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June 26: Browerville - Todd County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) met with an individual reporting a romance/mail scam. The reporting party met an individual through an online dating application. Eventually, the scammer mailed money orders to the reporting party and requested they cash the checks at...
Potatoes to be harvested for food are planted in rows of hills, compared to the seed potato field, which is planted in a flat bed. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
Cass County Sheriff Bryan Welk reports that on Monday, June 26, at 10:04 a.m., their office received a request for a welfare check at a residence on Brook Ln SW, in Sylvan Township, rural Pillager.
Deputies arrived at the residence and, through their investigation, located an adult female, age 63...
Essentia Health St. Joseph’s held a groundbreaking for a new clinic in Staples, along 2nd Ave. NE, near the Airport Road overpass.
The ceremony started with a prayer to bless the site and signify the Benedictine principles of St. Joseph’s original hospital in Brainerd.
Sandy Zutz-Wiczek, Vice...
By Dawn Timbs
Staples World reporter
The City of Motley will continue to staff its police department with two full-time officers, one of which is its police chief. It was a decision made in a unanimous vote by the city council at a special meeting June 27.
The meeting had been scheduled following...
Tubers enjoyed floating the Crow Wing River at McGivern Park near Staples on a hot day in June. (Photo by Janice Winter)
June 12, Staples Police received a report of a scam involving the scammer pretending to be a realtor online, and the complainant reached out to them to look at a house to rent. The scammer then had the complainant fill out paperwork that included social security numbers and driver’s license info....
Bruce and Terri Ekert of Motley (pictured at right and left, respectively) took over ownership at Motley Hardware June 28. They’re pictured with Stephanie Jordahl, who’d owned the store (previously named Jordahl Hardware) for the past five years.
Bruce Ekert worked alongside Jordahl during her...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
The Staples City Council discussed what to do with the downtown boulevard trees, and the inability to get trees to grow in some locations.
At the June 13 council meeting, council member Blake Gerard brought up the topic. He said the trees aren’t getting taken...
World War II Veterans Harry Meyer, left; and Harry McCoy, served as Grand Marshals of the June Fest Parade in Motley June 17. Both men are longtime members of the Tri-County American Legion Post #124 in Motley. Driving the vehicle is Jim Trantina. (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)
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