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Student intern Noah Boelter shows how they start the young kale plants on the lower shelf, before they are put onto the growing wall
From Todd County Planning and Zoning
The zoning district in which your property is located has a big impact on what type of developments that can be permitted on your land. Zoning districts were adopted county wide in 2006. A county wide map that shows zoning districts county wide is on the Todd...
By Karin L. Nauber
Todd County correspondent
The Todd County Board approved an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to establish a group housing site with greater than seven residents was received from Christine and Todd Tollefson. At their Aug. 18 meeting, the board approved the CUP...
On Aug. 24, around 4:24 a.m., Staples Police assisted the Morrison County Sheriff’s Department with a motor vehicle pursuit on US Highway 10, which started in the city of Motley. Law enforcement pursued the suspect into Wadena County, where the pursuit was terminated in the interest of public...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples Economic Development Authority (SEDA) approved donating $1,500 to the Wadena County Economic Alliance, after Director Katie Heppner gave a presentation at a special meeting on Aug. 28.
Heppner said the Economic Alliance has shifted their focus over the...
75 Years Ago - 1945
o Sept. 13, 1945 - Seven young men of Staples were “almost caught in the act” of destroying a second vegetable garden near Staples last week end, and when caught, one of them readily confessed to participation in the destruction of the Thomas Parker garden several nights...
The Initiative Foundation has begun the process of distributing up to $7.8 million in grants to 765 Central Minnesota small businesses and a St. Cloud cultural mall that have been affected by coronavirus slowdowns, shutdowns and state-ordered restrictions.
“This is a stressful and demanding time...
Region Five Development Commission will receive a $1.6 million EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Crow Wing...
Wadena County recorded eight new cases of COVID-19 in the week before Aug. 30, which followed a week of 12 cases in the county. For the second week in a row, Todd County recorded seven new cases. Cass County had nine new cases and Morrison County had five.
Transmission is still happening in area...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
Faith, family and music are some of the fabric strands woven into the rich tapestry of Ardis (Nygren) Schimpp’s life.
Other strands include her Swedish heritage, a love of literature, and a heart for all things rural.
Now 85, Ardis still lives at the farm 10...
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