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The Staples Motley Area Chamber of Commerce commemorated Edina Realty’s new office in downtown Staples with a ribbon cutting on Sept. 27. Realtors Sandy Knosalla and Nikki Hirschey will be the primary agents to use the office, as they both sell mainly in the Staples area. Broker Jim Eisler said the...
AgCentric was awarded a $99,947 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency. This is the second year AgCentric received this grant.
AgCentric is a Minnesota State Center of Excellence in Agriculture made up of three colleges: Central Lakes College in Staples, Ridgewater...
Joe Zimmerman, age 11, was the top finisher in the first Cardinal Homecoming 5K run on Sept. 30. Pictured, Zimmerman poses with football players and cheerleaders at the finish line/goal post. The top women’s finisher was Shannon Hogan.
By taking selected classes, Central Lakes College students can earn their Associate of Arts Degree without ever buying a textbook. It’s called the Z-Degree and CLC is the first in the state to offer it.
CLC built its Z-Degree by offering its faculty opportunities to review potential open education...
The Credit for Military Service in a Combat Zone for service in 2013 will expire for most qualifying service members on Oct. 16, 2017. The Minnesota Department of Revenue is reminding Minnesota service members to take advantage of the refundable tax credit before it expires. The 2013 credit is...
...Paul Bunyan gave to me, nine kids a-learning.’ Pictured above at Sacred Heart Area School in Staples are fifth graders in RoAnn Trout’s class. Front row, from left, are Lilly Tyrrell, Jade Storry, Axel Mertens, Drake Dukowitz. Back row: Joe Zimmermann, Jacob Becker, Trout, Sophie Albie, Miranda...
Each year on October 5, people across the nation observe National Do Something Nice Day. It’s very similar to National Random Acts of Kindness Day, which is celebrated on February 17.
It would be ideal if everyone lived their lives doing kind things on a daily basis and without thinking about it....
Ethan Fleisher of Staples has been writing stories since he was four years old...before he could even write.
His mother would actually do the writing part, Ethan explained, dictating his words as he told the story to her. Ethan would then draw pictures to accompany his tale.
“I’ve always loved...
The Minnesota State Patrol is asking for the public’s help in locating a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash on Aug. 22 between midnight and 12:30 a.m.
The vehicle was believed to be traveling eastbound on I-94, just west of the Brandon exit in an active construction zone when it struck a...
Wadena County Commissioners, park board members and staff took a tour of county parks on September 20. Several parks were visited to see improvements that have been made, including the new fishing landing at Stigman’s Mound Park in Nimrod (above). A planning session of the park board was held...
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