Proposal for a clinic in Brooten under discussion

March 19, 1964 – A former Glenwood woman was killed by a Minneapolis attorney. The man shot the woman whom he said he had spent thousands of dollars since they had been dating but that she had recently been dating someone else.

Rhonda Bueckens, 13, was the winner of the Pope County spelling bee. A Starbuck eighth-grader, she spelled all 70 of the bee’s words correctly. Second-place winners were Judy Walline, Rosemary Svec, Sharilyn Olson and David Olson while tied for third were Connie Amundson, Joanna Wilson, Susan Landmark and Karen Hansen. 

LeRoy Knutson, Chippewa Falls Township farmer, was elected to the position of chair of the soil and water conservation district. In the previous 14 years of the board’s existence, Herman Rosholt, New Prairie Township and one of the state’s leading conservationists had served as its chair. 

March 21, 1974 – Statistics showed that area farmers had, in 1973, one of their best years since the 1950s. Gross farm income was at nearly $40,000 and net income at just over $19,000 according to figures from the Farmers Home Administration as presented by supervisor Harold Kvale. 

Dr. James Reinhardt would begin practicing medicine in Glenwood. He was formerly of Alexandria. He was set to join Dr. Gordon Lee in the new Glenwood Clinic when it was finished in June. 

The Minnesota State Department of Health gave shaky approval to a new hospital for the Western Pope County Hospital District though it had not yet been decided where the hospital would be built. The certificate of need was granted based on the assumption that the western district would merge with the eastern district in the county. If the districts did not merge after a year’s time the certificate would be declared void. 

March 22, 1984 – A joint meeting between the Glenwood and Starbuck school boards was under discussion. On the agenda for such a meeting would be the possibility of pairing and sharing and cooperating in athletic and academic offerings. The districts’ administrators had already met to talk about the prospect.

A proposal for a clinic in Brooten, to be run cooperatively by the Glacial Ridge Hospital, was under discussion, and a plan had been turned over to an architect.

The Villard High School was presenting Done to Death, directed by Dick and Kathy Ofstedal. Involved in the play were Shari Massmann, Karen Jellison, Marty Euerle, Pat Rode, Marty Laumeyer, Bob Dalen, Kathy Malecha, Bryan Fredrick, Patrice Nelson, Fay Eblen, Raul Gomez, Jill Schnetzer, Rick Rosenfield, Deanna Ness, Judy Reinke, Kim Novak and Lynn Daniels. 

March 21, 1994 – Robert and Jackie Porter, a Villard couple, had won $100,000 ($64,000 after taxes) in the Powerball drawing. They had five numbers correct.

A children’s musical, The Elves and the Shoemaker, was to be performed at the Minnewaska Area High School auditorium. It was directed and choreographed by Kathy Ofstedal and was sponsored by the Ann and Andy Preschool. Proceeds were to go toward the operational expenses of the preschool.

Ruth Rosten, a resident at the Glenwood Retirement Village, was to celebrate her 100th birthday on March 22, 1994. A special celebration for her family and friends was to be held at the Indherred Lutheran Church on March 27.

Two Norwegian Home Guard (Hemme Carnet) members, Mette Kvitsand and Espen Odegaard were weekend guests at the home of Ed and Ardis Jungst of Glenwood. It had been the 21st year of the training exchange program between the Minnesota Army National Guard and the Norwegian Guard, which was held at Fort Ripley. Close to 100 Minnesota guard members were at a winter training site west of Lillehammer, Norway. 

March 15, 2004 – “It’s incredible to have a whole community step in and help out,” said Gail Boe, mother of 19-year-old Tiffany Thielke who was battling cancer. Thielke, a 2003 graduate of Minnewaska Area High School was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in October 2003. She had since been undergoing chemotherapy.  

Stockholders of the Pope County Agricultural Society would vote on April 12 as to whether or not they supported the idea of giving up some of the society’s fairground property with the stipulation that it would get a new $3.5 million fairground complex in return. Larry Zavadil, of Glenwood, had proposed the construction of a retail complex on 13.5 acres of the Ag society’s property at the south end of the fairgrounds. New fair facilities would be built to the north of that area. 

March 17, 2014 – Curtis Peterson of Alexandria was the winner of the coveted Hetteen Cup at the March 1 Main Event International Snowmobile Races held on Lake Minnewaska. The cup is a replica of the original trophy that was named after Edgar Hetteen, the founder of Polaris and Arctic Cat snowmobiles. Pictured in the Tribune with Pederson are committee members of the annual snowmobile races, Jill Solmonson and Cody Rogahn. 

An effort to delay the proposed lodging tax ordinance in Glenwood failed last Tuesday night and city commissioners ultimately approved the second reading of that ordinance on a 4-1 vote. The ordinance calls for up to 3 percent tax on those purchasing hotel rooms in the city. Mayor Bill Ogdahl was the lone vote against offering the second reading of the ordinance. Once the ordinance is published, it will be valid and city commissioners will then need to decide when the local lodging tax should be implemented. 

In 2012, the Ruegemer family of Villard won the Horizon Organic Producer Education (HOPE) award. The award honored the Ruegemer family for building the organic community by sharing their story and inspiring others to transition to organic production.