Opinion
Region Five Development Commission (R5DC) congratulates two agricultural mental health specialists recognized as outstanding providers. Ted Matthews and Monica McConkey provide dedicated counseling services to farmers and farm families throughout Minnesota in an innovative program funded by the...
Quote of the week
“June is bustin’ out all over, all over the
meadow and the hill. Buds’re bustin’ outa bushes, and the rompin’ river pushes,
ev’ry little wheel that wheels beside a mill.”
— Rodgers and Hammerstein
(“South Pacific”)
New ways of presenting arts, supporting artists
By Mark...
By Chad Coauette
Chief Executive Officer, Sourcewell
The sound of a telephone ringing a number of years ago triggered a recent Sourcewell trip to Washington D.C. The Sourcewell board of directors and several Sourcewell staff recently returned from the Pentagon where we signed a ground-breaking...
Senior cohousing seen as antidote to loneliness epidemic
By Nancy P. Kropf
Dean of Perimeter College & Professor of Social Work at Georgia State University
and Sherry Cummings
Associate Dean and Profesor of Social Work at University of Tennessee
One of the major questions of growing older is...
By Mark Anderson
Managing Editor
Apparently the Garage Logic podcast guys really liked the Staples World story about the moose that traveled through the area before Thanksgiving last year.
Last week, I got a phone call saying that the people on the podcast had gotten a copy of the newspaper and...
Congressman Pete Stauber recently traveled to Cochise County, Arizona with his Western Caucus colleagues to hear from United States Border Patrol agents and local law enforcement agents about the ongoing border crisis. He also had the opportunity to participate in a House Natural Resources...
First year as Mayor sees city buzzing with activity
By Ron Murray
Staples Mayor
Hello again to the people of Staples. I have finished my first year as Mayor and have enjoyed all the things I have learned about our great city and getting to know our staff even better.
We said goodbye to a long...
Feb. is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
By Barb Dinkel Goodrich
Hands of Hope Resource Center –
Todd County
February was declared Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month by Congress in 2010. It is a nationally recognized campaign to raise awareness and education on teen dating violence and...
Caucus puts government in your hands
On Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m., Republicans across Minnesota will be gathering in their neighborhoods for precinct caucuses. The future of our party and nation belongs to those who show up. If you wish to see a change in our party or our candidates, precinct...
The Staples-Motley wrestling team won two dual meets decisively despite having two of their starters out. They had wins over Park Rapids 57-7 and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale/Parkers Prairie 41-16 on Jan. 31 at Bertha. They also took a partial team to the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley tournament on Feb. 2,...
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