Campsites at Chalet Park officially open for business

July 9, 1964 – The campsites at Chalet Park were officially open for business. The property was leased from the city by the Bud Hovens and Don Klevens, and 13 families registered over the Fourth of July weekend. The area had been sprayed for mosquitoes, and modern facilities were available, including running water and toilets. 

A 14-year-old Kensington girl was a Fourth of July drowning victim. She and her family had been spending the day on Mill Lake in Douglas County.

An open house was set to be held at the new sewer plant for the city of Glenwood. The plant had been constructed at a cost of nearly $300,000.

July 11, 1974 – The Rev. L. D. Kramer, president and founder of Challenge Homes, announced that the company would move its headquarters from Glenwood to Dallas, Texas. The company operated nine nursing homes in Minnesota, 25 in Texas and several others in southern states. Kramer said that there was no current plans to completely close the Glenwood office.

A 61-year-old Glenwood man was killed in a car accident west of Glenwood. The accident injured four others.

The Glenwood City Commission voted to extend the city’s “white way” down West Minnesota Avenue.

A fire on the Douglas Wildman farm north of Glenwood destroyed a barn and an estimated 4,000 bales of hay.

County agent Jack Morris said that area crops were in a critical stage and badly in need of rain. The temperature had been in the mid-to high-90s most of a week, and with a shortage of moisture to begin with, county fields, gardens and lawns were needing rain. 

July 12, 1984 – Plans and specifications for Glenwood’s new sewage treatment plant were off to St. Paul to be presented to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for approval.

Testing was still being done on an oil well on the Hubert and Kenneth Visser farm in Lake Johanna Township. Activity in that area had begun in 1982, and, over the years, investors and those interested in the project had changed.

The Pope County Board of Commissioners was told that a renovation project at the county courthouse would cost in the neighborhood of nearly $460,000.

Several county 4-Hers were back from  participating in an exchange with Nebraska kids. They included Amy DeMorrett, Tammy Zavadil, Amy Oeltjen, Lynn Daniels, Mark Kuseske, Kathy Bentler, Dawn Watson, Troy Erickson, Darrell Oeltjen, Renee Kluver, Tanya Lardy, Dean Sansness, RoseAnn Kraemer and Jackie Wiliams.  

July 11, 1994 – The Glenwood City Commission had rejected bids for a new airport terminal after bids came in higher than estimates for the project. The terminal would replace the concrete block arrival building which had currently sat near the taxi area between the Tanis Aircraft Services building which had currently sat near the taxi area between the Tanis Aircraft Services building and the hangars. The new terminal was the be located just east of the Tanis building, and Tanis would lease space in the Building.

Seven-year-old Jesse Parker was pictured in the Tribune surrounded by a number of first, second, and third-place  awards in Tae Kwon Do.  He was to compete Tae Kwon Do Olympics in Chicago.

Some much-needed rain had fallen on Pope County, but some violent weather which brought the rain had produced some hail damage south of Starbuck and northwest of Cyrus. Pope County Agent Jack Morris had said that the rain was much needed because the area gad received less than normal rainfall in June.

Glenwood was to get a Waterama memorial in the city park as a memorial to Cal Shuckhart, a former Waterama admiral who had died the previous year. The 4-foot-wide and 5-foot-tall memorial would be made out of granite and donated by the Shuckhart family. It would look like a sailboat similar to that used in the Waterama logo.

July 5, 2004 – A dangerous situation ended safely last week when several derailed train cars filled with anhydrous ammonia were removed without incident. More than 24 tank cars broke free of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) train at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, near Highway 55 between Glenwood and Lowry. Of those cars, 11 of them contained 30,000 gallons or 80 tons of anhydrous ammonia. The chemical is injected into the soil and used as fertilizer, but released in the air it can spread quickly and be deadly, according to Pope County Sheriff Tom Larson.

Who would have thought that right here in Glenwood there would be a Special Olympics three-time gold champion? Mary Fueling, who resided at the New Beginnings house in Glenwood, led the pack in three events at the aquatics competition in the Special Olympics, April 16 and 17.  

July 7, 2014 – On Saturday evening, new Miss Minnewaska royalty were crowned. The 2014-2015 Miss Minnewaska Royalty were Princess Morgan Majerus, Queen Stephanie Pederson and Princess Celeste Rapp. Junior Miss Minnewaska Royalty, who were crowned on Thursday night, were Queen Miranda Longtin and Junior Miss Minnewaska Princess Kylie Pobuda. 

After interviewing three potential county engineers, Pope County offered the position to Brian Giese, who would begin his official duties as county engineer on Aug. 4. Giese brings 15 years of county experience to the job, 11 of which were served as the Stevens County Engineer. For the past four years, Giese had also served part time as the Stevens County Coordinator, bringing experience beyond the traditional engineer’s role to Pope County.

Ted Reichmann and family of Reichmann Land and Cattle in Villard hosted the Glacial Ridge Cattlemen’s Association dinner on Monday, June 30. A group of 51 members of Alabama Farmers Federation stopped for a tour of Reichmann’s farm. Each year Alabama Farmers Federation members take a tour of a different state. From June 29 through July 5, the Alabama group toured farms throughout Minnesota including those in Kimball, Pierz, Villard, Morris, Starbuck, Glenwood, Brooten, Granite Falls, Redwood Falls, Franklin, Morgan, Janesville, Kassen, Lanesboro, Mabel, Rochester, Lake City, Goodhue and Cannon Falls, as part of their 2014 Gopher State Beef Tour.