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By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Minnesota Farmers Union President Gary Wertish came to the July 8 Staples City Council meeting to ease concerns about the meat cutting facility currently being built by the MFU at the Staples Industrial Park.
At the previous council meeting, three citizens raised...
Bronze sailor dedicated
The ‘Bronze Sailor’ statue at Staples All Veterans Park was unveiled at the recent July Fourth Program. Pictured are Milt Peterson and Wayne Berry, both U.S. Navy personnel. Peterson serves on the park board. U.S. Navy veteran Charlie Crews of Staples had been the one to...
The 126th Cass County Fair in Pillager will be held Thursday, July 17 - Saturday, July 19.
On the agenda are contests, food booths, fireworks, horse judging, ATV races, music and a host of other activities for people of all ages, including a medallion hunt with a $1,000 prize.
Many favorite...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Hope Williams of the Wadena County Economic Alliance talked about her organization at the June 24 Staples Economic Development Authority meeting. She said this year, they became a satellite office for the North Central Small Business Development Center (SBDC)....
The Fourth of July celebration at All Veterans Park in Staples will begin at 11 a.m. In case of rain, the celebration will be held at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples.
This year’s guest speaker is Vietnam Veteran Al Evans of Staples. Evans enlisted in the U.S. Air Force for a period of three...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
A drive to update Centennial Auditorium was presented to the Staples-Motley School Board at their June 9 meeting. Mike Gold, Tim Rice, Kevin Olsen and Renee Kroll talked about what it will take to upgrade the school’s auditorium into a first class performing arts...
Several Memorial Day events will be held on Monday, May 26, in the Staples and Motley area.
Staples
The Staples service will be held at the All Veterans Park located at 820 Hwy 10 at 10 a.m. Bring your lawn chairs. In case of rain, the event will be held at Faith Lutheran Church.
Huck Holst will...
The Staples-Motley baseball team will host a military veterans appreciation day on Tuesday, May 20, at Jerry Riewer Field in Staples.
All area veterans are invited to be a part of the pre-game appreciation. Veterans who want to participate are asked to be at the varsity baseball field by 4 p.m.
Laken Hines and Olivia Opheim are state speech champions while Brynn Bestland placed second and Walker Johnson was seventh at the state speech meet. Raina Mikhaeil placed 12th in her preliminary round and did not make the finals.
Competing in Humorous Interpretation, Hines was ranked first in the...
Dozens of students at Staples-Motley Elementary School got dressed up for the Candyland Ball March 28, an event hosted by the SM Music Boosters. (Photo by Dawn Timbs)
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