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The cities and townships surrounding the Staples and Motley areas elected mayors, council members and township officers, with some being close races. The following are some of the election results in the area.
Todd County
Villard Township: Town Supervisor Seat A - Rudy A. Bjerga Sr.; Town Clerk -...
With no candidates filing for office, the citizens of Aldrich submitted their write-in ballots that elected the current office holders.
The Aldrich City Council held a meeting in which all the write-in candidates accepted their positions: Jennifer Reiman, mayor; two council members, Eric Reiman and...
All area veterans are invited to three Veterans Day programs to be held Friday, Nov. 11, in Staples and Motley.
Motley-Staples Middle School will have a program at 9:30 a.m.; Sacred Heart Area School in Staples will have their program at 10 a.m. and Staples-Motley High School’s program will begin...
mber one mode of suicide in the United States and Minnesota. Although there is no single cause for suicide, a dangerous time is when a person is is coming out of a deep depression, according to Maggie Freiberg, Mental Health Therapist at Lakewood Health System.
Freiberg gave those tips and more at...
Lt. Col. Keith Ferdon of Motley, along with his military team, was honored during a recent Minnesota Wild hockey game at the Xcel Center in St. Paul.
As part of the Wild’s Military Appreciation Night, one of Ferdon’s soldier’s, CPT Ryan Derner, was saluted on the ice during the performance of the...
Central Lakes College, along with many colleges throughout the state and nation, is facing a budget shortfall.
Rather than simply dealing with the current year, college leaders have committed to taking a long-term approach to position CLC for the future. Considering tuition revenue, state...
The Commission on Judicial Selection is recommending three candidates to Governor Mark Dayton for consideration to fill the current vacancy in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District. This vacancy was created by the retirement of the Honorable David R. Battey and will be chambered at Alexandria in...
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits presented its Responsive Philanthropy Award to the Initiative Foundation and its five Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s sister organizations during its Oct. 7 annual conference. A video also was produced to highlight the collective responsive philanthropy work of...
At the Oct. 18, Todd County Board of Commissioners work session, Planning and Zoning Director Tim Stieber reviewed seven areas of the current zoning ordinance proposed to be revised. The revisions will be presented at the Dec. 1 and Jan. 5 planning commission meetings and be made available online...
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