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Minnesota DNR’s Walk-In Access (WIA) program provides new hunting opportunities on private land. The WIA program is entirely voluntary for landowners and was started in 2011 in 31 southwestern Minnesota Counties. Enrollments have reached over 26,700 acres in Minnesota. Walk-In Access is a tool to...
Thursday Twilight bowling league champions for 2018 are the members of the Staples Vet Clinic. Team members, left to right: Tia Freitag, Ruth Lugert, Kathy Marcussen and Betty Klingaman. (Submitted photo)  
Staples-Motley baseball seniors for the 2018 season, from left, Reid Busker, James Ehresman, Travis Eisel, Isaac Swendsrud and Mason Nyhus. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
With the first two weeks of the baseball season snowed out, the Staples-Motley baseball team knows they will have a lot of games to play in a short time, once the fields have dried off. The players believe they will be ready for that challenge. “We have a lot of pitchers and a lot of experience,”...
If you’re like me you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the logging industry but really, it is an industry that deserves our attention. According to the Minnesota DNR, we have 17.4 million acres of forest land counting state land and private land. Minnesota has 59 state forests with...
Staples-Motley baseball players warm up before their practice March 29. The players are still indoors due to snow, and all the outdoor baseball, softball, track and field, and golf matches have been cancelled until at least Thursday, April 12. As the games get rescheduled frequently, check the Staples-Motley school web site for the daily updates. (Staples World photo by Mark Anderson)
A lot of Staples-Motley track and field athletes had their first competition of the season at the Heart O Lakes indoor meet held March 27 at Concordia College in Moorhead. Team results Boys 55 - 3. Jordon Carlson 7.18; 5. Chase Davis 7.26; 6. Josh Lombard 7.27; 11. Zac Carlson 7.47; 23. Sean Trana...
I’m as ardent a believer in the democratic system of government as anyone. But sometimes you have to admit it has its weak points. Winston Churchill, one of the most important world leaders of my parents’ generation, put it well when he said that “Democracy is the worst form of government, except...
Opener 2018 will be about making the correct lake decision at the last minute.
Seems like winter’s not going away any time soon as we continue to suffer through cold temperatures and rounds of snow. This has been the winter from hell but we need to have a positive outlook as we head into April. Because of the extended winter, anglers need to make some adjustments as we head...
Thursday Twilight League Bowling Wadena Lanes   March 22, 2018 1. League Champ:     Staples Vet Clinic 1,663 2. Mason Bros. 1,651 3. Lefty’s 1,620 4 Consolation Champs    Spectrum Marketing 1,660 5. Ted and Gen’s 1,504   High Team Series-  Staples Vet Clinic 1,663 High Team Game-  Spectrum...
Lisa Kossan was named Northern Division Player of the Week to open her freshman season for the MCAC spring softball league. Kossan hit .615 in her first week, which included four doubles and two home runs, one a grand slam.
Central Lakes College is announced the appointment of Brian Voigt as head coach of the Raider women’s basketball team. Voigt is well known at the college, where he has served for the past two years as both head coach for the Raiders baseball team and assistant coach for the Raiders men’s basketball...

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