Current Happenings
The Staples-Motley School Board will meet Tuesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. in the Staples-Motley High School media center. Note date change.
Agenda items include:
o Financial items including approval of capital outlay list, five-year lease for 41 SMART boards at $2,976 per month and a resolution to...
Students at Staples-Motley High School will perform their one-act play, “Property Rites,” at Centennial Auditorium in Staples Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door.
The play is directed by Lyn Vavreck, a special education teacher at SMHS, and features the talents of...
The Staples City Council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Staples City Hall, 122 6th St NE, Staples.
Preliminary agenda items include:
o Presentations from Joseph Krueger, City Attorney, and Kyra Ladd, Prosecuting Attorney, Wadena County
o Consider approval of Solid Waste Haulers...
The Staples Area Food Shelf will be open on the fourth Thursday of each month from 5 - 7 p.m. The food shelf board asks that you note the time change and plan your usage accordingly.
In addition to Thursday evening, the food shelf is open Mondays and Tuesdays from 2 - 4 p.m. It is located at 402...
January 22
CARE Community Meal Tues., Jan. 22, 4:30 - 6 p.m., Church of Christ, 27343 490th St., Staples. Free. For info, 218-894-2609.
January 24
Wadena Whirlaways Square Dance Club Mtg Thurs., Jan. 24, 7:30 - 9:45 p.m., Wadena VFW. Richard Miller, caller. For info., 320-760-6043.
The Central Minnesota Irrigator’s Corporation (CMIC) will hold an Irrigation Clinic on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Maslowski Wellness & Research Center in Wadena.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The event runs from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be followed by the CMIC annual meeting. Exhibitors...
A variety of individual musicians and small group ensembles, blended with the sound of the Staples Area Men’s Chorus (SAMC) will present ‘SAMC’s Got Talent,’ at Timbers Restaurant and Event Center in Staples Saturday, Feb. 16. Doors open at 5 p.m.
Proceeds from this event will benefit outreach...
January
o District Spelling Bee Thursday, Jan. 17, 12:15 - 3 p.m., Centennial Auditorium, Staples.
o MSMS Science Fair Wed., Jan. 23, at the Motley-Staples Middle School gym. Open to the public from 2 - 5 p.m.
o Connections Showcase Night Wednesday, Jan. 30, 6:30 - 8 p.m., Sourcewell in Staples...
Tri-County Health Care’s (TCHC) 29th annual February Festival of Health will be held on Sat., Feb. 2, from 9 a.m. to noon at Minnesota State Comm. and Tech. College (M State) in Wadena, located at 405 Colfax Ave SW.
This free family event offers more than 60 health-related and interactive booths...
It was a snowy Storytime in January at the Staples Public Library. Participants read stories about snowmen and winter creatures and concluded by decorating paper mittens for their craft.
Above, left to right: Josie Hendershot, Madison Hendershot with grandma; Everett and Grace Hanson, Ava Moore,...
