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

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $118,402.00

MORTGAGOR(S): Craig A. Swenson and Jamie Swenson, husband and wife

MORTGAGEE: NFP Mortgage Corporation, a Minnesota corporation

DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed February 26, 2004, Todd County Recorder; Document No. 424440

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., a California corporation, n/k/a Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

The East Half of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (E 1/2 SE 1/4 SE 1/4), Section 14, Township 132, Range 33, Todd County, Minnesota

STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

27476 County Road 26, Browerville, MN 56438

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Todd County, Minnesota

THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $119,226.65

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes;

PURSUANT, to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 15, 2010 at 10:00 am

PLACE OF SALE: Todd County Sheriff’s office, in the lobby of the Todd County Law Enforcement Center, 115 Third Street South, Long Prairie, Minnesota

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale.

Unless said mortgage is reinstated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemption is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on October 15, 2010.

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: January 11, 2010

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA

Mortgagee

REITER & SCHILLER, P.A. By: Rebecca F. Schiller, Esq. Sarah J.B. Adam, Esq. N. Kibongni Fondungallah, Esq. James J. Pauly, Esq. Leah K. Weaver, Esq. Brian F. Kidwell, Esq. Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 North Dale Street St. Paul, MN 55102-2227 (651) 209-9760 (Y7821)

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL

MEETING

JOINT JUDICIAL

DITCHES #5 & #8

NOTICE IS GIVEN by means of this legal newspaper that a Public Informational Meeting will be held on February 10, 2010 at 7 p.m. It will be held at the new Staples City Hall located at 122 6th Street NE, Staples, MN.

The primary purpose of this informational meeting is to educate the public and provide information about the Judicial Ditches in Staples, particularly the processes associated with maintenance, repairs, benefi ts, assessments, and other ditch-related activity.

All interested landowners are welcome and encouraged to attend this Informational Meeting. Todd County Commissioner Mark Blessing, Wadena County Commissioner David Schermerhorn, Wadena County Commissioner Ralph Miller, County Administrator Nate Burkett, City Administrator Nate Mathews, Attorney Kurt Deter, County Auditor Karen Busch, Public Works Director Loren Fellbaum and County Ditch Inspector Nancy Uhlenkamp will be present.

If any additional information is needed before this meeting, please contact Nancy Uhlenkamp County Ditch Inspector at: 347 Central Ave Suite 2, Long Praire, MN, 56347, Phone 320-533-4651, email nancy.uhlenkamp@ co.todd.mn.us.

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NOTICE VILLARD TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF AUDIT

The Villard Township Board of Audit meeting will be held on February 9, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the Eastwood Inn, in Motley, followed by the regular monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m.

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NOTICE MORAN TOWNSHIP

MEETING CHANGE

Due to Prescient Caucuses the February meeting will be held February 9, 2010.

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STATE OF

MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF TODD

DISTRICT COURT

SEVENTH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT CASE TYPE: Other Civil

SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION File No: 77-CV-09-1389

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

Plaintiff,

vs

JACKIE L. BRUDER, MICHAEL A. BRUDER, VIRGINIA R. BRUDER, AMERICAN HERITAGE NATIONAL BANK, a United States of America corporation; CAPITAL ONE BANK, CACH LLC, ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE ESTATE, INTEREST OR LIEN IN THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE,

Defendants.

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Plaintiff’s attorney an Answer to the Summons on file in the District Court herein within twenty (20) days after service of the Summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service.

You are hereby notified that this action is brought for the purpose of obtaining an Order, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §555.01, declaring that Plaintiff is the owner in fee simple of certain real property located in Todd County, Minnesota and that the Defendants hold no right, title nor interest in said real property. The legal description of the subject real property is as follows:

That part of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 129 North, Range 33 West, Todd County, Minnesota, described as follows:

Commencing at the Northwest corner of said section 29;

Thence South 01 degrees 45 minutes 21 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the west line of said West Half of the Northwest Quarter, 921.08 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described:

Then South 88 degrees 14 minutes 39 seconds East 544.50 feet;

Thence South 01 degrees 45 minutes 21 seconds West 400.00 feet;

Thence North 88 degrees 14 minutes 39 seconds West 544.50 feet to the west line of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter;

Thence North 01 degrees 45 minutes 21 seconds East, along said west line, 400.00 feet to the point of beginning

Pursuant to Rule 114.01 of the Rules of Practice for District Courts, be advised that all civil cases are subject to Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes, except for those enumerated in Minn. Stats. 484.76 and Rules 111.01 and 310.01 of said Rules of Practice.

Dated: January 22, 2010

REITER & SCHILLER,P.A. By: Rebecca F. Schiller Attorney for Plaintiff 25 Dale St. No. The Academy Professional Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55102-2227 Tel: (651) 209-9769 Atty. Reg. 231605 (BL1234)

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NOTICE OF

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage dated June 21, 2006, executed by Patti L. Davis, unmarried, as mortgagor(s) to U.S. Bank National Association ND as mortgagee in the original principal amount of Fifty- Five Thousand ($55,000.00) Dollars, recorded with the Todd County Recorder, State of Minnesota, on July 27, 2006, as doc. no. 443373; that all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover any part of the debt secured by said mortgage; that there is claimed to be due thereon the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Seven ($58,487.00) Dollars on this date; and that pursuant to the power of sale therein the mortgage will be foreclosed and the property in Todd County, Minnesota, described as follows:

Lot 6, Block 9, Shellabarger’s First Addition to Staples, Todd County, Minnesota.

Property address: 101 Dakota Avenue Southeast, Staples, MN 56479

Parcel I.D. #: 38-0035300

will be sold by the sheriff of said county at public auction on February 25, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. at Sheriff’s Office, County Detention Center, 115 Third Street South, Long Prairie, Minnesota, to pay the debt secured by the mortgage, including costs and attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption by the mortgagor(s), her heirs or assigns, within six (6) months from the date of sale.

You must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on August 25, 2010, if (i) the mortgage is not reinstated under §580.30, or (ii) the property is not redeemed under §580.23.

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: December 30, 2009

U.S. Bank National Association

ND, Mortgagee

Mary L. Cox

STEIN & MOORE, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee 332 Minnesota Street, #W- 1650 St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 224-9683

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NOTICE

CITY OF STAPLES ORDINANCE NO. 486

The City Council of the City of Staples does ordain:

Amendment to the Staples City Ordinance Section 5.6 - Staples Zoning Ordinance, Section 707 - Permitted Encroachments.

AMENDMENT

The following line shall be added to the end of the second paragraph of Section 707: “Awnings are permitted as encroachments, so long as the awning is set back from the back of the curb a distance of five (5) feet and the lowest point on the awning is no less than eight (8) feet from the ground level below the awning.”

PASSED by the City Council of the City of Staples this 26th day of January, 2010.

APPROVED BY: Chris Etzler, Mayor

ATTEST: Phil Lindaman, City Clerk

First Reading: Jan. 12, 2010 Second Reading: Jan. 26, 2010 Adoption: Jan. 26, 2010 Published: Feb. 4, 2010

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NOTICE

CITY OF STAPLES

NOTICE is hereby given that the Staples City Council gave an ordinance its first reading amending the City Code to remove the limit on the number of intoxicating off-sale liquor licenses that may be issued.

The second and final reading will be considered at the February 9, 2010 Staples City Council meeting.

Dated: January 27, 2010

Phil Lindaman, City Clerk

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STATE OF

MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF TODD

DISTRICT COURT SEVENTH JUDICIAL

DISTRICT

Quiet Title Action

SUMMONS

Dean G. Nelsen,

Plaintiff, vs.

Estate of Frank M. Darner, deceased; Estate of Annette Zelinski, deceased; and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest, or lien in the real estate described in the complaint herein.

Defendants.

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon Plaintiffs’ attorney an Answer to the Complaint which is on file in the office of the Court Administrator of the above-named Court, within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint; and

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that this action involves, affects or brings into question real property situated in the County of Crow Wing, State of Minnesota, legally described as follows:

The East 1/3 of Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 11, Original Townsite of Staples Mills.

The object of this action is to obtain a Judgment that Plaintiffs are the owners in fee of the above-described real property, and that none of the above-named Defendants have any estate or interest therein or lien theron.

Dated: November 11, 2009

GAMMELLO, QUALLEY & PEARSON, PLLC By: James M. Gammello Attorney Reg. # 140144 Thomas C. Pearson Attorney Reg. # 260071 Attorneys for Plaintiff 14275 Golf Course Drive, Suite 200 Baxter, MN 56425 Telephone: 218-828-9511

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Notice is hereby given that on Thursday the 18th day of February, 2010, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Wadena County Courthouse Auditorium, the Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on the application of Neil E. Krough, Thayron M. Brown, and Georgene L. Gillespie for a variance on the following described property; Lot 2, Block 1, Riverside Acres, Section 23, Township 134 North, Range 33, Thomastown Township located in an R-1 Suburban Residential District and overlain with an S-1 Shoreland Overlay District.

Applicant proposes to replace an pre-existing dwelling with a new dwelling and garage that will be located eight-five (85) feet from the Ordinary High Water Level of the Crow Wing River.

All persons interested are invited to attend said hearing and be heard on this matter. Access to the public hearing will be allowed through the Sheriff’s department on the South side of the Courthouse only.

Board of Adjustment Dated: January 29, 2010

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