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Organizers are preparing for this year’s Great Coat Giveaway and have made some changes in their process.
People who are interested in donating new or gently used children’s coats can take them to any church in the area. Each church has been asked to designate one person to handle the donations. ...
JCI Staples (Staples Jaycees) won a number of awards at the Fall All State convention held Sept. 16-18, in Willmar. The chapter was also awarded Silver Chapter.
Those receiving special distinction of the Presidential Medallion, an honor bestowed by the Minnesota Jaycees State President and given...
After looking at things in each department line item by line item, the Todd County Finance Committee was able to reduce the projected preliminary levy by $814,791.
Originally, at their Aug. 10 meeting, the committee met with the preliminary levy slated to come in at $15,935,090 or an 11 percent...
Eligible voters can begin casting their ballots Sept. 23 for the Nov. 8 General Election by voting absentee. This is the first presidential-election year where Minnesotans no longer need an excuse to vote absentee - a reform also known as no-excuses absentee voting.
Minnesotans can request an...
Electric cars could be driving through Staples but they have no place to recharge. Staples Public Works Director Doug Bendorf said that Staples is in the center of a “dead zone” where there are no car charging stations nearby.
At the Sept. 13 Staples City Council meeting, Bendorf said they are...
Money matters were among the items on the minds of the Staples-Motley School Board members at their Sept. 19 meeting.
As has been their custom and on the recommendation of Marci Lord, district business manager, the board approved their proposed tax levy at an 11.82 percent increase, the maximum...
The Staples Citizens Against Drugs will offer a coalition presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at noon at the Staples Police Department
The presentation will answer some of the following questions:
o What’s the difference between coalitions and programming?
o Why build a coalition?
o What are the...
The newspapers of some of our loyal subscribers have not been delivered in a timely fashion the past few weeks.
We appreciate that you miss the paper and we want to know when you don’t get it on time. We want you to know that we are just as frustrated as you are.
Your calls alert us to where the...
Today, Sept. 22, is the first official day of autumn and the fall colors are beginning to show themselves as in this scene of the Crow Wing River near the landing in Motley. To be exact, the Northern Hemisphere enters fall at exactly 9:21 a.m. CDT, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The day -...
Minnesota 4-Hers from 86 counties arrived with over 2,800 animals and over 2,600 exhibits at the 2016 “Great Minnesota Get-Together” held Aug. 25-28.
Todd County
4-H’ers from Todd County exhibiting livestock at the State Fair and their placings include:
Hannah Hulinsky, Beef Breeding Heifer (...
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