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The Staples-Motley School Board will meet Monday, Mar. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Staples-Motley High School media center. Note date change due to holiday.
Agenda items include:
o An update on QComp by Deb Ferdon during the school/community forum.
o Finance items include the 2018-19 staff reductions and...
A 400-game winner who struck out more than 5,000 batters in the Negro Leagues has long been championed by The Donaldson Network. The organization is ramping up efforts even further in hopes Cooperstown gives the man a second look for induction.
The documentary film “39 Seconds” about John Donaldson...
Central Lakes College President Hara Charlier has been named to the Essentia Health Board of Directors, serving St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd.
“We value our board members throughout Essentia”, says Adam Rees, Administrative Leader at Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center and Clinics...
There is an old story that goes: Thomas Edison made 10,000 attempts to create the light bulb. He was later asked, “How did it feel to fail 9,999 times?”
Whether that story is myth or fact, failure can be brutal, ugly and unpleasant, so why does it seem to be more public than success? On the other...
The Reality Store is the annual event where community members help Staples-Motley High School students learn about the requirements of living in the modern world. Students are given a profile that includes a career, and perhaps a spouse and family. They then find out how much of their paycheck goes...
Staples-Motley student William Thew made it to the final five, out of 29 qualifiers, in the Lakes Bee Regional Spelling Bee. Thew made it to the sixth round by spelling some tough words, including strudel, dissimilar, and surveillance. He missed the word myriad for his final word. (Staples World...
Jadyn Vogel spells her first word at the Lakes Bee Regional Spelling Bee, correctly spelling fresco in the first round, but missing on homogeneous.
Bryson Dumpprope and Brianna Ruikka use their bodies to fuel up their cars built during the Tech Mobile unit on transportation at Staples-Motley Elementary School.
Hydroponic tower gardens are growing in Sandy Opheim’s 2nd grade classroom at Staples-Motley Elementary School, part of the Tech Mobile program. Pictured, Hailee Cox, Zander Plattner and Ayden Hovland pick pieces of lettuce from the tower. Other plants growing in the gardens includes cherry...
Staples Food Shelf Director Fran Mertens, front, stands with some of the volunteers who helped unload the Second Harvest food truck on March 2. Mertens said they still need donations for the March fund drive, when money donations are counted to increase future funding. Pictured with Mertens, from...
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