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MnDOT honors fallen workers
The Minnesota Department of Transportation honors the men and women who have been killed or injured while working on state roadways during Worker Memorial Day on Thursday, April 28.
Gov. Tim Walz proclaimed April 28, 2022, as Worker Memorial Day in Minnesota in...
Staples alumnus Neil Jennissen will be inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Saturday, May 7, with an induction ceremony in in Benson.
From the boigraphy provided by the hall of fame:
Neil Jennissen resided with his family in Sauk Centre, until 1978 then moved to...
Minnesota’s unfinished business: surplus, taxes
Remarks from Governor Tim Walz, State of the State address, April 24
To the many guests and my fellow Minnesotans, this is my fourth State of the State address but only the second one in this important chamber. And I think and I hope all of you...
Looking back at COVID numbers with weekly statistics
With seven new cases of COVID-19 during the last week in March and seven more in April, Staples is still seeing the virus spread in the community. Motley also has seven new cases so far in April. Pillager, Wadena and Verndale had zero new cases...
Why is Easter a different Sunday every year?
Easter is the only holiday that combines the weekly calendar, lunar calendar and solar calendar to determine which day it is celebrated.
Easter is the first Sunday (weekly calendar) after the first full moon (lunar calendar) after the Spring equinox (...
Relationships free of violence
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Most of us are a bit uncomfortable talking about sex, but we need to get past the blushing and have a constructive conversation about sexuality and sexual abuse. Knowledge is essential to prevention and that is the goal. By...
Who are the greatest Americans?
By Lee H. Hamilton
Who are the most important Americans? It’s a question that’s sure to generate lots of disagreement. It might even start some passionate arguments. Everyone has a different idea of who they are.
Most of us would include presidents on the list:...
The Law of the Jungle is not what you think.
Most people who use the phrase think it is about surviving by brute force, but that is actually not what the original phrase meant.
British writer Rudyard Kipling invented the phrase with a poem in “The Jungle Book.”
This is the part that defines the...
First polio case in Staples?
When I was four years old in 1939, my mom took me to see Dr. Reichelderfer because I was sick and she did not know what was wrong. The doctor told her to take me to a doctor in Brainerd, so she did and he told her what I had was polio.
She came back and told the...
Poem to remember classmate
By Roger Haugen
For Jim Kurpius (1938-2022)
When you talk about courage and drive,
Not just living, but fully alive;
What more can you say?
He did it his way,
So here’s a postumous high-five.
When it came to passing life’s test,
Jim’s record is one of the best...
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