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Cathy Perish with the Staples Public Library’s “I Love to Read” month theme is Stories from the Heart.  (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)
By Mark Anderson Managing Editor   At their Jan. 26, 2021, city council meeting, citing a possible cost of $80,000, the Staples City Council declined to approve a request to reduce assessments on two properties. The request had been made by Luke Patton and Greg Ziegler, who said that the special...
By Karin L. Nauber Todd County correspondent   The Todd County Board of Commissioners heard a COVID-19 situation update from Health and Human Services Director Jackie Och at their Feb. 2, 2021 meeting. An updated weekly vaccination schedule being set up from Community Health Manager Katherine...
75 Years Ago - 1946  o Feb. 7, 1946 - Dr. C. H. Reichelderfer, who suffered a heart attack a week or more ago, and was confined to the Long Prairie hospital for several days, has returned to Staples, and is again at his office. He still maintains his usual office hours of 10 to 12 in the morning,...
Staples-Motley Middle School honor roll, Semester 1: A Honor Roll Grade 8: Grant Bestland, Estella Bock, Jack Carlson, Sawyer Ferdon, Laken Hines, Oliviah Lor ber, Jessica Lundquist, Axel Mertens, Peyton Mithun, Corinne Olson, Oliviah Opheim, Benet Robinson, Miranda Schotzko, Alexander Schultz,...
Bo (left) and Hank, pets of Gary and Dawn Timbs of Staples, were the best of friends and often showed affection toward one another. (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)
By Dawn Timbs Staples World reporter   Dogs and cats aren’t supposed to love each other, but someone forgot to tell Bo, our 110-pound mutt, and Hank, our short-haired tom. Hank and his sister Hazel had made their home with  us for a few years before Bo, already up in years, joined our family...
On Jan. 4, Staples Police received a report regarding suspicious activity at the Sunset Motel. A resident believed someone had entered his room and poisoned his food and tampered with his cold weather gear. On Jan. 4, a suspicious package was located outside of the Stapleton apartments in Staples....
New COVID-19 cases are down throughout the state and country. Locally, COVID-19 has dwindled down to numbers not seen since September. In the last week of January, only two new cases were detected in the Staples zip code, and two were found in Motley. The highest weekly total in area communities...
If you are a farmer or gardener planning for the 2021 crop year, it is important to keep in mind that there is one component of your growing system that matters more than anything else: soil organic matter (which is the fraction of the soil composed of anything that once lived).  Although soil...
Prior to being transformed to a state of the art fitness center, Iron Paradise in downtown Staples was previously home to a Sears store and most recently, a quilt shop. Since purchasing the business in January of 2020, owner Cari Kottke has remodeled the space, which now holds a variety of exercise equipment, including treadmills and ellipticals. There’s also a separate weight room. (Staples World photos by Dawn Timbs)
Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Minnesota in the spring of 2020, the coronavirus has continued to affect everyone in some way or another. In the coming weeks and months, the Staples World will reach out to a variety of people to find out how they have been impacted by Covid-19 and what they are...

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