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  • Monroe Hudson Elizabeth is first baby born at GRHS

    | Published on January 20, 2020 at 10:26am CST

    Monroe Hudson Elizabeth, daughter of Maggie and Keegan Fennell of Starbuck, was born at 8:51 p.m. on January 10th claiming the honor of being Glacial Ridge Hospital’s first baby of the year. Dr. Laura Huggins (center) had the honor of delivering Monroe, who was 6 pounds 2 ounces and 18 inches long. Her grandparents are… Read More

  • Six MAS band students attend ‘Honor Band’

    | Published on January 20, 2020 at 10:25am CST

    Six Minnewaska Bands students participated in the Northwest Minnesota Band Directors Association Honor Band in Fergus Falls, MN on Jan. 11. The students, from grades 7-12, spent the day in rehearsals and in sections alongside band students from around the Northwest region of the state in three grade-level bands: 7/8, 9/10, and 11/12. After a… Read More

  • Woodbury man arrested after long police chase

    | Published on January 20, 2020 at 10:24am CST

    A Woodbury, Minn. man was taken into police custody Saturday, Jan. 11 after leading local police on a high-speed chase through Pope County. Wayne Patrick Prendergast, 53, was ultimately arrested after the chase which took him through rural Pope County, onto the ice of Lake Minnewaska, and onto Highway 28-29 west where he stopped voluntarily, exited… Read More

  • City commission suggests changes in ordinance on fences

    | Published on January 20, 2020 at 10:20am CST

    By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Glenwood city commissioners may soon approve amendments to a city ordinance on fences within the city, but it didn’t happen last week. Commissioners were given proposed changes to the city’s ordinance, but disagreed with its language and asked the city attorney’s office to make a number of changes before it would undergo its… Read More

  • MN Individual Income Tax filing season opens Jan. 27

    | Published on January 20, 2020 at 10:20am CST

    The Minnesota Department of Revenue will open the state Individual Income Tax filing season on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. For the benefit and convenience of Minnesotans, this date matches the opening day for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The filing deadline to submit 2019 Minnesota income tax returns is Wednesday, April 15, 2020. This date matches… Read More

  • RESCHEDULED: HIGH VOLTAGE Special program set about powerline project

    | Published on January 20, 2020 at 10:19am CST

    HIGH VOLTAGE: A Citizens Movement to Resist the CU High Voltage DC Transmission Line across West Central Minnesota, 1974-1980, Synopsis. This Saturday, Jan. 25 (rescheduled due to weather), at 1 p.m. the Pope County Historical Society will host Luther Gerlach presenting “High Voltage!” a 90-minute program at the Pope County Museum about the DC powerline project… Read More