April 29, 2010 RSS feed / News

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Gemma Shaffer earns state speech medal

Senior Gemma Shaffer qualified for the final round of competition and won the fourth place medal in Storytelling in the Class A State Speech Tournament held April 24 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. More...

New digs

The Staples Motley Area Chamber of Commerce has moved its offices from the former First International annex into office space adjacent to the Rainbow Realty office on Fourth Street. More...

Windows broken at depot

For the second time since last fall, windows that were recently restored in the Staples depot building were broken by rockthrowing vandals this weekend. More...

Tour planned of Shell City archaeological site

The Wadena County Historical Society is offering an archaeological tour of the Shell City site Saturday, May 8, from 1-3 p.m. Join Archaeologist Amanda Gronhovd of 10,000 Lakes Archaeology, Inc. More...

Veterans using more VSO services in Wadena County

By Rin Porter, Wadena County reporter

Wadena County Veterans’ Service Offi- cer Dave Anderson presented his annual report to the Wadena County Board of Commissioners at their April 23 meeting. He compared numbers from the past four years since he became VSO. More...

DNR adds more limits; virtually banning all fires

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) increased restrictions on open burning beginning April 23 because of hazardous fire conditions created by very dry weather over much of northern Minnesota. More...