Grapefruit sized snowflakes Oct. 18, 1962 – Glenwood High School band students were marketing their 33 1/3 lp album, featuring such numbers as West Side Story, 1812 Overture and Finlandia. For the price of $3.50, students would sell a record and a school calendar. Hunters could stop at Callaghan’s Our Own Hardware for water repellent caps, advertised… Read More

Fire in the Soo yards From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, Oct. 19, 1922. Winning first place at the State Fair as a Dairy Demonstration team was only a step toward winning national honors when the Glenwood team, composed of Clifford Olson, captain, Ivan Patrick and Gilman Gandrud, won second place at the National Dairy Show… Read More

110 YEARS AGO From October 25, 1912 On Wednesday noon of this week occurred the wedding of Bertha Marie Hanson to Bennie George O. Signalness of Blue Mounds. The wedding took place at the residence of Rev. H.O. Koefod of Glenwood. Young Mrs. Signalness is the fifth in her family to be married within the year. Mr…. Read More

October is National Farm to School Month and students at Glacial Hills Elementary School in Starbuck have been participating in a variety of activities to learn about where their food comes from along with investing time in the school greenhouse, raised garden beds and hydroponic garden! Over the last few weeks students have harvested greens… Read More

Rolling Forks Vineyards recently hosted members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The FAS links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security.  The visit was part of a statewide agricultural tour that included ag experts from 20 different countries and the European Union who traveled the… Read More

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz last week announced the appointment of Benjamin Wilcox as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Eighth Judicial District. Wilcox will be replacing the Honorable Charles C. Glasrud and will be chambered in Morris in Stevens County. “I am delighted to appoint Benjamin Wilcox to serve in Stevens County,” said Governor Walz. “Mr. Wilcox… Read More

The Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsors will be hosting the annual Salute to Business and Industry Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 20 starting at 11:30 a.m. at Lakeside Ballroom This year’s award recipient is Rolling Forks Vineyards.  The local recipient of the Salute to Business and Industry will be featured in next week’s Pope… Read More

The summer season is now history with lake residents taking advantage of the final warm temperatures of autumn to remove docks and lifts and prepare for the snow and ice that will soon cover the area’s lakes.  Here, a boat designed for removing docks and lifts headed toward Hunt’s Resort where the boat lift will… Read More

By Melanie Stegner news@pctribune.com The Pope County Highway Department has been busy preparing roads for the winter months after the storm events of last spring. They’re adding shouldering material on some paved highways and are removing silt and debris caused by the storms. Workers are preparing equipment by mounting plows for the winter season.  “The engineering staff… Read More

By Kris Goracke news@pctribune.com The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines craft as a “skill in making things especially with the hands. 2: an occupation or trade requiring skill with the hands or as an artist.”  It is this appeal to create with their hands that brothers Darin and Tyler Kinnamon, both from Oklahoma, practice the craft of preserving… Read More