Notes from Barsness Park By Wayne Zimmerman The volunteers working with the Barsness Buckthorn Brigade have been “making a difference”. They have been working with the city since 2021 in the daunting task of protecting the prairies, oak grove savannas, wetlands, and wooded areas of the park from being devastated by buckthorn. We initially focused on areas… Read More

By Kris Goracke Reporter With a short agenda and limited discussion, the Starbuck City Council’s regular monthly meeting concluded in 30 minutes on Monday, May 13. A public hearing was held at 6:35 to hear comments regarding the subdividing of parcel #27-0086-000. With no public comments or discussion on the part of the council, the public hearing ended…. Read More

Fishing opener declared the best in years May 21, 1964 – A dairy princess and two attendants would be picked from a field of 14 candidates in Pope County. The 14 were Audrey Mickelson, Sheila Erickson, Nancy Anderson, LaVerne Anderson, Helen Odegaard, Margaret Mortenson, Judy Anderson, Ann Anderson, Mary Ramey, Arlene Lundebrek, Connie Loen, Alyce Kalina,… Read More

New fire truck purchased by the Village of Cyrus From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, May 22, 1924 Dr. Christenson of Starbuck sneaked out the back door of his office at Starbuck on Monday and took the first train for Washington, D.C. where he goes to see the fireworks in congress. “Doc” is going to let Washington… Read More

110 YEARS AGO From May 22, 1914 Nels O. Urness of Route #1 was a Starbuck visitor on last Saturday. He also paid his annual call at the Times office and gladdened the editor’s heart with that $1.50 that we like so well for his subscription.  Mr. Earl K. Yarick, editor of the Aurora News, Aurora, MN, was… Read More

The Minnewaska High School Varsity and Concert Bands had a rousing performance last week to a packed house. A tradition in Mrs. Polzin’s classroom is a box of cornflakes that gets hidden and moves throughout the room. This year’s corn flakes keeper was Ross Thorfinnson. The talented musicians put on a rousing show that included… Read More

Minnewaska Area Elementary Music Students worked hard all year and their skills were proven at several concerts last week. The choirs are directed by Jess Listerud and Jen Germundson and the dedication of the staff to putting on a good show was definitely noticed. Each of the concerts had a theme and the students were… Read More

By Tim Douglass tdouglass@pctribune.com The City of Long Beach will again take action with local law enforcement and public officials to address public safety concerns surrounding an “unofficial lake event” that attracts a flotilla of boats and thousands of people to Bottle Bay on Lake Minnewaska in July, especially during Waterama weekend. The flotilla, with hundreds of… Read More

More than 340 students at Minnewaska Area Elementary School participated in a special Wonder Wednesday last week (May 8). Each student was able to choose two amazing sessions – Tech time, Humane Society, Learn Spanish, Learn about Plants/FFA, Painting, Boomwhackers, Styling Hair, Card Making, Shirt Designs, Building a Hovercraft, Birdhouses, Drumming, Gym Time, String Art,… Read More

Kaley Poegel was recently named 2024 Teacher of Excellence winner by the Minnewaska Parent-Teacher Organization (PT0).  Kaley is a 4th-grade teacher at MAS and was chosen by nominations from parents with children at MAS.  The nominations included how Kaley impacted student growth. Kaley, center, received a $500 check to be used in her classroom as… Read More