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Todd County saw an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week, with 43 new cases detected in the county. Todd County had recorded 20 and 14 cases the previous two weeks. Cass and Morrison County also saw a rise in the weekly numbers, while Wadena County went down to 16 new cases, after seeing 29...
Todd County Health & Human Services is currently scheduling Todd County residents aged 65 and over for COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Residents who would like to schedule an appointment should call 320-732-4500, and press option 1, on Fridays between the hours of 12 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.  There is...
By Karin L. Nauber Todd County correspondent   As part of the Todd County Board consent agenda on Feb. 16, 2021, several resignations/retirements were approved some dating back to December 2020. Commissioners asked why some of them were so late in coming to the board? It was explained that many...
On Feb. 13, at approximately 11:21 p.m., the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a structure fire in section 7 of Lyons township, which is south of the City of Nimrod. The 911 caller indicated that there was a house on fire. When the deputy arrived he found that that there was a...
Staples Alliance Church youth group will attend NYC Culture Camp July 10 - 15, a cross-cultural experience for high school students. The group held a ‘sweetheart lunch’ on Valentine’s Day as a fundraiser. Pictured from left, Brad Anderson, Keller Anderson, Staci Schultz, Isaiah Schultz, Ashley...
COVID-19 has increased in Staples the past two weeks, according to statistics from the Minnesota Department of Health. Ten new cases were reported in the Staples zip code for the week before Feb. 11, after recording six new cases the previous week. The Staples area had gotten down to two cases in...
75 Years Ago - 1946  o Feb. 14, 1946 - Today, and during the balance of this weekend, Red Owl will celebrate the Grand Opening of its new super food market in the remodeled Hoemberg building located at the corner of Fourth Street and Second Avenue. The reconstruction of this property has been under...
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and Morrison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) included the following:  Feb. 4 - 10 Feb. 9 - The MPD responded to a structure fire at 161 Harrison St. W., Motley, assisting with extinguishing flames until the officer’s extinguisher was empty. The...
 LPN Jody Yeager gives Larry his vaccine. Medical students from the Rural Physician Associate Program (RPAP) help direct customers to through the process. (Submitted photos)
From Lakewood Health System   Only in rural Minnesota will you find a fish house being used in the middle of winter, in the middle of a clinic parking lot, for something far from ice fishing. But desperate times call for desperate, or rather, innovative, measures. Since early fall of 2020, Lakewood...
Sarah Walker of Deer Creek stopped by the Staples World recently to search the archives for an article pertaining to a 1991 incident where she was struck by a train in Staples. She recalled walking across the tracks near the depot in Staples the morning of Aug. 14, en route to the community center...

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