Walz activates National Guard assistance after Wadena fire kills 1, displaces 9

Gov. Tim Walz has issued an executive order to help Wadena residents who have been displaced by deadly apartment building fire earlier this week.

Executive Order 25-02 authorizes the Minnesota National Guard to provide temporary shelter for nine people displaced by the fire late Sunday night. A person was also found dead, according to the Wadena Fire Department.

On Wednesday, that person has been identified by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office as 68-year-old David Henrichs, of Wadena…

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