By Melanie Stegner news@pctribune.com After last week’s public hearing regarding the removal of trees and shrubs for the future construction of CSAH 17, the Pope County board of commissioners discussed the passing of resolution 202228. The resolution covers the removal of the roughly 70 trees from the landowners that received a notification, however, the intent of… Read More

Local State Farm® agent, Amy Roers, was one of 100 agents nationwide who were nominated and selected for outstanding community engagement. As part of the recognition, agents chose one nonprofit to receive a $5,000 State Farm grant. She chose Pope County Hearts & Hands Food Shelf with 50% of the funds going to the Light… Read More

Heading into the summer recreation season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is rolling out a new online pledge to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. Anyone 18 or older can go to the new Pledge to Protect Minnesota Waters page of the DNR website (mndnr.gov/AISPledge) to take the pledge and upload a photo,… Read More

By Kris Goracke news@pctribune.com The regular Starbuck City Council  meeting held on Monday, June 13, consisted of a variety of people presenting before the council as well as approving street repairs, a new siren and the pulling of Starry Stonewort and Milfoil in the Starbuck Marina. First before the council were Mark and Wendy Quinn, owners of… Read More

Phil Stumpf, and his wife Catherine, have sponsored Independence Day fireworks shows for six years on the grounds of Evergreen Park. “This year, our show is being held on Sunday, July 3 to coincide with the United Parish’s Ice Cream Social. We invite the community to come out to the park around 8 p.m. to… Read More

A crew of divers (pictured) from Waterfront Restoration were busy last week hand pulling the invasive plant, starry stonewort, from the Starbuck Marina on the west edge of Lake Minnewaska.  A trailer filled with the invasive plant showed their work was productive.  The divers also pulled eurasian milfoil from the marina. The crew worked for three… Read More

Colten Moe, son of Angie Pederson and Ken Moe recently donated $5,000 to the Minnewaska Lake Association (MLA). Ken owns Captains Bar & Grill on North Lakeshore Drive in Long Beach.  The family is pictured with Mike Stai (right), president of the MLA.

Another storm with very high winds hit the area last week. High winds and waves, along with a high water level in Lake Minnewaska, contributed to a number of boat lifts and docks damaged.  Here, a boat lift was upside down and twisted around an up-ended dock located on the west side of Lake Minnewaska. … Read More

By Melanie Stegner news@pctribune.com The Pope County HRA/EDA held a special meeting on Thursday to discuss the recommendation of ARPA funds for local childcare providers.  ARPA, which stands for the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provides relief funds to eligible state, local and tribal governments that have been negatively affected by the coronavirus.  The county received… Read More

By Melanie Stegner, news@pctribune.com  The Minnewaska Area Schools board discussed the service contract with Spark27 Creative, the company in charge of the school’s branding. A proposal was presented at the June 8 work session that included options to host and maintain the website and another that adds in digital communication activities. It was decided to table… Read More