The excavation work on the splash pad being installed at Barsness Park in Glenwood got underway last week.  The project was delayed earlier this summer because the location chosen for the pad was not appropriate.  The site was relocated to the south side of the creek and east of the road in the park.  The… Read More

A large pump was used to pour concrete onto the new bridge deck on Highway 29 just north of Glenwood last Thursday.  Crews poured the entire bridge deck in one, 9-hour day.  The Highway 29 overpass project is nearing its completion and it is still estimated that the project will be done this fall.  The… Read More

18th Annual Auxiliary Harvest Ball fundraiser promises Roaring Fun It’s time to dust off your dancing shoes and get out the 3-piece suits and flapper gowns! The 18th Annual Glacial Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Harvest Ball is back after a two-year hiatus and will be held on Friday, Oct. 7 at the Minnewaska House. This year’s ball… Read More

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Glenwood City Commissioners are closer to viewing the final draft of two ordinances that will allow ATVs and golf carts to drive on city streets. Commissioners spent nearly an hour at last Tuesday’s regular meeting discussing a few changes they’d like to see in the final ordinance.  Some of those changes came from… Read More

The Minnewaska Area High School Concert Choir has received one of the highest honors a choir can get in Minnesota. They have been invited to perform at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Annual State Convention this February in Minneapolis. This will only be the second time in the school’s history this invitation has been extended… Read More

The “Night to Unite” in Starbuck is an event for the whole family including free live music by Jackson Burns, food, inflatables, balloon twister, prizes for the kids and several other family activities. The event will be held at the Starbuck Depot Museum from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6. Businesses and… Read More

By Kris Goracke news@pctribune.com With little discussion, the Starbuck City Council approved the proposed 2023 tax levy, increasing the levy from 5 percent in 2022 to 8 percent for 2023. The total levy payable in 2021 was $829,377. Payable in 2022, the total levy is $870,845. The council’s preliminary budget increases the total levy to $940,513… Read More

A report on the status of aquatic invasive species in Lake Scandi was given at the Pope County Committee of the Whole meeting this week. Dan Anderson and Bob Walsh with the Scandi Lake Association (SLA) discussed the lake management plan and the results of the point intercept survey. “We’ve been using 2,4D to eliminate… Read More

The Commission on Judicial Selection announced last week that it is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota’s Eighth Judicial District. The vacancy occurred upon the retirement of the Honorable Charles C. Glasrud. The seat will be chambered in Morris in Stevens County. The Eighth Judicial District includes the counties of… Read More

A stay of adjudication has been granted in the case of a Glenwood man charged with felony criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. The sentence of Thomas Wayne Virkus, 20, was handed down on Sept. 1. A second third-degree charge against Virkus was dismissed.    A stay of adjudication is the most favorable type of sentence… Read More