POLICE DEFUSE DOMESTIC DISPUTE

Staples Police chief Kyle Huber said a domestic dispute early Tuesday morning has resulted in the arrest of 30-year old Deborah Lee Weidt. Huber said one of his officers answered the domestic call just after 1am. A man told the officer he had been assaulted and that the woman in the apartment had a weapon. More Staples officers, the Wadena Hubbard Emergency Response Team and officers from Wadena County and Verndale surrounded the apartment building and 30 people were evacuated. A negotiator talked the into surrendering around 6am. Weidt is in the Wadena County Jail waiting charges by the county attorney's office.