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JCI Staples won a number of awards, including the 2016 Annual Gold Chapter award, at the JCI Minnesota annual convention in Plymouth Jan. 20-22.
Megan Haber was president of local chapter, JCI Staples, since 2014. She’s also served as state secretary in 2016 and is now the Region 2 Director for...
Central Lakes College in Staples is offering a new class, “The Accountability Experience,” beginning Feb 2, enrollment is open to the public. The instructor for the class is Eric Budrow
According to the class description, individuals who go through accountability training are better able to...
Gene Floistad of Staples, above and Tom Kajer were among those Staples Historical Society volunteers who scraped and blew debris from 107 years of accumulation on the radiators at the Staples Northern Pacific Depot. The radiators were given a fresh coat of silver paint. The project was part of the...
On Jan. 19, Staples Police stopped a vehicle on Hwy 10 for speeding. Police could see signs of drug use and possession from the occupants inside the vehicle.
After getting consent to search the vehicle, police located a total of 16 grams of methamphetamines, .5 grams of ecstasy, six hypodermic...
Derek and Kim Johnson completely changed their lives when they recently purchased Ted and Gen’s Bar-B-Q in Aldrich. Since taking over in January, they’re enjoying the excitement of the restaurant business.
“I always wanted to own my own business,” Derek said, “but if you had said that business was...
After hearing discussion from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) personnel and Hartford Township members at their Jan. 17 meeting, the Todd County Board of Commissioners unanimously denied the land acquisition by the DNR of a property located about a mile and a half from Browerville....
With wearable technology and driverless cars, robots replacing workers and 3D printers, the future could be very different than the present.
At the Staples Motley Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner held at Ted & Gen’s, in Aldrich on Jan. 19, speaker Ray Gildow said there are ways to cope...
Teachers want more technology in the classroom and they presented their case at the Staples-Motley School Board meeting Jan. 23.
John Regan teaches 8th grade math, robotics and computer-aided design. Lorna Bendson teaches high school science, including advanced College in School biology and...
Rebekka Paskewitz traveled to South Africa with the national FFA, touring farms and agricultural schools from Jan. 2-17. Although she learned a lot about different types of agriculture, Paskewitz said witnessing the African culture has changed her attitude about life.
“Life is more enjoyable when...
Farmers have heard about this, now it’s here, on the ground, in Minnesota.
The first 400 new Ag Plastic Recycling Dumpsters were delivered January 9, to the Pope County Fairgrounds in Glenwood. The program, offered by Revolution Plastics, is part of an effort led by a core group of nine Central...
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