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The former Orton’s BP is now home to a Holiday gas station. Crews took down the old sign on Feb. 18 and later installed the new one announcing its transition from the BP brand to a Holiday Station store. (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)
The Motley Area Food Shelf is adding to their Annual March Campaign by asking the churches in the Motley area to ‘Pack the Pews.’
This is a great way to come together as a faith organization during the March Campaign and collect food for those facing food insecurity.
With the help of Samantha...
75 Years Ago - 1945
o March 1, 1945 - Miss Lucille Geiger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Geiger, of Staples, has accepted a position with the navy department in Washington D.C. and left Thursday of last week for that city where she started her work the first of this week.
Miss Geiger is a...
The Staples-Motley Cardinals again took home the first place trophy February 2, at the 15th Annual Bemidji Lumberjack Invitational. Twenty seven teams and approximately 500 speakers were in competition. Second place went to Dilworth-Glyndon Felton and third was Pequot Lakes.
Placing first in their...
By Shane Tappe
Superintendent, Staples-Motley Public Schools
The Staples and Motley communities have enjoyed a rich and shared history. We support our local businesses, embrace our outdoors, volunteer to help local causes, welcome newcomers and carry a deep respect for our elders. You can feel...
For Rose Han, a Central Lakes College PSEO (Post Secondary Enrollment Options) student from Staples-Motley High School, donating blood is close to her heart. Blood donations are what gave her an extra couple of years to spend with her grandfather, Don Edwards.
Don was a fixture at the CLC Staples...
Minnesota citizens can get involved in local and national politics, at the Feb. 25 precinct caucuses and the March 3 presidential primary.
This is the first year for a presidential primary in Minnesota. In the past, a poll was taken at each caucus meeting to determine each party’s presidential...
Region Five Development Commission has new board members, Andrea Haverinen, Region 5 School Board Representative and Katie Baier, Emerging Leader.
Current R5DC Directors include: Chair - Alex Weego, Todd County Municipalities; Vice Chair - John Benson, Cass County Town Boards; Secretary - Julie...
75 Years Ago - 1945
o Feb. 22, 1945 - Clinton Foster, of Staples, received word Wednesday morning of this week from the war department that his son, Captain Charles C. Foster, who had been held a prisoner of war by the Japanese government since May or June of 1942, had been released since the...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
Jennifer Hines of rural Staples had always dreamed of one day writing a book.
An avid reader and faithful blogger, the 42-year-old mother of three wasn’t sure how to make that dream a reality.
“I left it to God,” she said during a recent interview, adding that...
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