By Mel Stegner news@pctribune.com  Changes are being made to the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. After a staff-initiated review, the sections of the ordinance that required amendments were Section 2.2, Section 6, Section 7 and Section 8. Section 2.2 is a list of definitions for the terms used in the ordinance that were not previously defined… Read More

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Who says it isn’t possible to make a case for lowering the estimated market values on property? The Glenwood City Commission hosted the annual Board of Appeal and Equalization  meeting last Wednesday for city property owners and heard a number of requests for reducing property values and took action to reduce dozens of them…. Read More

American Solutions for Business recently donated $5,000 for pickleball courts.  A dedicated group of local community members are raising funds to convert existing tennis courts to pickleball courts in City Park in Glenwood.   Pickleball is growing rapidly in all surrounding communities and ASB  is supporting the conversion.  Accepting American’s donation are: Merlin Schroeder (left)… Read More

Chamber meetings are the third Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the chamber office  Report from last week’s Starbuck Chamber meeting: At last week’s meeting of the Starbuck Chamber of Commerce, six board members and four guests were present and 2022 Heritage Days preparation was the main topic on the agenda.  The board discussed and confirmed each Heritage… Read More

  The beautiful western shores of Lake Minnewaska will again be hosting the Dragon Boat Festival on Aug. 13.  This will be the 13th anuual Dragon Boat Festival hosted by the Starbuck Chamber of Commerce. “We are so excited to bring this race back!  For those who have not taken part-this is the time to join in!… Read More

Kylee Berger, a Forester for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, will be in Glenwood on May 3 to assist in management of buckthorn and other invasive species in Barsness Park.   She will meet with anyone interested at 12:30 p.m. in the lower group meeting room at Pizza Ranch in Glenwood. Her presentation will include: •Providing… Read More

The annual Mother/Son event, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization, was held on Thursday, March 19, at the Minnewaska Area High School. The group played a rousing game of moms vs. kid’s dodgeball, made a photograph holder, and had pizza together. Mary Walsh was the coordinator for the Mother/Son event and Minnewaska High School students… Read More

A few anglers took advantage of the warm temperatures last Saturday and wet a line at the Starbuck Marina. Anglers were targeting crappies and sunfish, which usually move into the warmer shallow water just after ice-out.  The Starbuck Marina was about the only place to fish out of the wind on Saturday, with gusts up… Read More

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources encourages Minnesotans to contact the state if they see evidence of a fish die-off in a lake or stream. These fish die-offs happen occasionally and can result from a variety of causes. “People can help by reporting fish die-offs right away,” DNR limnology consultant Tom Burri said. “These reports help… Read More

Members of the Minnewaska High School Baseball Team were busy last Wednesday after school shoveling snow from the field near the third-base line at Marthaler Stadium on the MAS campus.  Their work paid off, with the local high school team taking the field for the first home game of the season on Thursday of last… Read More