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The frozen meals that are available at Motley Area Food Shelf are now available for pick up every Thursday from 10 - 11:30 a.m., starting Oct. 1.
You may obtain tickets for the meals from Motley City Hall during their regular business hours. There is a suggested donation, or people are asked to pay...
Central Lakes College will offer more Liberal Arts classes this year in a unique online format to better meet the needs of working adults. The classes meet mostly online and have one face-to-face evening class meeting each month.
“These classes may appeal to those who don’t want a fully online...
The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office and Agents from the West Central Drug Task Force conducted drug investigations in and around Wadena County over the recent months and arrested numerous individuals.
Agents identified numerous drug traffickers in Wadena County and seized large amounts of...
Volunteer pastor Bryan Oothoudt was chosen as the Volunteer of the Year by the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association.
Oothoudt was nominated by Wadena County Sheriff Michael D. Carr and Jail Administrator, Sgt. Bryan Savaloja. To be eligible for this award, Pastor Oothoudt had to meet the following...
More than 100 snowplow operators from the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the cities of Minneapolis and Rochester, and Scott County are training during the next two weeks at Camp Ripley near Little Falls to learn how to safely and effectively plow snow. Although most of the training takes...
The Minnesota Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is sponsoring a Healthy Afterschool Snack Contest for Minnesota children, ages kindergarten through the fifth grade.
Recipes will be judged on the following:
o Is it easy to make?
o Does it use common ingredients that you’d find in your pantry or...
The 2018 Real Men Sing and Real Men Sing, Jr. Choral Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, at Staples-Motley High School. The all-day event includes workshops and rehearsals; and concludes with a concert at 7 p.m. Open to the public, the Real Men Sing concert will be held at the high school...
Judy Richer embodies a character from the Lamplighter Community Theatre play, “Poverty: What’s Your Baggage,” in a reprise for the Blandin Foundation Trustees at their meeting held Sept. 16, in Staples. The play, written after the Blandin program Leaders Partnering to End Poverty (LPEP) was...
Staples-Motley ninth grade football team helped raise $1,318, for Randy Shaver’s Tackle Cancer Research and Community Fund by selling luminaries at the entrance to the game and cllecting donations in the stands, Sept. 14. Above; Players get ready to bring the luminaries out to the center of the...
In celebration of food grown locally in Central Minnesota and the rich cultural diversity of the local farming and food community, the Central Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association (SFA) invites the community to attend the second annual Minnesota Salsa Fest from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday...
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