The last RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) Distribution for the 2021-2022 school year will be held in the Minnewaska Area Elementary School Library at various times throughout the school week of May 9-13 as schedules allow.  Due to Covid and not having visitors at the school, we will not have the community distribution for children three years… Read More

At the request of the Barsness Buckthorn Brigade volunteers,  Kelly Berger, a forester from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, visited Glenwood on Tuesday, March 3. She met with volunteers, Glenwood City staff and Pope County workers involved with the management of invasive species.  The group walked several of the trails where volunteers have done… Read More

Glenwood Lutheran Church Community Garden is preparing for another year of gardening and sharing the produce with the community. The garden always in need of volunteers to plant, weed and harvest vegetables, no experience required. The plan is to plant the garden on June 4, and then meet every Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. There… Read More

Sarah Green, Pope County Recorder, wants to inform residents of the Recorder’s free online subscription service that allows the public to have their name/property monitored within the Recorder’s office in order to track possible fraudulent activity. Subscribers will be notified when the name they have submitted is used in any recording activities within the office…. Read More

The Minnewaska PTO held the annual Father/Daughter Dance on May 1st for K-6th grade students.  Daughters, along with their dads, grandpas or other special friends enjoyed lots of dancing, socializing and snacks as well as getting a professional picture taken.  The dance had their biggest crowd ever of over 300 people.  A special thanks to… Read More

Pope County Museum Notes From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, May 11, 1922. Casper Forborg, formerly of Hoff Township and who now resides at Starbuck was appointed weed inspector for the western half of Pope County. The Tribune does not believe very much in the present system of weed inspection but since that office has to… Read More

MAHS student is winner of state art contest May 10, 1962 – Glenwood students were about to present The Crucible as their senior class play. Among those involved in the production were James McIlarth, Darlene Bredeson, Janet Holtberg, Joe Erickson, David Evans, Wallace Granstrom, Dale Olson, Diane Femrite, Judy Rambeck, Mary Carlson, Marlene Paulson, Beverly Schaub and… Read More

100 YEARS AGO From May 12, 1922  Miss Laura Forde, talented pupil of Mme. Bailey-Apfolbeck, was presented in a piano recital on Wednesday, April 26, in the Studio Recital Hall in Minneapolis. She played selections by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Weber and Rachmaninov. High School notes: The class record for the month of April had been posted. The seniors… Read More

A Dayton Ohio man is in the Douglas County Jail, accused of coming to Glenwood to find a teen he met online. Pope County Sheriff Tim Riley said last Friday they received a report of an unknown man at the Minnewaska Area Middle School. Thanks to the fast actions of the Minnewaska Area School staff, the… Read More

The Music Suite at MAHS will be named for long-time Choir Director Gordy Moeller By Tim Douglass, tdouglass@pctribune.com The Music Suite at Minnewaska Area High School will soon carry the name of long-time choir director Gordy Moeller, thanks to an anonymous donation to the Minnewaska Laker Foundation Endowment Fund. The announcement of the donation came on the… Read More