The Waterama Medallion was found Saturday afternoon by Soffia Stadtherr, Ayden Anderson, Lyla Stadtherr, Sara Stadtherr, and Tom Stadtherr.  It was found behind the Pope County License Bureau on the new waste bin enclosure. The winners of the Medallion Hunt receive $100 in Minnewaska dollars. 

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Minnesota Grazing Lands Conservation Association (GLCA) invite you to attend an on-farm field day on Aug. 15, from 3:45 to 7:30 p.m.,  at the Greg Pederson Site in Southern Pope County. Greg Pederson and Byron and Joanne Braaten welcome you. The field day will focus mainly on… Read More

Anyone between the ages of 10 and 15 years old can attend an ATV safety class on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The class will be held at Pope County Fairgrounds and attendees must preregister by emailing Conservation Officer Daniel Baumbarger at daniel.baumbarger@state.mn.us. In order to attend, students must take and pass… Read More

Recently a mural was placed on the side of Samuelson Drug in Starbuck, recognizing the history of the area and how far the town has come. The mural was inspired by and dedicated to Audrey Amundson in a surprise ceremony. Her thanks was evident in the kind words and emotion she showed during the ceremony… Read More

Mr. Furtney turns part of property into campground From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, July 26, 1923. A get-together meeting of the county auditors, highway engineers and county commissioners of the 4th division of the State Highway Department was held last Thursday afternoon at Glenwood. The session was held in the beautiful city park on the… Read More

Local supermarkets seeing a beef shortage August 1, 1963 – Annele Suojanen, a Finnish Foreign exchange student, joined her Glenwood family, Oliver and Dorothy Hoplin and girls, for the coming school year. She noted that Glenwoodites “smiled all the time.” “Finns keep things bottled up,” she said. Outboard motors were the target of area thieves. Several had been… Read More

110 YEARS AGO From Aug. 8, 1913 A man was soundly thrashed by his wife last week for not paying his newspaper subscription after she had given him the cash to do it. May her crown be trimmed to order and her harp have an extra string.  Everyone is busy making hay between showers.  The corn crop certainly will… Read More

The Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Welcome Center have not failed to disappoint with their Music in the Park series for the summer. A big crowd came out to take in the Blues Brothers Revue last Thursday. The group performed several songs from the Blues Brothers catalog and even broke out some of… Read More

Family fun-filled week is ahead Glenwood’s 67th annual Waterama gets underway this week and visitors from all over come to Glenwood and the Lake Minnewaska area for one of the oldest continuous summer celebrations in Minnesota. Waterama 2023 will again feature all the fun-filled family activities for which it has become known.  Just some of those… Read More

The 137th annual Pope County Fair is set for next week, Aug. 2-5 at the Pope County Fairgrounds in Glenwood. This year’s fair is jam packed with events both familiar and new.  Back by popular demand on  Friday night is the Family Fun Night sponsored by the Pope County Ag Society.   Main events on Family Fun… Read More