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75 Years Ago - 1944
o Oct. 26, 1944 - Sunday morning, Oct. 22, while hunting with his cousin in the vicinity of Elbow Lake, Gordon Stolhanske of Staples suffered a gunshot wound in his left leg. The wound was accidental and happened when his cousin, Sgt. Laurel Stolhanske, was unloading his gun....
Sacred Heart Area School students visited the Staples Fire Hall Oct. 10 during Fire Prevention Week, 2019. Students and teachers walked to the fire hall and participated in tours of several different stations presented by Staples Firefighters.
Above: Staples Fireman Reade Hanson explains how a...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Staples native Sarah Daly graduated from the Field Medical Training Battalion (FMTB) at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Sept. 26. This week she is deploying with the Navy Seabees to Okinawa, Japan, and will be stationed at Port Hueneme, Calif. after seven months in...
75 Years Ago - 1944
o Oct. 19, 1944 - Tuesday was the official scrap iron day for the Staples Lions club, who with many others, made their districts and collected in the neighborhood of 60,000 pounds of the valuable salvage metal, which will be shipped to Duluth where it will be remelted and...
Staples-Motley school district receives the 2019 Minnesota Educational Facilities Management Professionals Association (MASMS) $1,000 Sustainable Award.
Each year MASMS awards a school district, who is a MASMS member, a grant for $1,000 for a sustainable building and grounds project. The project...
Lakewood Health System will host an educational seminar on arthritis, joint pain and joint replacement on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m., in the lower level classrooms at Lakewood’s main campus in Staples.
Pie and coffee will be served at 6 p.m. and a presentation by Essentia Health St. Joseph’s-...
On Sept. 18, at 4:28 a.m., Staples Police responded to assist the Cass County Sheriff’s Department with a report of a burglary in progress where the reporting party claimed to have fired a couple of rounds off at the burglars. Also responding to assist, was the Morrison and Wadena County Sheriff’s...
The Staples-Motley School Bus Drivers - 25+ strong - were the recipients of the SMACF Outstanding Organization award. The ceremony was held Oct. 10 at the Timbers Event Center in Staples. John Regan, principal (right) introduced Jeff Spandl, Jeff Sterriker and Gary Trout, speaking, as they accepted...
Owner/operator of Four Legged Lodge, Julie Hoffman, gives a heartfelt thank you on behalf of her operators, Nicole Dukowitz, Lynzie Dukowitz, Jamie Hernandez and Charity Claussen who were presented the Outstanding Business Award.
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