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Students from the Staples-Motley School’s orchestra program attended the Minnesota String and Orchestra Teachers’ Fall String Camp Oct. 27-29, held at Camp St. Croix in Hudson, Wisc. Student musicians, parent chaperones and string teachers from several different Minnesota schools attended. Students...
Staples-Motley FFA made a big splash with a small group at the National FFA Convention, as two members received the highest award in FFA, the American Degree; one member was a national office candidate; and the chapter was honored with a two star rating for the National Chapter Award. It was held...
Recent reports from the Staples PD include:
Oct. 30; Staples Police observed a known individual with an active warrant out of Morrison County driving a vehicle. Police conducted a traffic stop and the driver was arrested on a warrant and cited for driving after revocation.
Oct. 30; Staples Police...
A 911 call of a structure fire in section 14 of Lyons Township in Wadena County was received Nov. 4 at approximately 9:24 a.m.
Upon arrival the Wadena County Deputy found the home full of smoke and flames had reached the second story of the structure. Fire crews arrived and quickly extinguished the...
The Staples-Motley Music Department will host its second annual instrumental summit featuring Low Brass, Saturday, Nov. 18. The public is invited to the finale concert at Staples-Motley High School at 7 p.m.
The day-long event begins with a masterclass at 8 a.m. and ends with the finale concert...
The Staples Motley Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to recognize the major renovation at Brian Kargel’s American Family Insurance office in Staples. The business remodeled the inside and refurbished the outside, added new windows and and signs, and moved the front door to the corner...
The Oct. 17 work session for the Todd County Board of Commissioners included discussion about the county fee schedule, the funeral expense policy and redesigning the county website.
County fee schedule
While nobody really wants to talk about fees, especially ones that are increasing, having an...
A reminder of the Veterans Day programs at Staples and Motley schools on Friday, Nov. 10:
o 8:30 a.m. Motley-Staples Middle school program
o 10 a.m. Sacred Heart Area School
o 1:30 p.m. Staples-Motley High School.
Camp Ripley Information Management Officer Scott Bjerke will be the featured speaker...
Korean War veteran Maurice (Maury) Peterson of Motley is thankful to have had the opportunity to serve his country in the U.S. Army nearly 65 years ago.
Now 87, Maury still fits into the military uniform he wore back in the early 1950s. In fact, he’ll be wearing it at the Veterans Day programs in...
$30 million?
$50 million?
$80 million?
Those are the very rough estimates for long term facility options given to the Staples-Motley School Board at their work session Nov. 6.
The board narrowed the options down to having one or two school buildings.
“We are the board that gets the privilege to...
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