WADENA, Minn. — When Don "Red Dog" Strayer first saw the tornado damage at the Wadena County fairgrounds, he cried. Strayer, a longtime fair supporter and volunteer, saw the once heavily wooded ...

WADENA, Minn. — A Wadena County Fair Board member stumbled upon a dead body inside the fair’s ticket booth Thursday night, June 6, in Wadena. Fair board member Darin Lehmann said he was mowing grass ...

WADENA — Wadena County having one the first fair events of the summer season has its perks. Getting to show poultry during fair week is not one of them this year. Minnesota currently has a ban on ...

WADENA, Minn. - Kate Boyington saw the destruction caused by the June 17 tornado in the Wadena on TV reports. Her 10-year-old son, Mark, saw an area in need of trees. Mark was concerned about the ...