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A year ago, job projections indicated that several Staples businesses would be expanding their operations and would be in need of employees to fill positions. The help wanted section of the Staples World newspaper has been filled steadily over the past year as some of the companies have started...
Ice jams were visible along the Crow Wing River north of Staples March 15. The ice had gone out earlier in the month, only to re-freeze a short time later when temperatures plummeted. By March 20, the first day of spring, the temperature in the Staples area reached nearly 50 degrees, giving hope...
Staples-Motley High School will have a full time counselor next year. The position was approved on a split vote at the Staples-Motley school board meeting Mar. 20. The board agreed on the need for the position, but did not agree on how to fund it.
The board also approved adding a Title I teacher...
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) has selected Julie Mayers Benson, MD, FAAFP, of Staples, as the 2017 Family Physician of the Year.
The award has been presented annually, since 1981, to a family physician who represents the highest ideals of the specialty of family medicine,...
Students from Staples-Motley High School in A Cappella Choir, Symphonic Band and Chamber Orchestra returned home March 17, from their six-day trip to Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Students spent months fundraising and saving their extra cash to pay for their trip. Music directors Jon Crust, Caleb...
The North Central Minnesota Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Central Lakes College recently completed its 31st year of assisting small businesses and entrepreneurs in Minnesota.
The SBDC provides information, training and consulting services to small business owners and prospective small...
One of the lesser known, but extraordinary legends of ages past is the legend of St. Urho, patron saint of the Finnish Vineyard workers, celebrated on March 16 in Finnish communities around the world. As you can see at the statue in Menahga, St. Urho is revered because he banished the grasshoppers...
On Feb. 7, the Todd County Citizens Against Drugs was one of 171 community coalitions honored during a graduation ceremony at CADCA’s (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) National Leadership Forum, just outside of Washington, D.C. The coalitions received a graduation certificate for...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) released the initial results of nitrate testing in private wells as part of the agency’s Township Testing Program. Sampling occurred during the summer of 2016 and was offered to residents in nine townships of Todd County. Well water sampling was focused...
Members of the Staples Motley Area Chamber of Commerce board posed near their sign in Staples Feb. 21, following their monthly meeting. Pictured, from left, are Bruce Brotherton, Dan Orth, Megan Haber, board members; Barb Cline, executive director; Jodi Reeck, board member; Steve Gertkin,...
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