News
By Karin L. Nauber
Todd County correspondent
After discussion at the March 15, 2022 meeting, the Todd County board approved to increase the beginning hourly rate of pay for temporary and seasonal employees to $19 per hour with an increase of the beginning wage each year equal to the Cost of...
The Staples-Motley School Board scheduled a public hearing date for closing the Motley building for Monday, April 11, at 6 p.m. in the District Office.
“There are four rationales that led us to this point,” Superintendent Shane Tappe said. “Budgetary/financial, long-term facilities planning,...
75 Years Ago - 1947
o March 27, 1947 - James Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Olson of District 80, became ill Saturday of last week, and upon examination of his physician it was found that he had scarlet fever.
This is the first case to be reported in this community this year.
James is a...
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) included the following:
March 10 - 16
March 14 - 16 - The MPD issued speeding citations to Jared Anderson, 38; Devion Johnson, 24; Shaun Petrovich-Kamppi, 24; William Tyler, 45.
March 15 - The MPD responded to a report of a theft at Laundry Off...
The Staples Host Lions recently donated $750 to Special Olympics/Polar Plunge. Pictured, from left, are Becky Christensen, Gaven Christensen; and Staples Host Lions President Ken Christensen. (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Central Lakes College is planning to start a meat cutting program at the Staples campus in the fall of 2022.
“We’re very excited, the workforce need is very apparent,” said David Endicott, CLC Dean.
Endicott spoke about the new program at the Carbon, Cowboys, and...
Wet roads and foggy conditions contributed to an accident on Highway 10 near Staples on March 20. Around 8:30 a.m., a vehicle driven by Alan Meyer, 54, of Staples, was turning onto Highway 10 from 305th Avenue, two miles east of Staples. A semi truck traveling west collided with the vehicle.
Meyer...
At approximately 5:44 p.m., on March 20, 2022 the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the 2400 block of Cty Rd 139, near Nimrod, of a report of a UTV rollover. Two volunteer firemen were in the area coyote hunting when they came across a UTV rolled on...
A vehicle fatality was reported on March 15 near Browerville. Matthew Peter, 41, of Little Falls died in the accident.
At 3:25 p.m., the Todd County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two vehicle accident at the intersection of County Road 14 and County Road 5. A vehicle driven by Peter was struck by...
Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz talked about the value of adding cover crops at Carbon, Cowboys, and Cow Pies, the 2022 Todd County Feedlot Meeting. When they first started farming, their operation consisted of only corn, soybeans, alfalfa and cattle. Since then, they have expanded to open-pollinated...
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