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Clyde Mertens is retiring after 35 years working for the City of Staples street department. Pictured, Public Works Director Scott Grabe presents Mertens with a plaque. The most visible job for the street department is plowing snow in the winter. Mertens said it isn’t true that he hasn’t missed a...
75 Years Ago - 1945  o Dec. 27, 1945 - The next meeting of the Motley Study Club will be held in the home of Mrs. Edward Morey, Saturday, Jan. 5. Roll call - lakes and rivers of Canada; Poetry, Mrs. Frank Rasmussen; English drill, Mrs. Jessie Reynolds; Program “Cuba” - Mrs. Harding Blake and “...
Above, the Christmas elf and Mrs. Claus delivered pillows and fleece blankets Dec. 22 to 70+ third grade students at Staples-Motley Elementary School. The project, coordinated by Jody Johnson, above right, was made possible by a grant from Thrivent Financial to purchase the supplies to make pillows...
Stella Daniels of Staples sews masks for the staff at Lakewood Health System. When she learned about the project, she told her mom, Melissa Daniels, LHS employee, “I want to help.”
By Mark Anderson Managing Editor   For two months, 2020 seemed like a normal year. Then a global pandemic changed everything the local communities had been doing. The Staples World was right there to document the entire process. While COVID-19 dominated the headlines, every story in the Staples...
Students waited in line in the hallway to go out and get their gifts as others coming back in put them in their lockers until school was out.  
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and Morrison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) included the following: Dec. 22 - The MPD received reports of two gas drive-offs at the Holiday Station in Motley. One in the amount of $33.73 and the other for $44.51. Dec. 21 - The MPD assisted...
The Staples-Motley School Cardinal mascot, along with a number of other Christmas characters (including Santa) waved to people from the back of a Staples Fire Truck as they drove through Staples Dec. 21. The characters on parade included SM School Superintendent Shane Tappe, Holly Tappe, SM School...
The Staples Motley Area Women of Today had a busy Christmas season, including sponsoring two families. At left are Jody Waterman and Emily Lind with food for two full Christmas meals.The group also made 68 Christmas ornaments and delivered them to residents at Lakewood Care Center. (Submitted...
Recent donations have been made to the Motley Area Food Shelf (MAFS) including money, food and household items.  Pictured above, from left, are Sherry Frisk, MAFS Director and Deb Watson from Northern Pines Mental Health Center, Morrison County. Frisk reported that employees at Northern Pines...
Central Lakes College’s Farm Business Management (FBM) Program is expected to expand following a verbal agreement to acquire part of Ridgewater College’s FBM Program. The shift is expected to be in place as of July 1, 2021. “It is our primary goal in this move to provide uninterrupted education...

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