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Staples-Motley High School girls showed they have football skills during the powderpuff football game, part of Homecoming activities on Sept. 28. Above, Mady Hull is chased by seniors Larken Hirschey and Kiera Dumpprope. Below, Mackenna Bjerga and Tabetha Allen go up to catch a pass. (Staples World...
Staples-Motley school staff painted a house on Sept. 22 as part of the Paint The Town program. Pictured at right, Cindy Koopmann and Kerry Lindgren climb ladders to scrape loose paint. Below, Sandy Opheim gets to work painting a balcony. (Staples World photos by Mark Anderson)
A report from the Planning and Zoning Commission was the topic of discussion at the Sept. 25 Staples City Council meeting. Solar power installations at Central Lakes College will require re-zoning portions of the campus, according to City Administrator Jerel Nelsen. A public hearing was set for...
Casey’s convenience store workers paused for a moment on their busy first day of business on Sept. 28. From left, Lateesha Rieck, Mike Struthers, Store Manager Lynda White and Lynn Weekley. The new store and gas station on Highway 10 in Staples offered prizes for customers who spun their wheel of...
The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office is requesting all farmers and ranchers in the Wadena County area to check their fences.
In the last few weeks the Sheriff’s Office and State Patrol have received numerous 911 calls of livestock out, wandering onto public roadways.
In the fall season so livestock...
Artist Pam Collins (second from right) gives a fabric painting demonstration at her studio. Watching, from left, are Addy Trettel, Robbinsdale; Rayman Smith, Chaska; and Bea, from Cushing. (Staples World photos by Dawn Timbs)
Wadena County Sheriff Mike Carr and Deputy Troy Wangsness demonstrated the new dog in their K-9 unit, Nitro, to the Staples Host Lions Club at a recent meeting. (Submitted photo)
The 5th Annual Minnesota Sings! contest was held was held Sept. 29 and 30, at the Courtyard by Marriott in Woodbury. Four area young people participated, having qualified by winning at the Motley Sings! and Staples Sings! contests this past summer. Pictured, from left, are Coleman Klimek and Jaydon...
From left, Jos Melse, Mark Hazel, Dick Neumann and John Neumann, members of the Staples Area Tennis and Culinary Club, at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in August. The club consists of area residents who play tennis in Staples on Mondays and Thursdays in the spring and summer, usually from 4:45 to...
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