MAES first grade students have been learning all about bats. Last week parents came in to help celebrate their learning with Bat Day stations! They read books in bat caves, experienced what it would be like to have bat senses, learned how to draw bats, and practiced addition with some bat bingo!

The Fright Nights crew posed for a photo on Halloween night at Rolling Forks Vineyards. The Fright Nights crew conducted a Haunted Maze at Rolling Forks and “it was a huge success with 100 guests going through the maze,” said Todd Gylsen of Fright Nights.  “We are looking at collaborating together next year for another… Read More

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Pope County residents and Minnesota voters are busy with early voting.   As of the end of the day on Thursday, Oct. 31, Pope County had received 2,543 ballots, according to Stephanie Rust, Pope County Auditor/Treasurer.   There are currently 7,880 registered voters in Pope County so that’s about 32% who voted by… Read More

If you live in the City of Glenwood and are voting in-person on Election Day tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 5), you will vote at the Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce offices/Welcome Center. This will be the first General Election where city voters will vote at the Chamber office/Welcome Center located at 7 1st Street NW, just… Read More

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com Glenwood’s City Engineer Blaine Green updated the city commission last week on the Lead Service Line Program for Glenwood. He told commissioners the city’s water utility workers have been knocking on doors and doing an inventory of the city’s water lines.  The program is required under federal law enacted to “eliminate all lead… Read More

A report of crash with injuries by the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office happened near intersection of County Road 116 and Farmcrest Road, in Crow River Township.  When deputies arrived, they observed a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado with moderate damage in the west ditch of County Road 116.  The truck appeared to have rolled before landing on its… Read More

•Open to households in Pope County and West Central area\ A new cooperative is launching in west central Minnesota to help area residents and businesses switch to using solar energy. Solar United Neighbors (SUN), a national nonprofit organization, is launching the Lakes and Prairies Solar Co-op in Pope County as well as other West Central Minnesota counties… Read More

Armful of Love committee members are preparing for the program that provides Christmas gifts for infants -18 years living in the household and a family holiday food package. The Pope County program was created to help relieve stressors that families may experience over the holiday season. If community members, businesses or organizations would like to help… Read More

Meetings to be held from Nov. 7-Dec. 16 Landlords, farmers and agri-business professionals should make plans to attend one of the informative meetings being held across Minnesota. These free meetings are being provided by the University of Minnesota Extension. Farmland rental rates are the largest input cost to the farmer. Determining a fair farmland rental agreement… Read More

110 YEARS AGO From Nov. 6, 1914 Band Notice: A meeting will be held in the schoolhouse by Rev. N. Forde’s on Monday evening, November 9, at 8:00 o’clock for the purpose of organizing a band. All interested be sure to attend. -H.C. Berg, band instructor. E.H. Dahl and John Skoglund returned Tuesday evening from a hunting trip… Read More