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A total of 277 voices filled the Staples-Motley High School gymnasium during the Real Men Sing! Festival concert Oct. 1. The event, now in its 14th year, was hosted by the Staples Area Men’s Chorus (SAMC), under the direction of Rob Freelove. Pictured above, Dr. Bret Amundson, Director of Choral...
The Staples Citizens Against Drugs (CAD) held a meeting on Sept. 27 to discuss ideas on building a coalition in Staples and what that coalition could do.
Todd County Citizens Against Drugs has a five year grant from 2015 to 2020, which is dependent on local coalitions doing the work.
Examples of...
The Staples City Council approved a preliminary budget with a 4.1 percent tax levy increase.
The preliminary budget, which may be reduced before the final budget is approved in December, included a salary hike for city council members and the mayor.
Three members voted for the budget increase, Doug...
At the Sept. 27 Staples Economic Development Authority (SEDA) meeting, Economic Development Director Melissa Radermacher said she is working with the Central Minnesota Housing Partnership to develop an affordable housing townhome project in Staples.
Radermacher said one target area they are...
Does the Staples-Motley School District need another facility study?
The short answer appears to be “Yes,” but the method and timing issues caused considerable discussion at the school board’s work session Oct. 3.
Superintendent Mary Klamm would like to get started with the process. She invited...
Recent reports into the Staples Police Dept.
Sept. 26; Staples Police took a report of several items being stolen from a vehicle near the 400 block of 2nd Ave. NE.
Sept. 27; Staples Police assisted Todd County Child Protection with an alleged child maltreatment report.
Sept. 30; Staples Police...
It was a perfect day to get yard work done in Staples last weekend, with blue skies and temperatures in the 70’s both Oct. 1 and 2. Pictured above, Deb Alexander of Staples (far right) watches as her grandchildren Jackson, five; and Lindsey, nine, rake leaves at her house on 6th St. NE. (Staples...
Building and Grounds Supervisor Leroy Peterson, left, shows the new parking lot at the Motley-Staples Middle School, part of the Staples-Motley School Board facility tour held Sept. 28. Peterson said the traffic flow has greatly improved with the addition of an outlet lane as part of the project....
On Oct. 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, speaking on civil defense, advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. Kennedy also assured the public that the U.S. civil defense program would soon begin...
Staples-Motley High School held its 2016 Homecoming Coronation Oct. 2, at Centennial Auditorium, crowning Millie Klefsaas and Gavin Smith this year’s Queen and King (at right). Pictured above is the entire court. Front row, from left: Aleesha Carlson, Queen Millie, King Gavin, Coleman Klimek. Back...
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