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Staples Police report
Recent reports from the Staples Police Dept. include the following:
Nov. 20, Police were notified that a student had been communicating with a subject online and that he said he was going to blow up a house and provided the address. The reporting party had already contacted...
Submitted by Rynell Schock
After two weeks of delicious meals at area restaurants in a friendly competition for the SPARKS Mentoring Best Meal Award, the “eaters” have voted. SPARKS Mentoring of Staples-Motley is proud to announce the 2023 Meals for Mentors Award Winner as 2 Tall Tavern of...
Members of the Staples-Motley Middle School band (grades 7/8), under the direction of Kristina Haataja, performed “Jalapeno Percussion” at the Cardinal Music Department’s Fall Concert Oct. 30, at Centennial Auditorium in Staples. The program also included performances by the 7/8 grade choir,...
Storytime fun at the Staples Public Library included making turkey pictures as the Thanksgiving craft. Sign up for next month’s Storytime events Dec. 9 and Dec. 20 by calling the library at 218-894-1401.
Pictured at right: Samuel and Alana Reigstad, Alida Hanson, Faith Frisk, Archie Hanson, AJ...
75 Years Ago - 1948
o Dec. 2, 1948 - James Randgaard, owner of the New Staples Theatre, has received advanced information that the newsreel shots of the Minnesota Lakers basketball team playing the New York Knickerbockers at Madison Square Garden will be shown in the Staples theatre on Friday and...
Above, the moose walks past the Donna and Larry Schmidt farm near Staples. Below left, a closeup of the moose in the Schmidt’s field. Below right, the moose is diminished by a pine tree pointing its way north. Bottom right, horses in the Schmidt pasture chase the intruding moose. (Staples World...
By Mark Anderson
Staples World
The Staples-Motley School District is learning about the new funding legislation being implemented by the State of Minnesota, as the numbers and requirements are starting to come out.
Superintendent Shane Tappe said “There were a lot of uncertainties about the...
First responders were at the scene of a fire near the intersection of Hwy 10 and Cty Rd 83 around 4 p.m. Nov. 21. According to a Staples Police Department Incident Report, the fire originated from a pick-up truck, driven by 82-year-old Richard Beach of Motley, pulling a trailer full of hay bales....
75 Years Ago - 1948
o Nov. 25, 1948 - N. Kovolak, Jr., a representative of the Watchtower Bible and Tract, will be the speaker at the meeting of this group to be held in the city hall in Staples on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 3 p.m.
o Nov. 25, 1948 - The Motley Study club will be entertained in the home...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The day before Thanksgiving, there was a large gathering of moose watchers in Staples, mostly along Thunder Road near Dower Lake, to see a famous moose pass through town.
The moose made several appearances in the open, hid a few times, jumped fences, got chased by...
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