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At the Aug. 23 board meeting, Wadena County Commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the construction management contract with Vercon, that had been under discussion for several weeks. The vote was 4-0 because Commissioner Dave Hillukka abstained from voting on the contract, since his brother is employed...
Aug. 29; 9:59 a.m., Staples Police responded to a report of a missing two year old child at 825 4th St NE. The parent of the child had fallen asleep and woke to find the child missing. Police began searching the area with the assistance from Wadena County Sheriff’s Dept. and the Staples Fire Dept...
ard meeting, Veterans Service Officer Dave Anderson shared that Wadena County ranks first in the amount of federal veterans’ funding brought into the county, that assists the 1,183 veterans living here.
The ranking was determined through calculations made by VSO Dan Tingwell of Carver County, using...
Recent donations have pushed the Hilltop Regional Kitchen Phase I fundraising goal almost to the top. According to Community Planning Manager for Todd County Health and Human Services Katherine Mackedanz, they are at 98 percent of their goal and have an additional $8,500 left to raise for this...
Aug. 29; 9:59 a.m., Staples Police responded to a report of a missing two year old child at 825 4th St NE. The parent of the child had fallen asleep and woke to find the child missing. Police began searching the area with the assistance from Wadena County Sheriff’s Dept. and the Staples Fire Dept...
Ryan Perish of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture points out some of the experiments being done in Byron Township regarding nitrogen seepage. He said data is showing that cover crops are one of the best practices for farmers to follow, using peas, soybeans, seed potatos and small grains such...
The family of Jacob Wetterling finally knows what happened to their 11-year-old son and brother who was abducted nearly 27 years ago near his home in rural St. Joseph.
On Sept. 3, the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the remains of Jacob, missing since 1989, had been found. They were...
There were a few questions about which bus to take, but Motley-Staples Middle School students figured out how to get to Motley for the first day of school on Sept. 6.
With the Re-Start alignment starting this year, all Staples-Motley School District students in grades K-3 are in Staples, 4-7 in...
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