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Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and Morrison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) included the following:
Nov. 4 - 10
Nov. 8 - While patrolling, the MPD observed a truck that had broken down at the intersection of Hwy 10 and Hwy 210. The MPD directed traffic through the...
COVID-19 numbers are up in several area communities. Staples recorded 54 new cases in the week before Nov. 11, Wadena 70 and Verndale 33.
Three communities are trending down over the past three weeks, Motley with 12 new cases, Pillager 13 and Long Prairie 55. Browerville has 20 new cases, slightly...
Conner Gonzales, a third grader at Staples-Motley Elementary gives his dad, Zacharias Gonzales a huge hug. Below, Gonzales, U.S. Army, Scott Jackson, Steven Dille, U.S. Army and Conner Gonzales pose together for a photo. The third grade class handed out gift bags to all the veterans attending the...
At the Staples-Motley High School Veterans Day program, Honored veterans and any veterans in the audience were asked to stand and be recognized. (Photo by Mark Anderson)
The kindergarten class at Sacred Heart Area School gave a message to veterans with a cheer: “We Love Our Veterans. Thank you for Your Service. Thank you for Your Bravery and for Protecting Our Freedom”. (Staples World photo by Janice Winter)
The Economic Alliance is teaming up with Five Wings Arts Council and Springboard for the Arts to offer an E-Commerce Panel for Rural Artists and Makers. This free online event will be held on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. To register, visit:
www.springboardforthearts.org/events/ecommerce-panel-for-...
The Staples Rotary Club helped kick off the Christmas for Kids fundraising campaign organized by the Staples ’93 Lions Club with a donation of $100.
Each year the Staples ’93 Lions Club raises funds to purchase Christmas gifts for children. They primarily give toys but will also have snow pants,...
Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports that on Saturday, October 30, pursuant to an ongoing investigation into the possession, sales and distribution of methamphetamine in Cass County and surrounding areas, investigators, with the assistance of the Minnesota State Patrol, conducted a traffic stop on...
The Morrison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) continues to ask for the public’s assistance in the homicide investigation of Terrence “Terry” Brisk’s death that occurred five years ago on Nov. 7. The sheriff’s office is still actively investigating this case with assistance from the Bureau of Criminal...
75 Years Ago - 1946
o Nov. 7, 1946 - Douglas Bates, the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bates of Staples, who was the first polio victim in this city, returned from the hospitals in Minneapolis about two weeks ago, and is in excellent health. He is still a little weak, and has to be...
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