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The Staples-Motley School Board held their organizational meeting on Jan. 4, the first meeting for new members Lisa Anderson and Jeremy Reeck.
The board elected Bryan Winkels as chair, Bruce Lund as vice chair, Mary Freeman as clerk and Brad Anderson as treasurer.
The board approved the same yearly...
Twenty-twenty-one brings the celebration of birth for Katie Bounds and Brandon Lorentz, Wadena, who welcomed their new baby girl, Charli Kaye, into the world on Jan. 1. Charli was born at 4:42 p.m., weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measuring 20 1/2 inches.
The delivering providers were Dr. Lindsay...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley School Board approved submitting their building proposal to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). The proposal is to hold a special election on April 13, with one referendum question on the ballot, to issue $64,380,000 in bonds for...
The massive spike in COVID-19 in November and December is continuing to go down, with Central Minnesota part of the decline. Every county and city in the area is seeing fewer new cases in previous weeks. For the first time since the pandemic started, Todd County has fewer new cases than Wadena...
Staff and residents at Lakewood Health System and Lakewood Care Center, Staples, started to receive their first round of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 22. A second dose for each person receiving the vaccine will be scheduled and given 21 days after the first.
This is phase 1a of the...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
A survey conducted by the Morris Leatherman Company determined that the Staples-Motley School District is facing a favorable climate to ask voters for a building referendum, two years after a similar referendum was voted down. The survey found that the public...
With the Holy Season of Christmas upon us, we’ve reached out to area churches to see how they have been doing and to find out their plans for the traditional Christmas Eve Service.
Staples Alliance
Staples Alliance Church will hold its Christmas Eve service at 4:30 p.m.
Assembly of God
The Staples...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Starting his opometry career during a pandemic hasn’t stopped Dr. Jesse Fenstermacher from getting involved in his new community. He is the new optometrist at the Staples Eye Clinic after starting in September.
In his short time in the community he is already...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
At the Nov. 24 Staples Economic Development Authority (SEDA) meeting, the board looked at different types of incentives to entice more new homes to be built in Staples.
Economic Development Director Melissa Radermacher listed some of the ideas that could be a...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit Minnesota in the spring of 2020, the coronavirus has continued to affect everyone in some way or another. In the coming weeks and months, the Staples World will reach out to a variety of people to find out how they have been impacted by Covid-19 and what they are...
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