Wadena County Court Cases

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About the County: Wadena County was formed from Cass County and Todd County, and officially established in 1858. The county was named after Wadena Trading Post, in turn for a Ojibway word meaning “a little round hill”. The Wadena County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of Wadena, Minnesota. Wadena County makes up 535.02 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 13843 residents (making up an estimated 5737 households). The median household income is estimated to be $38661. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 9.1%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 301 reported DWI cases brought before Wadena County. In 2015, there were 25 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 183 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 3 most violent county in the state).