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By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The city portion of taxes should go down in 2020 for City of Staples residents, after the Staples City Council approved a budget with no increase. Part of that budget includes $67,916 more in Local Government Aid (LGA) from the State of Minnesota.
The preliminary...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley School Board discussed the possibilty of another building referendum at a work session on Dec. 2. The board plans to explore the issue further at their Dec. 16 regular board meeting at 6 p.m. at the District Office.
As the first step in...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Using a recently released survey of local businesses, the Staples Economic Development Authority (SEDA) is starting to set goals for business retention and expansion (BRE).
The Wadena County Business Retention and Expansion Strategies Program was released in...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
At the Nov. 18 Staples-Motley School Board meeting, the board approved a request by the Motley Historical Society to take items the school may have that pertain to the Motley school district.
“We’re interested in obtaining any and all Motley Rockets memorabilia in...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Staples-Motley schools are above average in achieving yearly growth for individual students and in graduating students, but they still are not satisfied with below average test scores in math and reading. On the positive side, science scores are strong.
Staples-...
By Loren Walz
Communications & Marketing Director,
Staples-Motley School District
Staples-Motley School District made some big changes over the summer: a new superintendent joined the team, and most notably, grades K-12 were restructured between two school buildings instead of the previous...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
Over 350 students from the five-county area participated in the Young Authors Conference at Central Lakes College in Staples Nov. 13 and 14.
This was the second year for this event, sponsored by Sourcewell of Staples. The conference provides “a chance for our...
By Tom Crawford
The final whistle blew this past Sunday for the man who put Staples wrestling on the map. Don Dravis, legendary Cardinal wrestling coach and teacher here from 1963 to 1995, died after a long battle with a host of health issues. Don was 82 years old.
Don was more than an excellent...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples-Motley School Board voted to end the previous agreement with the Staples Community Center, and only pay for the hours that school programs use the building. The board approved the motion by a vote of 4-2 at their Oct. 21 meeting.
The school did not...
