Members of the Buckthorn Brigade, local volunteers dedicated to removing the invasive buckthorn plant from Glenwood’s Barsness Park, were busy last Monday burning buckthorn that was removed from the park during the summer and fall months.  The buckthorn was gathered into piles and burned with the help of the city workers.  The group waits until… Read More

A 41-year-old woman from Belgrade died in a head-on collision early Monday morning, Jan. 22  on Highway 55 between east of Brooten. According to a crash report from the Minnesota State Patrol, Cassie Evlyn Mithaugen died behind the wheel of a 2012 Honda Fit. An unnamed 3-year-old female passenger in Mithaugen’s vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries. She… Read More

One person is dead and another injured after a semi-truck and a vehicle crash near Morris early Friday morning.  According to the Minnesota State Patrol report,  a Semi driven by 63-year-old Scott Braam of Crystal was traveling northbound on Highway 59 and a pickup driven by 22-year-old James Gades of Starbuck was southbound when they collided.  The… Read More

Congratulations to the Laker BPA Team on their performance at Alexandria Technical College on Friday, Jan. 26. All Minnewaska Area Laker team members earned a trip to the State Leadership Conference, March 14-16 in Minneapolis. The team members and their projects include: Administrative Support Research Project, Soffia Stadtherr – 1st; Advanced Desktop Publishing, Daisy Lin… Read More

as reported by Barsness Park volunteers By Wayne Zimmerman  Last fall volunteers worked hard to remove seed bearing buckthorn trees from an area just south and west of the Splash Pad. Many of the trees were 3 to 4 inches in diameter.  A few of the volunteers opted to hand pull small buckthorns from the moist… Read More

Request for Proposals applications accepted through 5 p.m. March 15 United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties is requesting proposals to help us achieve our goals within Health, Education & Financial Stability. United Way invites 501(c)3 nonprofits, schools or government organizations doing outstanding work in these areas to consider applying for United Way Community Impact Grants…. Read More

21 lb. pickerel caught in Lake Pelican From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, January 31, 1924. A 21 pound pickerel was caught in Lake Pelican by Dick Southward this week. The fish was on display in the Daylight Meat Market. Sunday, January 27, Gene Callaghan, Glenwood’s best known and most popular citizen reached his 70th years’ milestone. Seventy… Read More

Visitors Guide wins best magazine Jan. 30, 1964 – Over 2,000 Boy Scouts were expected to attend the first-ever Scout Fishing Derby on Lake Minnewaska. Organizers anticipated the gathering to be one of the largest groups of scouts in one place in Minnesota and North and South Dakota. Over 400 advance registrations had already been received.  Salary increases… Read More

110 YEARS AGO From Jan. 30, 1914 Arrangements have been made whereby the management of the Dreamland Motion Picture Show has passed into the hands of young live wires George Fossen and Paul Metlie. These young gentlemen conducted the show last Tuesday night and their many friends were out in force and completely filled the house. Edward Hanson… Read More

Pictured above are the Triple AAA nominees from Minnewaska Area High School for the 2023-24 school year, Teagan Stark (left) and Jayce Kovarik.  They were announced to the crowd during a boys basketball game against Melrose, Jan. 8.  Jayce is the son of Holly and Kip Kovarik.  He has been involved with choir, cross-country, wrestling, … Read More