High winds associated with a strong thunderstorm last Thursday evening caused some building damage, downed trees and power outages across most of western Pope County. The Cyrus, Starbuck and Lowry cities were hit the hardest with mostly tree damage.  There were about 24 trees down in Starbuck, according to Starbuck Fire Chief Doug Noyes.   The storm… Read More

A group of Glenwood area residents recently attended a “Rally for the Arts” at the Capitol in St. Paul.  Sarah Fossen (daughter of Ivan and Sue Fossen of Glenwood) is executive director for MN Citizens for the Arts and provided leadership to make the rally happen.  A number of Glenwood area residents were at the… Read More

By Melanie Stegner, news@pctribune.com  Kenzie and Kenna Leutmer have spent their short lives on Lake Minnewaska and their entrepreneurial spirit has taken that experience, along with their hobbies, to a new level. The girls will be providing wakesurfing lessons in their new business venture, Surf’s Up Waska.  One thing that has been important to the Leutmer girls… Read More

By Mel Stegner, news@pctribune.com  Starbuck has many people dedicated to preserving its history, evidenced by several organizations including the Starbuck Depot Society. One piece of history that is known the world over is Starbuck’s claim to fame, the world’s largest lefse.  Starbuck’s nine foot, eight inch lefse has held the record since 1983, and sparked the creation… Read More

A permanent, bronze sculpture of a sailboat will soon replace the actual sailboat placed at the “Sailboat Plaza” that is part of the Lake Minnewaska Lakewalk at the end of Minnesota Avenue along North Lakeshore in Glenwood. The Glenwood City Commission approved the sculpture’s location and agreed to own it and insure the sculpture once it… Read More

By Tim Douglass, tdouglass@pctribune.com Glenwood City Commissioners received a favorable audit report from the city’s 2021 financial audit conducted by Abdo Solutions. The audit revealed that the general fund budget compared to actual showed that revenues came in about $132,277 over budget and that expenditures were about $696,543 under budget, giving the city about $823,820 excess in… Read More

By Melanie Stegner, news@pctribune.com The assessor, probation director and county engineer were on hand at this week’s county board committee of the whole meeting to present their annual reports and updates.  Mike Wacker and Bonnie Lay presented the assessors report. They noted the requirement under Minnesota statute that valuations need to meet certain sales value thresholds in… Read More

By Kris Goracke, news@pctribune.com With two public hearings and a short regular meeting, the Starbuck City Council meeting was quick and short.  The first of the two public hearings concerned a conditional use permit for the new marina located in the Starbuck City Park.  With no comments or questions the hearing was closed.  The second public… Read More

The Minnewaska Area Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth graders displayed their musical talents last week at their spring concerts. The bands played a wide array of musical selections for audiences to enjoy. The junior high had enough kids with an interest in Jazz Band to have three of them perform. Several soloists were featured including… Read More

Water from Lake Minnewaska was running over the dam at Starbuck with a level about 15 inches above the dam last Thursday, before another thunderstorm  brought more  heavy rain and strong winds to the area.  Just two weeks ago, the water was measured to be about 6-8 inches over the dam.  The area received about… Read More