Nordgaard resigns as superintendent

Nov. 12, 1964 – The Soo Line Railroad announced its decision to seek to discontinue the “Winnipeger,” a train with daily service between the Twin Cities and Noyes, near the Canadian border. The railroad cited the substantial annual losses and fewer passengers as reasons for the end of Winnipeger service with its coach and sleeper service and mail and express deliveries.

E.N. Nordgaard submitted his resignation as superintendent of schools for the Glenwood district. He had served the district since 1923 and as superintendent since 1928. His resignation would take effect at the end of the school year.

Pope County hunters harvested a near-record crop of white-tailed deer during the one-day slug season. Over 190 deer had been turned into locker plants in Lowry, Starbuck and Glenwood. Fourth-grader Timmy Torguson was especially proud of the 125-pound buck he shot on the Joe Grove farm in Glenwood Township.

Nov. 14, 1974 – The Glenwood Hospital had a new pager system which would increase communication capabilities between the ambulance drivers and the Glenwood Community Hospital. Six new pager units were given to hospital personnel as the communications system was completed.

The Pope County Board of Commissioners delayed action on a decision regarding the passage of a UPA/CPA 400k v DC power line through the county, though three electrical cooperative managers testified that the line was necessary.

Martin and Marian Heggestad were retiring from their positions at Hoplin-Nelson Hardware store in Lowry. Both had been with the firm since 1941.

Nov. 8, 1984 – Minnesota state trooper Lloyd Achter, a Glenwood native, was in town with his car, a radar unit which flashed the speed of motorists as they passed. Achter served as the St. Cloud patrol district’s education officer. The car was to remind motorists of exactly how fast they were traveling.

Ground was broken for a new addition to Lakeview Care Center, a division of Good Neighbor, a company which owned and operated nursing homes. The addition would include space for a new activity room, new day room, beauty shop and employee lounge as well as a new physical therapy department. New private residents’ rooms would also be available due to the move of the activity department.

Pope County voters went with the rest of the nation and re-elected mostly incumbents during the fall election. President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, Senator Rudy Boschwitz, Rep. Weber, State Rep. Sylvester Uphus and county commissioner Palmer Arness were among those county voters helped return to their posts.

Nov. 14, 1994 –  There were to be two new faces on the Glenwood City Commission effective Jan. 1. John P. Shea was the top vote-getter with 716 votes for a four-year term on the commission. Jack Christman narrowly won the two-year term to fulfill the term of Tim Torguson who had resigned earlier in the year. Incumbent Gordon Wagner was also elected to his second term.

Pope County followed the trend of leaning toward the Republican candidates on General Election Day. Except for the election of Democrat Collin Peterson for the Seventh District representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, Pope County voters also tallied the most votes for Republican candidates, Rod Grams as U.S. senator and Governor Arne Carlson, who won his bid for a second term in office.

Members of Starbuck Creamery Company and Cyrus Farmers Elevator, two farmer-owned cooperatives serving much of central and western Pope County, voted to merge effective Jan. 1, 1995. The new business was to be called Midwest Consolidated Cooperative and would be a $20 million a year business with 18 employees and nearly 600 member-owners and assets of nearly $6 million.

Nov. 1, 2004 – The University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC) was to host a ground breaking and discussion on a hybrid wind energy research and demonstration system The event would take place on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the West Central Research and Outreach Center. The groundbreaking was for the first large-scale wind research instrument at a public university in the Midwest. In addition to its research capabilities. This wind turbine was expected to produce 5.6 million kWhr of power each year for use at the University of Minnesota-Morris. The power would provide over half the university’s annual electricity use.

Jason Klimek, Raymond Zins, Andy Elwood and Aric Bowen received American FFA degrees at the 77th annual National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 30. The American FFA degree was the highest degree awarded by the National FFA Organization, recognizing achievements in agriculture business, production, processing and service programs. Less than one in 165 FFA members advanced through local chapters and state FFA degree programs to earn this national degree. 

Nov. 10, 2014 – Winter came with a vengeance to Pope County early Monday morning when residents were greeted with several inches of snow. Minnewaska Area Schools, along with most area schools, were closed Monday anticipating more snow throughout the day on this first snowstorm event of the season.

With two referendum questions put before voters on Nov. 4, the Minnewaska Area District Board of Education took a moment to review the election numbers at a special meeting on Nov. 7. Voters passed both referendum questions, meaning the schools will have building needs taken care of and will move ahead with a comprehensive technology plan. 

Lions Club members from the Glenwood and Starbuck area were honored last Monday evening for their contributions to the organization and their community. Lyle Katzenmeyer of the Starbuck Lions received the Everyday Club Hero award; Ron Cochran was honored for 35 years; Chuck Bullock was honored for 50 years; District Governor Kathy Jensen presented the awards; Jim Gronewold was honored for 30 years; and Jerry Wright of the Glenwood Lions received the Everyday Club Hero award.

Thanks to the efforts of area youth and their families, 155 men and women from Minnesota serving overseas will receive a handmade and heartfelt message from home this holiday season. A free Cards for Heroes event on Nov. 2, sponsored by the Lakeview 4-H Club and American Legion Post #187 in Glenwood, featured tables full of card-making supplies and invited children and their families to spend some time creating cards for Minnesota soldiers stationed overseas. The cards’ small slices of home were to be sent to one platoon in the hopes of brightening a holiday season spent far away from friends and family.

Lacey Entzi swam her way back to the state tournament, setting school records in the process. Entzi qualified in two events, the 200 free and the 500 free. Her time in the 200 free was 2:00.02, good for fifth place. In the 500 free Entzi finished with a time of 5:22.65.