The Highway 29 overpass project is now nearly complete and the bridge spanning Highway 55 and the Canadian Pacific Railway is now open for traffic. The bridge opened last Thursday morning, a day before it was scheduled to be open.    

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com The city will continue with the plan to convert the current tennis courts at City Park in Glenwood into permanent pickleball courts.  Commissioners took no action at last week’s meeting on a request to consider retaining at least one tennis court within the park. The issue, which was decided last January, resurfaced at… Read More

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Glenwood City Commissioners formally introduced two new ordinances that will allow ATVs and golf carts to be operated on city streets.  The vehicles will need to get permits from the city once the ordinances are finalized. City Administrator Dave Iverson said with the ordinances now introduced, they will be published and undergo a… Read More

At the Glacial Ridge Health System (GRHS) Auxiliary’s last general membership meeting of the year, Marvelle Weispfennig, Auxiliary President, and Margaret Claeson, Auxiliary Treasurer, presented a check of $20,000 to Glacial Ridge Health System’s Radiology Staff. The money was raised by the Auxiliary’s 18th Annual Harvest Ball which took place October 7 at Minnewaska House…. Read More

Pope County Girl Scouts met in Barsness Park to kick off the 2022-2023 Girl Scout year. Girls from Kindergarten through senior high are looking forward to a year of fun and adventure. Anyone interested in joining Girl Scouts can register at mygs.girlscouts.org or contact Ann Grandy 320-424-2604 for more information.

Loved ones who have passed away are remembered at the Glacial Ridge Hospice Tree of Life ceremony. The traditional event will be held once again after a two-year pause, this year collaborating with Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral Home so attendees can expect a few changes. The Tree of Life Ceremony will be held Tuesday, November 15 at… Read More

The fifth-grade students of Minnewaska Middle School participated in the Farm Camp Minnesota program this week. FCM serves as a bridge between the classroom and the farm. “Many kids don’t have an understanding or experience of being on the farm and where the food, fiber and fuel they use every day come from,” said Ann… Read More

Glenwood Firefighters started clearing the roadway after a two-vehicle collision that happened at about noon on Friday, Oct. 28 on Highway 55 just south of the round-about in Glenwood.  The collision involved a pickup truck and a van.  No other information was available from the Minnesota State Patrol when this issue went to press on… Read More

Will local “Ringers” be up to the challenge this year?   You can be certain that with “bells in hand” they’ll be out in Pope County at both Tom’s Market locations “ringing their bells.”  “Please help us if you can, we would welcome the support of others who care and have a passion to make a difference… Read More

Armful of Love committee members are preparing for the program that provides Christmas gifts for infants -18 years living in the household and a family holiday food package. The Pope County program was created to help relieve stressors that families may experience over the holiday season. Registration forms are available through the Pope County Family… Read More