Current Happenings
Motley Free Methodist Church will host a Watch Night Service on Tuesday, Dec. 31, from 8 p.m. - Midnight. The public is invited.
The itinerary for the New Year’s celebration includes the following:
o Opening program in the Sanctuary, 8 p.m.
o Food, snacks, drinks, games and fellowship, 9:45 p.m.
o...
December 18
Staples All Veterans And Community Park Association Mtg Wednesday, Dec. 18, 5:30 p.m., at Timbers Restaurant and Event Center, Staples. Public invited.
Medical Home Patient Advisory Council Mtg Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2 - 3 p.m., at Lakewood Health System in Staples, Main Campus, Classroom...
December
o MS Student of the Month Awards Dec. 19, 8 a.m.
o Christmas Break - No School Dec. 23 - Jan. 1.
January
o Prostart Dinner Jan. 9, 6 p.m., Timbers in Staples
o No School Jan. 20
o Dollars For Scholars Jan. 20. Dinner at 5 p.m.; Auction at 6:15 p.m.
o Middle School Science Fair Jan. 30, 3:...
The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will be offering a 55+ Driver Discount refresher course on Monday, Jan. 13, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the Staples Community Center.
Completion of an eight-hour course qualifies you for the discount. To maintain the discount, you must complete a four-hour refresher...
A Festival of Creches/Nativity Sets will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, at St. Michael Church in Motley.
Hosted by the Staples-Motley Catholic Youth Ministry, the event is being held for the benefit of Care Ministries, St. Michael Building Fund; and the Sacred Heart Stained Glass Windows Fund.
The main...
Staples native and former American Idol contestant Katie (Ziegler) Switzer performed a number of Christmas carols and other holiday music during an open house at Ace Hardware in Staples Dec. 6. Young people enjoyed singing along on familiar songs like, “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “Jingle...
A drive through North Pole Holiday Lights event takes place at Pine Grove Park in Staples every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 5 - 9 p.m. through the end of December.
There are over 25 different light displays this year and Christmas music will be broadcast as people drive through the park. Hot...
The Christmas Caring Tree is freshly decorated at Lakewood Health System Care Center in Staples featuring blue and white. Above: Iras Chapin and Marge Pearson, Resident Council Presidents, invite the public to visit the decorated Caring Tree in the dining room. Each bow placed on the tree has the...
Births reported at Lakewood Health System Hospital in Staples included:
Born to Ashley and Andrew Kimber of Parkers Prairie, a baby boy, Wyatt Andrew weighing six pounds, 14 ounces on November 27, 2019.
Born to Ashley and Chad Wallgren of Staples, a baby boy, Hudson Thomas weighing seven pounds, 11...
The Staples Host Lions recently donated $300 to go toward the Envirofest which Staples-Motley students in sixth grade attended this past September. Pictured above, from left, are Lion Mike Gold, President of Staples Host Lions; sixth graders Lizzy Tangeman, Chyanne Taylor, Jerry Russell; and...
