New Prairie Store opens in Glenwood

Oct. 24, 1963 – Seven people were seriously injured in two separate county car accidents. Both were head-on crashes, one in Starbuck and one between Starbuck and Glenwood. 

The Glenwood Methodist Church was celebrating the 80th anniversary of the beginning of its congregation. The Rev. Don Haarup was the current  pastor of the church. Involved in the anniversary presentation were Mrs. Harvey Gloege as memorial chairperson, Mrs. P.K. Akre as historian and Wendell Schaub as chairman of the trustee board.

The local Ben Franklin store was advertising in the Tribune. Nylons were available for 37 cents a pair, and men’s crew socks at two pair for 79 cents.

Glenwood Harriers walked away with their third consecutive Region No. 6 cross country title. Among the runners participating were Bill Gilman, Larry Koob, John Femrite, Don Bartley, Dan Gades, Ken Gandrud, Robert Koob and coach Dave Hegna. 

Oct. 25, 1973 – Voters heading to the polls for the Nov. 6 village elections in the county were to be the first voters to be affected by a new Minnesota law which said that voters must be registered to participate in an election.

Tom and Luonna Fronk announced the opening of Glenwood’s new Pioneer Store, a women’s clothing establishment. Natives of Harvey, N.D., the Fronks moved to Glenwood in September 1962. He worked for the Soo Line Railroad. 

Brooten wrapped up the Prairie Conference title with a 24-6 win over Osakis. That meant the team’s record was at 6-0 in conference play, and the newest contenders were Eagle Bend and Browerville at 4-2.

Oct. 27, 1983 – A Lake Johanna Township man was killed when the car he was driving and a pickup truck collided at the top of a Gilchrist Township hill. He was the third county highway fatality of the year.

Glenwood city property taxes were expected to jump 10.5 percent for the coming year. Taxing units which taxed city residents (Pope County, School District No. 612, Glenwood City and the Glacial Ridge Hospital District) increased their gross levies from just over $3,675,000 to just under $4,100,000.

The Girl in the Mirror, a serious drama instead of the usual comedy, chosen by director Lee Paulson, was to be the fall play at Glenwood High School. Participating in the production were Barbara Katt, Sara Larson, Eric Jore, Julie Snider, Brett Lund, Anne Swanberg, Lane Olson, Christi Cooley, Sara Anderson, Nancy Pederson, Craig Oeltjen, Shelly Nelson, Cheri Erickson, Lisa Ostendorf, Amy Brogla, Todd Watson, John Morgan, Owen Braaten, Steve Nelson, Tim Jenum, Kirk Sorenson, Michelle Maher and Jim Bergman. 

Oct. 25, 1993 – The Pope County Board of Commissioners gave approval to a plan to determine problems of Trappers Run Watershed and develop a work plan to resolve the problems. The county environmental planner had presented a plan to the board and said the estimated $51,000 cost would be partially funded by $10,000 from an anonymous donor. 

The Minnewaska Area Schools Board of Education had adopted a bus purchase plan that called for the replacement of four school buses that year at a cost of $190,000 and at least two vehicles per year for the next six years. The buses were to replace buses brought into the Minnewaska school system by Villard and Starbuck and would be paid for by the state transportation system.

The fourth, fifth and sixth-grade students from Glenwood, Starbuck and Villard were to travel to Minnewaska Area High School to hear musical composer David Fanshawe speak. Students were to hear of his experiences during his travels through Africa, Arabia and the Pacific. Besides the music, students were to see slides which were to be integrated with live demonstrations and segments from his award-winning documentary films. 

Oct. 27, 2003 – If the referendum that was being sought by the Minnewaska Area School District were to pass, the district would only maintain its current level of service. No new administrators would be brought on staff, salaries of staff would not make a jump, and no building projects would be started. 

Some of the water lines in the city of Glenwood were placed underground in the 1930s. They were small, some being 4 to 6 inches in diameter, and they constricted the flow of water. Plans were in the works, however, to continue replacing those old lines. The Glenwood City Commission was told that money for a portion of the city’s water plan had been approved but the city must formally apply for the money.  

Oct. 21, 2013 – Members of the Minnewaska Area School Board of Education came to last week’s regular board meeting early to get training on Microsoft Surface tablets. Board members were trained in the operation of the tablets by Steve Sampson of the district’s information technology staff.

More than 90 people gathered at the Broadway Ballroom Event Center in Alexandria last Friday to discuss the current and future condition of mental health services in Minnesota and in the five-county region. Included in the discussion were five Minnesota state legislators, who spent hours discussing the issues and listening to take the personal stories of individuals whose lives have been affected, in some way, by metal illness.

Despite rainy weather last week, ground work began at the Kick Foundation property between the bakery and Wagner Hardware building on Minnesota Avenue. The plan is to construct a 7,000 square-foot retail-commercial building on the property that once housed the “Culligan buildings.”