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Communities Connect took place on Oct. 18 at Timbers Restaurant in Staples. Visitors were invited to connect with local resources that offer help in the community, including Legal Aid of Central Minnesota, foreground, where people could get help signing up for MNsure health care insurance programs...
The Staples Police Department (SPD) and Staples Fire Department (SFD) responded to a vehicle fire at a residence on Ravilla Ave in Staples Oct. 23. The incident took place shortly after 8 a.m. According to their report, the vehicle was fully engulfed upon the SPD’s arrival. A short time later, the...
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services division’s new driver services system went live today and is currently issuing REAL IDs in Minnesota. There is no rush to obtain a REAL ID. A Minnesota standard license or ID card will be accepted for federal purposes, including...
Effective Aug. 1, 2018, the entitlement available under the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) program will be reduced from 45 months to 36 months, but in Oct., the monthly allowance for eligible recipients will increase. These changes, part of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans...
Fans of the Staples Area Farmers Market had a final opportunity to shop at the Lakewood Health System market location in Staples Oct. 18. Temperatures were in the 60s that day, which was vastly different from the market’s closing in 2017. “Last year it was cold and there was sleet,” Britney Bursch...
On Oct. 19, four high school students and their parents toured Central Lakes College in Staples, as 14 other students had done earlier in the week.
CLC recruiter Ryan Wright told students that wages are up in many trades and manufacturing is expanding with an increasing need for people who know how...
Jordan Tanjeman of Motley had a good time helping to decorate a pumpkin during the Harvest Festival at Motley Free Methodist Church Oct. 6. (Staples World photo by Dawn Timbs)
There’s a new granite sign at Ernie Converse Park in Motley, thanks in part to a grant from the Staples-Motley Area Community Foundation, as well as donations and volunteer services of several others in the community.
“This sign project has been a long time coming,” said Motley’s Public Works...
An elaborate Halloween display can be seen every year at the Kmetz family lake house on Lake Shamineau in Motley, just off Aztec Rd. The display, a collection of decorations accumulated over the years, is put together every year by Emily Kmetz and her son Nathan Kmetz. It takes Nathan a couple of...
Three members of the Staples Rotary Club recently received pins noting their donations to The Rotary Foundation. The initial donation for a Paul Harris Fellow is $1,000 to the foundation, but these three have all surpassed that. From left are Tom Kajer, Bob Reeck and Ray Garland. At far right is...
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