Staples News

A A A Are you interested in raising cattle? The Leader Lions and Crow Wing Basin Forage Council invite you to attend a summer grazing tour.

Paine Santos gains Lakewood employee honor STAPLES - Lakewood Health System, Staples, announced Katie Paine Santos, registered nurse, care coordinator for Memory Care as it's 2009 Team Member of the Year.

A A A The deadline is fast approaching for nominations to be accepted for the Staples Community Foundationa s Distinguished Service Awards.

Few people live to be 100 years old, and even fewer are able to keep up with daily activities at that age.

Two minutes - " that's the margin Bemidji emergency medical technician and former firefighter Tom Johnson estimates between the life and death of a Leader, Minn., woman.

" In the next few days, Minnesotans will see federal economic stimulus funds in the form of orange barrels.

City Administrator Brad Swenson gave the Wadena City Council a look at efforts to secure federal stimulus money for local projects.

BE A WEATHER SPOTTER: The Staples Police Department is offering a National Weather Service Weather Spotters course on Monday, April 27, at 6 p.m. in the police department.

In this photo provided by Staples, 2007 Staples Invention Quest Kid Winner Keagan Bolibol, 10, left, shows her winning invention to Art Fry, inventor of the Post-it Note and Invention Quest finals judge, on April 24, 2007, in New York.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Amtrak trains won't run through central Minnesota until at least next week because of high water in North Dakota.

Amtrak says it's suspending its passenger rail service between Minot and St. Paul, Minn., because of problems with the tracks.

Freshwater Education District, #6004 will sell the above vehicle by sealed bid: 1995, Chevrolet Sports Van, 9 passenger .

Spring weather has Wadena County commissioners in no hurry to decide the much-debated fate of the highway departmenta s Verndale garage.

Janet Kiley of Coon Rapids never really wanted to be known as the "church lady," but as the new owner of Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, Minn., it's hard to avoid.

Wadena County declared a flood emergency last Thursday due to significant flooding along the Crow Wing River and other areas of the county.

A Wadena County Highway Engineer Joel Ulring said there has been "significant damage" to roads throughout the county as a result of recent flooding, but the full extent of the damage cannot be determined until the flood waters recede.

The flooding situation in Wadena County has stabilized, according to Wadena County emergency management.

Two McHenry County school districts are facing lawsuits from a construction company that alleges it was not fully paid for work on new schools.

It is Ordered and Notice is hereby given that on the 11th day of May, 2009, at 11:15 oA A A clock a.m., a hearing will be held in the above named Court at Long Prairie, Minnesota, on petition of David Fonteyn and Stella Fonteyn for the adjudication of intestacy and determination of heirship of the above named decedent, and for the appointment of ...

Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen will continue his traditional district town hall meetings and has scheduled five events throughout District 11A on Saturday, March 21.