and was stopped at the stop sign...

Two people were injured in a snowmobile accident on Nov. 21 in Blueberry Township near Menahga. According to the Wadena County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 2:45 p.m. there was a report of a snowmobile accident on 340th Street, west of U.S. Highway 71 in Blueberry Township. Deputies...

A man is charged with felony drug possession after four pounds of meth with an estimated street value of $200,000 was discovered in a package being delivered to a Wadena home. Wadena County Sheriff Michael Carr received information from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension...

Two people were arrested Thursday afternoon after an investigation into the sale and distribution of methamphetamine in the city of Wadena. The arrests happened in a parking lot at M State - Wadena and was near Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary School. Michael Edward Volpe,...

A two-day manhunt finally turned up a Park Rapids man considered dangerous and possibly armed in northern Wadena County. Hubbard County’s K-9 Oakley was instrumental in the capture. Thursday night numerous officers in Hubbard and Wadena counties set up a perimeter to catch Nathan...

By RPorter/ Wadena Pioneer Journal After another three and a half hours of work on Sept. 15, Wadena County commissioners were able to identify about $330,000 that could be cut from the budgets for 2015 proposed by department heads in August. The discussions among commissioners...

Investigators with the Wadena County Sheriff's Office are probing a series of break-ins in the county in the past week. On Wednesday, April 6, a Sebeka resident reported her home was burglarized in North Germany Township sometime on April 5 or 6. She stated that the door to the...

A 25-year-old man was transported to the Park Rapids hospital following a Christmas day shooting in Wadena County. The man, identified as Mark Vonada, of Elk River, was allegedly shot by his 15-year-old Park Rapids brother as they were grouse hunting, according to Wadena County...

The Wadena County emergency manager said it's unlikely the county, state or federal government will pay for sandbagging in the county this year if flooding makes it necessary. "With the spring flooding that occurred in parts of Wadena County in 2009, many lessons were learned," Scott...

Much to commissioners' relief, the proposed tax dollar increase for added value from the MinnCan pipeline project from taxes payable in 2009 to taxes payable in 2010 is $506,194 for Wadena County. County Assessor Lee Brekke presented the county board with a list of estimated market...

The Wadena County Board asked Sheriff Mike Carr to come back in June with requests for two squads for 2010. Carr came to the Jan. 5 board meeting asking to purchase a 2010 Crown Victoria for $23,658.32 from Elk River Ford, which holds the state bid. He also wants approval to buy...