Sports
The Staples-Motley volleyball team handed out letters and special awards at their season ending banquet. Pictured, team letterwinners, front, Tori Jenkins, Bella Martin; back row from left, Tabetha Allen, Mackenna Bjerga, Alex Davis, Camryn Banaka, Alix Peterson, Kiera Dumpprope and Kiara Storry....
Tennis players at their season ending awards ceremony, from left, Jenna Dvorak, Claire Wolhowe, Katie Johnson and Kelsi Peterson. Wolhowe was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and also was voted Best Teammate. Peterson and Wolhowe tied for most wins during the season and were both Mid-State...
Nov. 9, 2017
1. Mason Bros. 4-0
2. Ted and Gen’s 4-0
3. Staples Vet Clinic 3-1
4. Lefty’s 1-3
5. Spectrum Marketing 0-4
6. Ghost Team 0-4
High Team Series-
Ted and Gen’s 1,717
High Team Game-
Ted and Gen’s 625
High Ind. Series/ high games
Tia Freitag 532 211-194
Sadie Bendson 515 215-159...
The Staples-Motley girls swim team came through with their best performances in the section competition, Nov. 9 and 11 at the University of Minnesota-Morris pool. Many Cardinal swimmers set personal bests against some of the best swimmers in the state. The Cardinals placed 10th out of 11 teams in...
Minnesota firearms hunters registered 70,724 deer during the first two days of deer season, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
Preliminary numbers from opening weekend show that the number of deer registered was essentially the same as 2016. Of the deer harvested, 57 percent were...
When the deer season that has just begun concludes, it is widely expected to signal a return to better times and greater hunter success. Perhaps as high as 40 percent of the state’s 500,000 deer hunters could be stocking their freezers with venison steaks, chops, and sausage this year. One of the...
I’ve been a deer hunter since I was sixteen years old. One of the reasons I always hunted is that I really do enjoy eating venison. Most of the hunters I know have an affinity for eating venison, but now real concerns are being raised about the safety and wisdom of eating deer, elk, caribou and...
Nov. 2, 2017
End of Round 1
1. Staples Vet Clinic 28.5-7.5
2. Lefty’s 23-13
3. Mason Bros. 19-17
4. Spectrum Marketing 17.5-18.5
5. Ted and Gen’s 16-20
6. Ghost Team 4-32
High Team Series-
Spectrum Marketing 1,629
High Team Game-
Spectrum Marketing 597
High Ind. Series/ high games
Ruth...
Keller Anderson shot this eight point buck on opening weekend while hunting with his dad, Brad. (Submitted photo)
Ben Tyrrell shot his first buck during the opening weekend, a 182.8 pounder, field dressed. It was the biggest deer entered in the youth category of the Staples True Value Big Buck contest. Other youth entries in the big buck contest included Carter Gregerson, 178 pounds; Kailee Berg, 136; Eve...
Pages
Advertising Deadlines
Deadline for advertisements and copy is Friday, noon.