Minnewaska Area High School played host to a Donkey Ball fundraiser for the Trevor Solem family last Wednesday night.  The night also included a silent auction, free will donation meal, donkey rides for the youth and other fun activities. Members of the MAHS Student Council, BPA and FFA groups sponsored the fundraising event and they each… Read More

A group from the Glenwood Just For Kix dance team recently performed in the pre-game and halftime shows at the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa Bay, Florida on January 2, 2023.  The game was between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Illinois Fighting Illini with Mississippi coming out on top, 19-10. Dancers performed before a crowd of… Read More

MAS to expand its preschool to Starbuck Minnewaska Area School District announces an expansion of their Little Lakers Preschool program with a second location to open in Starbuck for fall 2023. The location, in collaboration with Minnewaska Head Start, will be located at 500 John Street in Starbuck. “The limited availability of preschool openings and the decline of… Read More

Ted Reichmann, Amanda Ogdahl and Justin Zavadil took their oath of office at a special organizational Minnewaska Area School Board meeting that took place last Monday. Reichmann and Zavadil were re-elected in November for school board positions. Ogdahl reclaimed a seat she had vacated when she became an employee of the school district. The board then… Read More

The new year Starbuck City Council meeting rang in short and sweet.  The first meeting of the year was held on Monday, January 9, at the Starbuck Community Center.  Prior to the meeting Starbuck Clerk Joan Kerkvliet swore in Gary Swenson as mayor, Chris Taffe as council member and new council member, Dane Christensen.   The… Read More

By Melanie Stegner news@pctribune.com The Land and Resource Management Department presented a year in review as well as upcoming activities and proposals at last week’s Pope County “committee of the whole” meeting. Last year’s permitting activity was also reviewed, and portions of the floodplain, solid waste and land use controls ordinances were discussed. Floodplain maps were last… Read More

The Glenwood City Commission conducted its first meeting of the new year with Mayor Sherri Kazda and Commissioner Brent Cochran taking their oath of office from City Attorney Troy Nelson.  Kazda was elected to her second term as mayor and Cochran is beginning his first term on the commission.  Both ran unopposed. The commission made city… Read More

Residents of Douglas, Pope, Grant, and Ottertail Counties may apply for Environmental Science Scholarships from the Pioneer Heritage Conservation Trust (PHCT). Scholarship winners will be chosen based on scholastic success and demonstrated interest in the environmental sciences, it was stated.  Applications are open to students who are or will be attending a college or university as… Read More

Daily meals program is an important service There is a need for volunteers drivers for the Meals on Wheels program in Glenwood. Glenwood Rotary Club organizes volunteers for the community’s Meals on Wheels program and coordinates meal delivery each weekday to those who request the meals in Glenwood and neighboring communities.  “The deliveries are divided into 3… Read More

Brandon Lee Lang, Jr  is first baby  of the year at GRHS Brandon Lee Lang, Jr., son of Allison and Brandon Lang, was born at 1:52 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, claiming the honor of “first baby of the year” at Glacial Ridge Hospital in Glenwood.   Dr. Josie Syverson (not pictured) had the honor… Read More