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By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples City Council approved an updated Safe Routes to School plan and will now request state funding to build the infrastructure associated with the plan.
The plan calls for an updated sidewalk system for students to reach the Staples-Motley Elementary...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley School building project is on track to go to bids in January.
At the Oct. 18 school board meeting, the board heard reports about ICS finishing design documents in November and soil borings being taken in October.
Following a review of Staples-...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
A human mandible (lower jaw bone) found in the Crow Wing River has been determined to be of ancient origin, according to the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office.
The bone was found in the river adjacent to property owned by Jennifer Barg and her brothers, in Thomastown...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Students across the state have slowed their educational progress, according to the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA) exams. Staples-Motley school students are doing better than the state average in math and science, in that their loss of progress is not as...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
A special reunion received a special tour, when the 1973 Peace Corps cohort to Benin and West Africa met in Staples to tour the Batcher Block Opera House.
Staples resident Mark Crampton was one of the Peace Corps volunteers in 1973 and invited the rest of them to...
Corinne Olson recently shot a 581 pound bear south of Motley. Corinne is a freshman at Staples-Motley High School. Her parents are Eric and Alisa Olson of Motley. (Submitted photo)
Kendall Qualls will speak in Staples on Thursday, September 23, 5:30 p.m. at the Timbers Event Center in Staples. The event is sponsored by Crossroads Conservatives.
Kendall Qualls has a unique vantage point to plant the seeds of change for our country. During his childhood, Mr. Qualls lived with...
NBA coach David Joerger is looking forward to his return to Staples on Sept. 11. He will be inducted into the Staples Motley Athletic Hall of Fame at the 7 p.m. ceremony, but first will talk about some of his experiences in the NBA at a special event starting at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 11 at...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Wedena County Attorney’s Office has determined that charges are not warranted in the shooting death of David Savala and Shannon Savala, who were killed in an incident with Wadena County Deputy Troy Mayer and Sebeka Police officer Jason Worm. The incident took...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
One-thousand ticket holders had the opportunity to hear country superstar Wynonna Judd Aug. 6, at the 2 Tall Tavern in Cushing, Minn., population 632, according to the 2010 census.
The gates opened at 5 p.m. for the sold out show, held in the parking lot of 2...
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