St. Paul man to manage the Glenwood V Store

April 9, 1964 – Olaf Hausken retired as a Soo Line engineer after over 44 years with Soo. He was proudest of the fact that he had not been in a wreck in all those years.  

Over 250 area youngsters scrambled for candy eggs in the city park in the annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Glenwood Jaycees. This was a smaller than normal turnout since the hunt had to be postponed a week due to inclement weather. Jaycees who organized the event include Harland Long, Bud Hoven, Sonny Johnson, Don Ostrander, Bob Jones and Lowell Knoll. Big prize winners in the hunt were Jerry Paulson, Mike McMahon, Jody Fischer, Terry Hirschey, Betty Jean Dalen, Mike Hurd, Alfred Kill and Renee Kvitek. 

A man from St. Paul who had been with the Woolworth chain for 14 years, took over as manager of the Glenwood V Store. Arnold Domke was to succeed Walter Pfaul and would move his family to Glenwood in the near future. 

April 11, 1974 – Kathy Boyle, Jane Kinney and Kathy Bryce were on their way from Glenwood High School to the State Speech tournament. Boyle, in serious drama, and Bryce, in creative expression, took first in their categories at the regional contest. Kinney was named alternate in serious prose. Other finalists in the regional competition were Karen Bommersbach, Kathy Myrom, Pat Robinson, Carmen Oeltjen, Sue Peterson, Sandy Peterson, Deb Churchill and Julie Hanson. Glenwood had sent 22 candidates to the regions in Fergus Falls.  

The newly formed hospital district made up of the eastern part of Pope County and the city of Brooten, adopted a new name to go with the new district. Board members decided the hospital district would be called Glacial Ridge Hospital. Richard Gandrud was serving as president of the newly elected board. 

Nort Schensted, retired county mail carrier, was pictured in the Tribune with several of his silver and gemstone jewelry creations. He was entered in a statewide jewelry showing after organizers of the show had seen his work. 

April 12, 1984 – Marv Vollrath was a big Twins fan even after he was clunked on the head by a broken bat during a game with Detroit at the Metrodome. A Detroit player’s broken bat flew into the stands and nailed Marv. He said, “I saw it coming, but all I could do was duck,” Eleven stitches later, he returned to the Dome to be presented with the bat, now autographed, and a ticket for his next Twins outing as well as a brief visit with Twins owner, Calvin Griffith. The bills, however, were still to come to Marv since people go to ballgames at their own risk. 

Inductees into the Glenwood High School Honor Society were Nancy Greene, Barbara Katt, Sandy Peters, Sara Anderson, Nancy Hovren, Kris Schwerin, Sue Lundblad, Tracy Searcy, Kelly Salonen, Margaret Walerius, Joel Muehlberg, Eric Sondrol, Chris Leedahl, Craig Oeltjen, Eric Jore, Thomas Haima, Steve Troen, Owen Braaten Jeffery Davie, Daniel Munsterman, Pamela Meyer, Julie Orlowski, Lisa Ostendorf, Deborah Mrnak and Brian Wildman. 

April 11, 1994 – The Minnewaska High School swing choir, under the direction of Gordon Moeller, was pictured on the front page of the Tribune singing the national anthem at the Timberwolves game at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Michal Hustad and Scott Janssen were featured soloists. The choir then stayed and watched the Timberwolves play Golden State. 

The City of Glenwood had made an offer of $5,000 to purchase the vacated Central High School property. During the March meeting, the commission had indicated that the city had no financial interest in the building. Since that time, the commission had reconsidered due to drainage problems which may have occurred. The school board would consider the offer at the next meeting. 

Arnold and Esther Hedlin, of Lowry, were honored by the Lowry Lions Club as the Lowry Citizens of the Year. They were honored at an open house at the Lowry Community Center where they were presented a plaque by Wally Rajdl, emcee of the event. 

The Minnewaska Area High School speech team took first place at the subsection no. 2 speech tournament held in Osakis. The team won the first-place trophy with a total of 164 points. 

April 5, 2004 – Phones rang off the hook and people stood in line at the Glenwood Municipal Building Wednesday to get a camping spot at Barsness Park. The city had set the date of April 1 as the first-day people could call to make a reservation for the summer. And call they did as city employees Kim Kremin and Brenda Sargent fielded call after call. 

A group of students from Minnewaska Area Schools were invited to a writers’ workshop in Fergus Falls. The students were selected for the honor by the teachers because of their achievements in writing. The group included Corey Holten, Whitney Haugen-Brecht, Caitlyn Parsons, Christian Waage, Aaron Giese, Maren Greenwald, Sabrina Andersen, Aundrea Otto, Emily Toop, Jamie Vangsness, Samantha Bennet, Hannah Vailey, Andy Clare and Instructors Kathy Weltzin and Dave Dziengel. 

April 7, 2014 – Minnewaska Area High School students from Concert Choir, Concert Band and Jazz Choir had the opportunity to perform at Downtown Disney as part of their recent trip to Orlando, Fla. Pictured in the Tribune was the Concert Choir on the Disney Stage. 

Septic systems aren’t exactly the usual topic of polite conversation. But that’s exactly what will be on the table at a May 6 public hearing, set for 9:30 a.m. at the Pope County Courthouse. Up for discussion is  Pope County’s proposed subsurface sewage treatment system ordinance. 

West Central MN Communities Action, Inc. partnered with Glenwood’s Mayor, Bill Ogdahl, and the Corporation for National and Community Service to recognize April 1, 2014, as Mayor Day of Recognition for National Service. For the honor, Ogdahl used his position as mayor to proclaim April 1 as National Service Recognition Day, and “encouraged residents to recognize the positive impact of national service in our city and thank those who serve; and to find ways to give back to their communities,” it was stated in the proclamation.