January 26, 2012 RSS feed / News

Wandering horse leads to more abandoned animals

On Jan. 17, around 9:45 p.m., the Wadena County Sheriff’s Office responded to an address on Wilderness Drive north of Staples for abandoned animal call. More...

Winter has returned

After a few weeks of unseasonably warm weather across Minnesota, temperatures plummeted to below zero Jan. More...

The Singers’ Mid-Winter Journey is to Staples

The Singers, a professional 44- voice chamber choir from Minneapolis will present a program entitled “Mid-Winter Journey- Songs of Love, Loss and Healing “in Staples Centennial Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7.30 p.m. More...

Norlin accepts new CLC director post

Deb Norlin of Brainerd is the Director of Career, Transfer and Placement Services, a new position at Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples. More...

Roadside evangelist

Ron Dupuis of Hewitt had the divine inspiration to stand along Highway 10 with a cross on Jan. 10. More...

Senior LinkAge Line info.

1. Senior LinkAge Line: Ways to Age well, Live Well in your community. Long Term Care Options Counseling More...

Food Shelf donations

Above, Elsa Erickson hands a donation of $50.25 to Jerry Jasmer for the Staples Area Food Shelf. More...

‘Feelin’ Good Mileage Club’ inspires Pillager Elementary students

Elementary students at Pillager School have the opportunity to be part of the ‘Feelin’ Good Mileage Club,’ which started in January and runs through April of this year. More...

Kinship struggling to stay operational

Kinship of Todd- Wadena counties office in Staples is in the process of possibly closing the youth mentoring program. An emergency board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 26 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss that possibility. More...

O’Rourke outlasts fellow fifth graders in bee

Perfectly spelling punishment, dangerous, enormous, siren, gouge and vertical, Nancy O’Rourke placed first in the Staples Elementary School fifth grade spelling bee on Jan. 19. More...

New education program begins on organ donation

LifeSource, the nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives through organ and tissue donation in the Upper Midwest, and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS), have unveiled a new campaign to support public education about donation. More...

Thieves target devices

A daytime burglary occurred on Pinto Drive, near the Fawn Lake Town Hall, between 2 and 5 p.m. on Jan. 22. According to the Todd County Sheriff’s Office, two laptop computers and a tablet computer were taken along with a large amount of cash. More...

Picturing the upcoming performance

Community choir members and offi cials, high school choir members and Eeva Savolainen of The Singers pause to promote their upcoming concert. The group met on Jan. More...

Staples Fire Department awards

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Lakewood wins Akro-Mils contest

Lakewood Health System (LHS) has been named the nationwide winner of Akro-Mils Before & After Room Reorganization Photo Contest. More...

2012 DCP/ ACRE sign-up

USDA Minnesota Farm Service Agency ( FSA) State Executive Director Linda Hennen reminds producers that enrollment for Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program or the traditional Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) began Jan. More...

Audio tapes quell Wadena County salary concerns

At a special board meeting on Jan. 24, the Wadena County Board of Commissioners spent two hours listening to scratchy and at times barely audible cassette tapes of meetings held Jan. 4 and Jan. More...

Black History Month event at CLC

In observance of Black History Month, the Central Lakes College Diversity Leadership Council on Tuesday, Feb. 7 will host a free, public presentation, “The Dream Alive,” as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More...