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The 2024 Staples-Motley High School Homecoming Coronation will be held Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Centennial Auditorium at 10:10 a.m. Pictured above are members of the Royal Court. Back row, from left, are king candidates Alex Schultz, Steven Petrich, Peyton Mithun, Ben Tyrrell, Jack Carlson, Sawyer...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
A Hollywood producer/director is bringing an event to Staples to help foster conversations in the community. Riaz Patel will host ConnectEffect with three sessions in Staples and three in Brainerd. The Staples sessions are on Monday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. at...
The Staples-Motley School District had a somber first week of school, as students mourned the death of a student who passed away on Aug. 28.
A message from the school district to parents stated “We know this loss impacts our entire school community and we are committed to extending care and...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Does Staples still want to be known as a railroad town, even though our lives don’t revolve around freight any more?
At the Aug. 27 Staples Economic Development Authority (SEDA) meeting, Economic Development Director Lucas Wakefield said he would like to develop a...
The 2024 Staples-Motley Athletic Hall of Fame induction will be Saturday, Oct. 5, at Centennial Auditorium in Staples. Social hour is at 4:30 and the ceremony starts at 5:30.
Inducted in the 2024 class will be:
Athletes:
Jessica (Beachy) Rahman (1984) basketball, tennis, track and field
John Riewer...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley School Board approved a recommendation that students in the middle school and high school be limited to cell phone usage only before school, during lunch time and after school. That means no phones in the hallways between classes or during class...
New staff at Staples-Motley schools were invited on a bus tour of the district. Sights visited included the Central Lakes College Ag Center and West Campus, Lakewood Health System, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Trident Foods and a lunch at 2 Tall Tavern. Pictured from left, Alicia Truax, ECSE; Kris Mumm...
The Todd County deputies, Staples Police and a K-9 were at the scene of a drug-related incident the afternoon of Aug. 22, at the 1100 block of 5th St. NE in Staples. Two people were subsequently arrested. Specific information was not available in time for this week’s paper, but will be included...
Pianist Wyatt Parthun will present a concert Wednesday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m., at Staples Church of Christ.
Wyatt will be a third-year choral major student at Bemidji State University this fall, and will be presenting three movements which include three hymns, a piece by Beethoven, and a historical...
Local election filing ended Aug. 13, with seven people filing for three Staples-Motley School Board seats. Both the Motley and Staples City Council only had incumbents file, with no challengers.
School Board
The Staples-Motley School Board election will have seven people running for three available...
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