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Following a closed board meeting on July 26 to discuss labor strategy, the Wadena County Board of Commissioners reconvened their open meeting to approve a 2 percent pay raise for all human services non-supervisory and confidential employees, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2016.
The move comes shortly after...
The ‘Multiples of Lakewood,’ facilitated by Dr. Christine Albrecht, is a support group for parents of twins, triplets; and expectant parents of multiples that meets bi-monthly at the main campus of Lakewood Health System in Staples. This group promotes networking and the sharing of ideas to start...
On Aug. 8, Staples Police conducted a traffic stop on Hwy 10 for obstructed view and over the fog line. Police could smell an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. After searching the vehicle, Police cited Mariesha Voss, 21, of Cambridge for possession of a small amount of marijuana in a motor...
Recent reports from the Motley Police Department (MPD) and the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) included the following:
Aug. 3 - The MPD assisted the Staples Police Department with a juvenile who was out of control.
Aug. 2 - The MPD assisted the MCSO and Scandia Valley first response team...
“I am impressed with the people of Staples and their can-do attitude,” said Mike Ives at the groundbreaking of the Timberlake Hotel in Staples. The Ives family is building the hotel and naming it after their Timberlake Lodge in Grand Rapids.
Above, from left, are Rick Utech, Todd County Development...
On Sunday, July 31, at approximately 12:25 p.m., the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a landowner who stated they discovered bullet holes in the walls of their cabin.
When the deputy arrived at the cabin, which is located in section 24 of Bullard Township, the homeowners...
At the July 19 county board meeting, Wadena County Commissioners decided to sell the two houses they recently bought on residential lots adjacent to the courthouse, and have the houses moved off the land to another location.
Originally, commissioners thought they would demolish the houses, but...
On Friday, July 29, at 9:56 p.m., a Wadena County Sheriff’s Deputy came upon a motorcycle vs deer accident. The motorcycle was traveling north in the area of County Road 4 and County Road 23, when a deer hit the motorcycle on the right side.
The driver of the motorcycle was able to keep it up...
The Staples City Council approved a business subsidy agreement for a tax increment finance (TIF) district for a hotel to be built in Staples.
At the July 26 council meeting, the Ives family requested the TIF district to build the Timberlake Hotel between Highway 10 and 2nd Ave. NE.
The family will...
The Staples Economic Development Authority (SEDA) board met July 26 and talked about how to overcome a looming need for more workers in the area. With expansions at Stern Rubber and Lakewood Health System to start this fall, the recent expansion at NJPA and a new hotel to break ground soon, there...
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