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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...
75 Years Ago - 1947
o March 20, 1947 - Pupils of the Sacred Heart Parochial school of Staples, and members of the adult choir are presenting a combined program and musical at the K. C. Auditorium in Staples March 23. The whole affair is being put on for the benefit of the starving children of...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
At their regular meeting March 14, the Motley City Council learned they would be saying “goodbye” to two people in the upcoming months. City Clerk/Treasurer Curt Bryniarski has accepted a position at Morrison County; and Tim Rice, longtime President/CEO at...
The Staples Sr. Citizens group held their annual St. Paddy’s Day party at the Staples Community Center March 16. In addition to enjoying a meal together, the group played bingo, competing for cash prizes. Pictured at left, back row from left, are: Gloria Marden, Jeannie Huebner, Amy Lindstrom, Rose...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
Harold Arvid Wassather, 60, of Motley, has been formally charged by the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) with two counts of murder in the death of his girlfriend, 66-year-old Christine Nygard.
The incident, which took place at the couple’s trailer home...
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