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Around 80 people gathered in Staples on Dec. 8, to work on one of the most important topics facing the nation, workforce development. The annual Building the 21st Century Workforce Conference is a chance for educators and business people from throughout the region to gather, collaborate, and set...
Matt Miller shovels off the ice skating rink along 1st Street SW in Staples. The newly installed rink still needs another layer of ice before it is officially open, but people have been skating on it already. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
...compliments of the Staples Host Lions Club. The annual luncheon event was held Dec. 9 at the Staples-Motley High School cafeteria. Pictured above, from left, are Jiye Lee of South Korea, a foreign exchange student at SMHS; Brianna Mitchell, 10; and Alex Davis, Motley.
Staples LEAP reports the creation of a new community calendar website - discoverstaplesmn.org. Local organizations and event planners are invited to register an account and submit public events to the calendar up to two years in advance of the event date.
The Discover Staples website has been...
The Todd County Board of Commissioners approved adopting three of the six union contracts for 2018-2020 at their Nov. 21 meeting.
They were the Teamsters Courthouse Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Teamsters Jailer Dispatcher Unit Collective Bargaining Agreement and the Teamsters Sheriff’s...
Three people were arrested and jailed in Wadena County Nov. 28 for possession of methamphetamine.
Craig LaFlamme, 47, Perham, and Jesse Stockwell, 37, Deer Creek, were both charged with first degree possession of a controlled substance and fifth degree possession of a controlled substance.
In...
Two Wadena County forage-based farming operations are included in the ranks of Minnesota’s Water Quality Certified farms, which include small farms as well as large farming operations and which represent a diversity of crop and livestock production - including corn, soybeans, wheat, potatoes, small...
Keith Olander, left, received the Honorary American FFA Degree from 2016-17 National FFA President David Townsend on Oct. 27 at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. Each year the National FFA Organization recognizes outstanding individuals who have provided exceptional support of school-...
On Nov. 28, Staples Police took a report of a scam, and are.reminding everyone that if someone calls you with any offer too good to be true, it probably is. If you’re asked to deposit money into an account in order to receive the money you have supposedly won, it’s a scam.
Other recent reports...
Debra Warner, District Governor for Rotary District 5580, visited the Staples Rotary Club Nov. 29 at Timbers Restaurant. In the top photo, from left, are Mary Vogel, wife of Jim Vogel; Staples Rotary Club President Jim Vogel; Warner; Ed Williams, Warner’s husband; Rick Bricker, District Governor...
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