Menahga News

A A A A The Wadena County Board of Commissioners approved contracting with Sellin Brothers, Inc., of Hawley for the County Highway 21 road construction project in Menahga at their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 7. The low bid from Sellin was for just over $1.65 million, with approximately $1 million being for the county roadwork and the ...

A A A At a special meeting and public hearing held on Monday, July 6, the Menahga City Council voted unanimously to approve water and sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements under County Highway 21 to occur in conjunction with the improvement of that roadway by Wadena County.

A A A On Sunday, June 28, a number of incidences of vandalism occurred in the city of Menahga, according to Police Chief Scott Koennicke.

A A A What looks like new construction on the west side of the Menahga School along Highway 71 is actually just the excavation for the development of three rain gardens.

Emergency personnel administered first aid to the victim of a car/bicycle collision on Highway 71 in Sebeka June 18.

A A A The recently announced unallotments by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will affect two communities in Wadena County, and the budget of the county itself.

A A A Menahga resident James Peterson, 21-year-old son of Greg and Joann Peterson, was recently injured in a 3-wheel ATV accident and is currently listed in critical condition at the St.

Routine maintenance was being done on the oil pipeline in Redeye Township where it passes under County Highway 13 just east of U.S. Highway 71, midway between Menahga and Sebeka, on Thursday, June 11.

A A A More and more people in the Wolf Lake area are taking advantage of the annual Becker County Household Hazardous Waste and Special Waste Mobile Collection.

A A A Area businesses are helping to sponsor tickets and transportation to the Shrine Circus in Fergus Falls on Wednesday, June 24.A A bus will pick up kids and adults in Menahga at 11 a.m. and at the south parking lot by the Sebeka school at 11:30 a.m. The buses will leave promptly at so come early! A A A Tickets will be available at the bus but ...

School ended in both Menahga and Sebeka last week, and students are busy being about the business of enjoying summer.

A A A At the Menahga City Council's regular meeting held on Monday, June 8, Councilmember Dennis Komulainen accused fellow Councilmember Kim Rasmussen of having a conflict of interest regarding the upcoming sewer & water improvement project - " specifically the removed water loop.

The economic downturn continues to hit various industries, including health care.

A semi hauling a crusher for Schaefer Auto in Menahga clipped three utility lines over Highway 71 on the north side of town enroute to Park Rapids on June 1. A As a matter of public safety, law enforcement officials reduced traffic to a single lane around the fallen cables.

Mr. Schmidt's kindergarten classes studied pitch and how melodies go up and down.

A A A During the Menahga High School Commencement proA gramA onA Friday,A May 22,A 30 scholarshipsa Sa Stotaling $11,300 in scholarships, were presented to 26 graduating seniors through Menahga Dollars for SchoA lars.

The Menahga VFW Post 6206 Color Guard presented the colors at the Memorial Day services held at Menahga High School on Monday.

A A A At a special meeting of the Menahga City Council held Tuesday morning, May 26, City Engineer Chris Thorson of Ulteig Engineers, Inc., explained the reasoning behind having the proposed water main extension be a dead end on Oak Avenue NE main rather than loop it north to CSAH 21.a A A A The original plans for the project showed the water main ...

The Sebeka Wellness Action Team along with Anderson Homes, West Central Telephone Assn., Wevley Funeral Home and the First National Bank of Menahga & Sebeka are sponsoring the 9th annual Red Eye River Run on Saturday, June 21, in Sebeka City Park.

Clinton-GB at Ashby, 5 p.m. Hancock at Brandon-Evansville, 5 p.m. Parkers Prairie at Menahga, 5 p.m. Minnewaska at Subsection, St.