Growing up in Minnesota I recall hearing Wadena in the news a lot when it came to tornadoes. I can still hear the weather-girl saying Wa DEEN ah in her Minnesotan accent.
When Wadena’s mayor said almost all the trees in SW Wadena were gone after a tornado, I thought she was kidding... until I visited later.
Isn’t Wadena the town that was wrecked by an E5 in the movie Twister?