The Motley School building could get a new, defined entrance and the entry to the Staples Motley High School gym could get updated bathrooms and a facelift following action at the Staples Motley School Board meeting Jan. 19. More...
Following the freezing rain Jan. 23, the snow also came down. Nature first encased everything in ice layers and then crowned with snow. Some of the snow melted Sunday, which then refroze overnight.
Above: Evergreen branches sported frozen drippings off their encased needles. More...
Precinct caucuses this year for Minnesota political parties are scheduled for Feb. 2, approximately a month earlier than people may be used to.
This year the state primary election has also been moved up from its normal September date to a mid-summer time, so the caucuses have also been moved up. More...
Icy roads and a winter storm didn’t keep everyone home last Friday night and Saturday. The weather was a factor in two incidents handled last weekend by the Wadena County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff Mike Carr reported his deputies were called to a report of a snowmobile accident in Huntersville about 2 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23. More...
Brooke Ferdon, first-grader, eager to help her birth country
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 Staples Area food Shelf has had another successful year thanks to the generous people and organizations of Staples. During the holiday season we were overwhelmed with the amount of food and cash donations, we went through all of it in a short time as we had the busiest turn out of clients than ever before. More...
The Staples Area Men’s Chorus has a new option in concert information and ticket purchasing.
Online ticket purchasing was first offered for the Staples Community Christmas Concert and chorus webmaster and treasurer Jürgen Brunkhorst reported that online ticket sales exceeded his original expectations. More...
Senior Nutrition Program
Anyone is welcome
to come and enjoy a wholesome, nutritious meal and good fellowship at the nutrition site. Suggested donation: $3.50. Just call the phone number below between 8:30 a.m. and noon the day before for reservations. For evening
meals, please call one day in advance.
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January 29
DUAL RECOVERY ANONYMOUS MEETING every Friday at 4 p.m., 210 Jefferson St. S (upstairs at the Cyber Cafe) Wadena. For info., 218-631- 1714.
January 30
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Donald D. Logering, 82, of Staples, died Jan. 18, 2010 at Lakewood Health System Hospital, Staples.
Funeral services were held Jan. 22, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, with Fr. Ron Schmelzer offi ciating. Burial was in the Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Staples.
Arrangements were with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. More...
Although the weather clobbered the schedule, fans still got their money’s worth when the Cardinals and the C-I Rangers tangled Friday night, Jan. 22 at C-I. More...
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 13, 2004 More...
Introducing the new Staples City Hall & Staples Public Library
Dollars for Scholars Auction