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Recent reports taken by the Staples Police Dept.
Sept. 26, Staples Police assisted Wadena County Sheriff’s Dept. with a domestic assault with a knife. When officers arrived on the scene, the suspect began to cut his own neck with the knife and fled further into the home with the weapon. Officers...
75 Years Ago - 1947
o Oct. 16, 1947 - Douglas Grossman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Grossman of Moran township, who has been particularly active in 4-H club work for the past few years, was awarded a trip to the National 4-H club congress in Chicago, because of his beef demonstration placing at the...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The City of Staples received their first audit from a new auditing firm, which turned out to be similar to past audits.
Dean Birkeland of CarlsonSV presented the audit at the Oct. 11 Staples City Council meeting, telling them that “first time audits are always a...
Instructor Tracey Kloeckl-Jiménez has been named the 2022-23 Central Lakes College Board of Trustees Outstanding Educator.
Kloeckl-Jiménez teaches German and Spanish at CLC. This honor includes nominations by students and peers, as well as a recommendation from a committee of CLC employees.
“Tracey...
A number of Lakewood Health System physicians, past and present, attended the retirement celebration for Tim Rice, Lakewood’s President/CEO for the past 42 years. Above: Rice (left) shares a moment with Dr. Bill Mennis and his wife, Helen. Below, Rice greets Dr. Ted Lelwica and his wife, Marge. At...
The England Prairie Pioneer Club sponsored a Fall Fest wagon ride around Pine Grove Park, pulled by a tractor. (Stapls World photo by Mark Anderson)
The Staples-Motley Athletic Hall of Fame has a new display at the high school gymnasium. A touchscreen display has information and photos about the first three classes of teams, individuals and coaches inducted into the hall. The next Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Saturday, Oct. 29,...
A 12-year-old boy has died as the result of injuries from a hunting accident in rural Motley the morning of Oct. 9.
According to a report from Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch, on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 8:19 a.m., the sheriff’s office received a report of a hunting accident in Moose Lake Township....
In a press release Oct. 12, the Morrison County Sheriff’s office expressed their appreciation to the media and community for assistance helping locate a person of interest in a shooting incident in Little Falls Township.
On Oct. 10, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the MCSO received a report of a man...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
At their regular meeting Oct. 10, the Motley City Council voted to move ahead with abating a property owned by Paul and Kristal Blomquist. Fees that have been accrued from citations will be assessed to their property as well.
Prior to their vote, the council...
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