Sports
Many years ago, when first working as a member of the outdoor press for a regional magazine, I heard an expression that I remember still word-for-word. At the time, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was wrestling with advancements in fishing technology. Perhaps the highest profile...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is encouraging family forest owners to take advantage of cost-share funds available in 2017 to improve their woods.
“The DNR is here to help woodland owners with forest management advice and financial assistance to keep your woods healthy and productive...
Wadena Lanes
January 12, 2017
1. Spectrum Marketing 26-10
2. Ted and Gen’s 25-11
3. Mason Bros. 21-15
4. Staples Vet Clinic 17.5-18.5
5. Lefty’s 13.5-22.5
6. Ghost Team 5-31
High Team Series-
Staples Vet Clinic 1646
High Team Game-
Staples Vet. Clinic 591
High Ind. Series/ high games...
The Staples -Motley girls basketball team defeated Park Rapids 73-57 on Jan. 13, running their Mid State Conference record to 3-0 as they head into the thick of the conference schedule.
After a nonconference game at Hawley on Jan. 19, the Cardinals have three big conference games as they travel to...
The Staples-Motley boys basketball team had a breakout game, over Park Rapids 79-29, on Jan. 12, but slipped back the next day, falling to Mounds View 87-55.
“We played exactly the way we wanted to play,” Coach Micheal Poncelet said about the Park Rapids game. “Our half court defense was so...
The Staples-Motley wrestling team got a little closer to full health as they had two competitive duals on Jan. 12 and then placed fifth at the Parkers Prairie/Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale tournament on Jan. 14.
The Cardinals beat Pine River-Backus 34-32, then lost to Park Rapids 37-31 in the dual matches...
On August 25, 2015, a Zimmerman, man pled guilty to a 2014 case of illegally taking multiple deer in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge. The man admitted to killing thirteen deer illegally from the Sherburne Refuge and the Sand Dunes State Forest over a period of years.
Tony Edson, an avid...
Wadena Lanes
January 5, 2017
1. Spectrum Marketing 22-10
2. Ted and Gen’s 21-11
3. Mason Bros. 20-12
4. Staples Vet Clinic 14.5-17.5
5. Lefty’s 13.5-18.5
6. Ghost Team 5-27
High Team Series-
Staples Vet Clinic 1666
High Team Game-
Staples Vet. Clinic 603
High Ind. Series/ high games...
The Staples-Motley wrestling team competed with a depleted lineup at the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Invitational on Jan. 6.
Illness and injuries allowed a few wrestlers to get their first varsity experience and others had their first varsity win.
Two Cardinals made it to the finals, Spencer Miller was...
Gavin Smith and Jack Fietek led the Staples-Motley boys basketball team to a 61-46 win over Royalton on Jan. 6, with Smith scoring 35 points and Fietek pulling down 13 rebounds.
Coach Micheal Poncelet called the two players the “difference makers” in the game.
“We had the two hardest working kids...
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