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For one little girl at Motley Elementary School, the recent news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti hit especially close to home. Although Brooke Ferdon, a first-grader at MES, has lived in Motley since 2004, she spent the first year of her life in a Haitian orphanage called ‘Maison des de Dieu.’ More ... The Sylvan Town Hall AARP Tax-Aide site will open for the season beginning Thursday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and on subsequent Thursdays until the end of the tax season. More ... A number of items concerning the Motley Fire Department were addressed at the Motley City Council meeting Jan. 12. Two items (including a firefighter who wants to be reinstated to the MFD and Poplar Township terminating its contract for fire service with the city) were addressed in last week’s Staples World (Jan. 21): More ... February 3 WOMEN IN RECOVERY AA MEETING, Wednesdays, noon, Motley Free Methodist Church located behind Mr. Ed’s. For more info., call JoAnn at 218-575-2611. More ... For Motley Police Chief Brian Madison, law enforcement is more than a profession...it’s a calling. “I love it,” Brian said in a recent interview. “I’ll admit, it’s not always the easiest of jobs...I’ve been bitten, spit on, you name it. I’ve seen a lot of things I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.” More ... Members of the Motley Fairboard attended the annual Minnesota State Fair Convention in Bloomington Jan. 15. Fairboard members attending included Don Aderman, Ron Aderman, Christine Esterl and Rita Esterl. The convention offered many information sessions with ideas and plans for the 2010 county fairs. More ... Two local health care providers have approved an agreement to work together with the vision of sustaining and enhancing health care services in central Minnesota. Effective Jan. 1, 2010, Family Medical Center, a multi-specialty primary care clinic, became an affiliate of Unity Family Healthcare (UFH), a comprehensive health care organization More ... |
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Introducing the new Staples City Hall & Staples Public Library
