Kitchigami Regional Library System

Serving 5 Minnesota counties: Beltrami, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, and Wadena KRLS empowers libraries to enrich their communities.

Wadena
City
Library

The Wadena City Library was founded in 1900. It joined Kitchigami Regional Library in 1975 and has been in its present building since 1985.

Location & Hours

Wadena City Library address:

304 First St. SW

Wadena, MN 56482

Mon 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tue 10:00am - 3:00pm
Wed 10:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 10:00am - 7:00pm
Fri 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 10:00am - 2:00pm
Sun CLOSED

Contact the Library

 Fax: (218)-632-5029

 Email: Wadena@krls.org

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Branch Services

Free Wifi & public internet computers

Fax Services

$1/page (send)
$0.50/page (receive)

Printing & Copying

Color Printing/Copying: $0.50/page
Black & White Printing: $0.10/copy.
Black & White Copying: $0.10/copy.

Recreational

Life jacket checkout
(2 per library card at a time)

Branch Events

Regular events

Weekly storytime hours:

Every non-Holiday Wednesday at 10am.
  • Enjoy stories, crafts, and treats!


Summer Reading Program:

First Monday in June to last Saturday in July. Open to all ages 0 to entering high school seniors. Grand Prize drawing: first week of August.


Snow Time to Read:

Adult Winter Reading Program, runs January 1st to February 28th, every year. Grand Prize drawing: first week of April.

Events in May 2023

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12:00 pm: Wadena: Liberators & The Holocaust


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Friends of the Library

Friends of the Library are non-profit groups that support libraries in the community.

 

Friends are separate from KRLS and each group is made up of volunteers.

Local Library Board

Local Library Board Meetings:
Third Tuesday of January, March, May, July,
September and November at 5:00 p.m. – Wadena City Library

Endowment meeting: third Tuesday in March every year, 4:30 PM.

 

Board Members:

George Deiss (Ex-Officio)
Julie Deiss
Bonnie Ealy
Katie Polman
Meghan Current-Cary
Sandie Rentz
Darlene Leonard
Jessica Keddy
Becky Costner
Karen Wallgren