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Letter: Stadium vs. rural Minnesota

This is in regards to the "Wadena asks Legislature to make it whole" by Don Davis in the Feb. 1 issue. In the ninth paragraph Rep. Joe Mullery asked, "Is...

opinion / letters Tue, Feb 07, 2012 - 12:00am

Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel The Dominator crew takes cover behind the vehicle. Reed Timmer films a storm with Joel Taylor (right) and Chris Chittick in the background.

Wadena tornado storm chaser show to air tonight on Discovery Channel

WADENA - June 17 was a day that brought an adrenaline rush and devastating human impact for storm chasers and weather spotters in the area. The "Storm Chasers" season finale...

news / state Wed, Dec 01, 2010 - 10:38am

Farm accident injures Wadena man

OTTERTAIL, Minn. - A 21-year-old Wadena, Minn. man severely injured his leg in a farming accident Friday morning. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to Custom Fleshing, a...

news / state Fri, Nov 19, 2010 - 4:45pm

Update: Lawmakers approve flood, tornado relief

news / state Mon, Oct 18, 2010 - 3:20pm

Wadena students to return Sept. 7

WADENA, Minn. - Wadena area students have a badly damaged high school building after a tornado tore through the town this June. But that isn't stopping the Wadena-Deer Creek school...

news / state Wed, Aug 25, 2010 - 10:16am

School buses are crushed and buried beneath debris near the Community Center and Wadena-Deer Creek High School following last Thursday's tornado, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in Wadena, Minn. The list of damage caused by last week's tornadoes in Minnesota continued to grow. The Freeborn County American Red Cross chapter released a new damage assessment and increased the number of damaged structures from 60 to 200. Officials say more than 200 homes in the Wadena area were also damaged by the tornadoes that ha...

Disaster center set up in Wadena after June 17 tornado

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The state is setting up a disaster recovery center to help those in Wadena and Otter Tail counties who were struck by recent storms. The Minnesota...

news / state Fri, Jul 09, 2010 - 11:06am

Merlin Johnson of rural Cass Lake holds a photograph of the Raymond Curtis farm in Deer Creek. The picture landed in Johnson's yard following the June 17 Wadena tornado, which destroyed the Curtis farm. (Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper)

Wadena tornados blow photo to Cass Lake in northern Minnesota

BEMIDJI - This picture is worth much more than a thousand words. A photograph of a farm in Deer Creek, Minn., apparently blew from its home to a rural Cass...

news / state Thu, Jul 01, 2010 - 3:30pm

Volunteers needed in Wadena, Otter Tail counties

WADENA, Minn. - Volunteers are still needed here and in Wadena and Otter Tail counties for tornado cleanup. Volunteers should call 211 from a landline or (800) 543-7709 from a...

news / state Fri, Jun 25, 2010 - 3:21pm

Wadena needs volunteers through Saturday; Sunday will be day of rest

WADENA - The city of Wadena, devastated by a tornado on June 17, is calling for volunteers through Saturday. A maximum of 350 volunteers each day is needed to perform...

news Wed, Jun 23, 2010 - 11:34am

Local bus trip scheduled for volunteer day in Wadena

WILLMAR -- Lakeland Broadcasting has organized buses to bring volunteers to Wadena on Thursday to help with cleaning up after last week's damaging tornadoes. Interested volunteers are asked to call...

news Tue, Jun 22, 2010 - 3:26pm

Nate Scottum of Osceola, Wis., is one of the volunteers who came to Wadena on Monday to cut toppled trees after a tornado Thursday damaged much of the surrounding area. Dave Wallis /The Forum

Ten years after tornado struck his community, Granite mayor offers helping hand

GRANITE FALLS -- Mayor Dave Smiglewski of Granite Falls made phone calls to Wadena over the weekend offering any help that he or his community could provide as Wadena recovers...

news / region Tue, Jun 22, 2010 - 12:00am

Volunteer efforts are now underway in Wadena, Minn.; relief fund set up at bank

WADENA, Minn. - Volunteer efforts for tornado cleanup in Wadena started this morning as the city looks to rebound from a devastating twister last Thursday. All volunteers wishing to help...

news / state Mon, Jun 21, 2010 - 11:10am

Storm chaser video of Wadena-area tornado

Here is some video from the Wadena-area tornado storm on June 17, 2010.

news / state Mon, Jun 21, 2010 - 8:39am

Bob Randall's home was one of the many destroyed by Thursday's tornado in southwest Wadena. He and his family were working Sunday to board up broken windows and patch holes in the roof. (Carrie Snyder/The Forum)

Residents of hard-hit area of Wadena begin cleanup

WADENA -- When Maria Marthaler emerged from her basement and looked out her blown-out picture window after Thursday's tornado, she couldn't believe what she saw. "All I could say was...

news / state Mon, Jun 21, 2010 - 12:00am

An overturned bus and other damage from Thursday's tornado in Wadena is shown Friday as officials and residents went to work surveying the damage and beginning the cleanup. Officials cautioned Friday, however, that it is too soon for any large-scale volunteer efforts. (Michael Vosburg/Forum Photo Editor)

Safety a priority as cleanup begins in devastated Wadena

WADENA -- Safety continued to be the top priority here Friday as cleanup began in the aftermath of Thursday's tornadoes. Officials restricted access to the southwest section of the city,...

news / state Sat, Jun 19, 2010 - 12:00am

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