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A long term facilities plan for the Staples-Motley School District was approved at the board meeting Aug. 15.
The board also received the annual report on QComp and held a closed session to evaluate the superintendent following the regular meeting.
Marci Lord, school business manager, presented the...
At the Aug. 9 Staples City Council meeting, City Administrator Jerel Nelsen told the council that a petition from property owners spurred an effort to get Sunrise Drive paved. The short road off of Prairie Ave. NE could be paved this fall after the city and landowners agree on a special assessment...
The sights, sounds and flavors of the Old Wadena Rendezvous filled the air on two perfect days, August 13 and 14 at Old Wadena Park near Staples. The park overflowed with sounds of folk music and performers, artisans, craftsmen, a traditional rendezvous camp by members of the Crow Wing Muzzloaders...
Variable irrigation controlled by a smart phone will be one of the demonstrations at the Central Lakes College Ag & Energy Center Field Day, Friday, Aug. 26, at the Staples campus, starting at 9 a.m.
The irrigation workshop and demonstrations will be at 1:30 p.m. and will show how the...
Concern for police officers and their families has inspired Tina Maros to organize two candlelight vigils, on Friday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 20, 8-10:30 p.m., on the overpass above Hwy 10 west in Staples.
The events are “to honor fallen officers around the country, to show our appreciation and...
Voters will have choices between the familiar faces of incumbents and the new faces of challengers in local races when they go to the polls Nov. 8. The filing period closed Aug. 16.
Staples-Motley School Board incumbents Chad Longbella and Bryan Winkels, both of Staples, will be joined on the...
At the Aug. 9 county board meeting, architect Chad Bormann of BHH Partners, Perham, presented Wadena County Commissioners with two options for the facade of the new annex building: (1) lower half of red brick and upper of tan stucco, and (2) lower half of concrete blocks and upper half of stucco...
The first step is to take a deep breath.
“You can’t go wrong with getting someone to breathe,” Linda Flanders told a group of 16 area law enforcement officers and first responders during a training at National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) in Staples on Aug. 4.
Flanders, who is from Red Wing, led...
Several people have filed for seats in local elections, but still more are needed to fill all the open seats. The filing period is Aug. 2-16.
As of Aug. 9, two current Staples-Motley School Board members have filed for re-election; Chad Longbella and Bryan Winkels. There are three seats open on the...
This weekend on a scenic bluff overlooking the Crow Wing River, the sights, sounds and smells of a bygone era will once again come to life during the Old Wadena Rendezvous and Folklife Festival.
Held annually for the past 25 years at the Old Wadena County park just north of Staples, the event...
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