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By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
As of Sept. 23, 2023, you won’t be seeing Motley Police Chief Jason Borash behind the wheel of the department’s squad car. You won’t see Officer Cody Holtz, either.
The Motley City Council accepted both of their resignations Aug. 29, at a special meeting...
Staples resident Corie Hurtig, 25, was arrested as a suspect in the theft of tools from the Staples-Motley Elementary School construction.
On Aug. 14, Staples Police received a burglary report at the Staples-Motley Elementary School building site. The construction company managing the project...
By Tom Crawford
“The average city taxpayer does not pay for my services,” Scott Sadusky, Staples building inspector, told the Staples City Council at the August 8 meeting of the council. “The only people who pay are the builders and contractors.”
Sadusky and City Administrator Jerel Nelsen...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley School Board heard an update of the ongoing building project at their July 24 meeting from Damien Williams of ICS.
The structural steel on the elementary school gym was nearly complete. They were possibly going to delay concrete pouring because...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Staples City Administrator Jerel Nelsen explained the city’s method of paying their building inspector, based on an agreement the city passed in 2015. Two community members attended the meeting to question the payment numbers reported in the Staples World the...
Staples Police, Fire Department and Amublance line up in solidarity to pay respect to Jake Wallin, 23, a Fargo Police officer who died in the line of duty when an assailant fired his gun at police who were helping at a car accident. Wallin is from St. Michael-Albertville High School and has...
The death of Vickie O’Brien, 63, a nursing teacher at Central Lakes College, has been ruled a murder. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department said her husband, Terrance O’Brien, 64, shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself.
Both victims were found on June 26 at their home in Sylvan Township,...
Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that on Monday, June 26, at 10:04 a.m., their office received a request for a welfare check at a residence on Brook Ln SW, in Sylvan Township, rural Pillager.
Deputies arrived at the residence and, through their investigation, located an adult female, age 63...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples City Council felt their only option was to approve the license for a smoke shop near Staples-Motley High School, despite objections from the school.
The council received a letter from City Attorney Joe Krueger saying that the 300 foot restriction they...
The Fourth of July celebration and BBQ at All Veterans Park in Staples will begin at 11 a.m. In case of rain, the celebration will be held at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples.
This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Ryan Kroll of Staples, whose speech is about ‘Patriotism.’ Dr. Kroll works at Lakewood...
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