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According to court documents, two 19-year-old men have been charged for causing property damage during a night of vandalism in Verndale, which totaled over $15,000. The men, Eathon Robert Phillips from Wadena and Tristin James Richard Nichols from Perham, are both facing serious charges of first-degree criminal damage to property, as the damage they caused was more than $1,000. The vandalism occurred May 24-25, 2025, when Phillips, Nichols, and three juveniles allegedly wal

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com A $25,000 reward is being offered for information in the disappearance of Carla Beth Anderson, 23, who was last seen in her Wadena apartment nearly 40 years ago. At a press conference on Monday, June 15, at the Wadena City Administration building, Superintendent Drew Evans of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and Chief Naomi Plautz of the Wadena Police Department, called on the public to come forward with any memor

A school paraprofessional and coach was recently found to be a predatory offender. On Tuesday, September 9, at around 1:51 p.m., Chief...

The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s assistance in locating a missing man on July 16. Samuel Waln, 30, was last...

The Wadena County Sheriff’s Department and the Wadena Police Department announced a community notification for a Level Three Sex Offender...