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The Minnesota Department of Transportation will host a project open house on Tuesday, April 7, from 4-6 p.m., to learn about 2026 construction on Highways 10, 29 and 71. The drop-in-style event will be held at the Maslowski Wellness and Research Center, 17 Fifth St. SW, Wadena. A formal presentation will not be given; guests stop by at their convenience. The MnDOT project team, along with the prime contractor, Mathiowetz Construction, will be available to answer questions a

To the Editor: The longer I have been on the county board, the more I believe there is, at the very least, a need to update our 1970 zoning laws, which have changed very little since then. It’s about a lot more than just increasing our tax capacity. Here are some other reasons why this is important: 1. Increased tax capacity increases our ability to keep our tax rates down, to deal with ever increasing mandates coming out of St. Paul. We currently have the eighth highest ta

The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a structure fire at approximately 7:40 p.m. at a residence in Compton Township, west of Wadena. Fire crews from Wadena, Bluffton, Deer Creek, and Henning responded and worked to extinguish the fire. Emergency responders located a man unresponsive inside the home. Life-saving measures were attempted at the scene before he was transported to Astera Hospital, where he later died from his injuries... Subscribe to get th

As the 2025 Christmas season concluded, GP Anderson—creator of the Christmas In Wadena animated light show—delivered this year’s donations to Project Share, the local food shelf in Wadena. Anderson met with Project Share Director Mary Ann Hagen, where together they unloaded and weighed 343 pounds of donated food. He also presented a check for $1,419.95, representing monetary donations collected during the 2025 season. Over the past 18 years, Christmas In Wadena has raised m

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On Saturday, November 22, a curious line of lights was spotted in the sky near Wadena. These lights were Starlink satellite trains, which are long lines of satellites that can be seen shortly after SpaceX launches a new batch into orbit. When the satellites are still close together and reflecting sunlight, they move across the sky in a bright, evenly spaced formation known as a “train.” Over time, as the satellites reach their final orbits, they spread out and become much di

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com Julie Mulek has transformed her hobby into a thriving business with the launch of Old Soul Sourdough in Wadena in May. Her bakery offers top-notch sourdough and a variety of other delicious baked goods. Mulek’s passion for baking began during her time at Hans’ Bakery in Anoka where she started at the counter and eventually moved up to making cookies and baking bread from scratch at Costco, where she honed her bread-rolling skills. I

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Cool temps have set in with winter arriving at any moment. With that, roadwork on Hwy. 10 west of Hwy. 71 will be suspended until crews return next spring for year two of construction. Off-road work along the east project limits near Oink Joint Rd. will continue through October with no impacts to traffic. Hwy. 10 will remain open to a single lane of traffic in each direction. The roundabout on Hwy. 10 at Co. Rd. 92 will be open to all traffic. The north portion of the roun