The North Pole Lights Display in Pine Grove Park in Staples celebrates the holiday season with freewill donations. But it isn’t the only public display of the Christmas spirit in the Wadena area.
The Burlington Northern lights coordinators Luther Nervig, Ron Greiman and Dan Sartell took advantage of the beautiful weather to string lights in the park in preparation for the lighting ceremony.
“Investing in rural infrastructure is more than just investing in a facility or new piping,” said USDA Rural Development Acting State Director for Minnesota Cynthia Morales. “It’s investing in the ability for a household to conduct business, take a class or connect with family hundreds of miles away. It’s investing in a community to have safe, affordable drinking water. It’s investing in the reliability that a home or business will have power each day. "