On Saturday, April 6, Minnewaska hosted the 8 teams of 5A West for the MSHSL Subsection competition. Minnewaska is proud to be sending 13 speakers to the Section Tournament next Saturday and landed the 3rd place spot as a team. Thank you to the hard work of those who earned an Honorable Mention, and congratulations… Read More

Pope County Humane Society held their annual meeting on April 2nd where they recapped 2023 and their plans for 2024. Every year PCHS hosts the meeting that is open to the public who can come see what PCHS has been up to, learn more about the organization and ways to get involved, as well as… Read More

Glenwood High School to hold its biggest carnival From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, April 10, 1924 Blanche C. Anderson, of Glenwood, and Myrtle E. Peterson, of Farwell, were graduated from the school of agriculture at University Farm, St. Paul, at the thirty-fifth annual commencement exercises, held last week. Eighty-eight young men and women were given… Read More

St. Paul man to manage the Glenwood V Store April 9, 1964 – Olaf Hausken retired as a Soo Line engineer after over 44 years with Soo. He was proudest of the fact that he had not been in a wreck in all those years.   Over 250 area youngsters scrambled for candy eggs in the city park… Read More

110 YEARS AGO From April 10, 1914 Students taking part in the Junior class play “The Ladies of Cranford” at the Town Hall Friday evening were Rose Johnson, Clara Horjem, Cora Fossen, Grace Ericson, Helen Ranum, Leonard Olson, Gina Dyrstad, Lizzie Bruem, Molly Arneson, Evelyn Gorder, Gertrude Broderson and Inga Sandvig.  Amy Alfson, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and… Read More

The Minnewaska Area dance teams recently held their season-ending banquet at which time the Lakers announced the season’s team awards. The Lakers placed fourth in the High Kick and Jazz competitions at the Section 2A Dance Meet this year at NLS High School.  St. Cloud Cathedral, Holdingford and NLS claimed the top three spots in both competitions…. Read More

The Minnewaska Rotary Club’s first annual Cash Bash attracted nearly 200 people to Minnewaska House Brewing Co. + Grill on Saturday evening, March 23. Those attending purchased raffle tickets or were there to play games for the chance to win prizes. The main raffle for the event featured 200 tickets and all of them were sold about… Read More

An early spring snowstorm caused the Glenwood Lakes Area Welcome Center’s Easter Egg Hunt at Barsness Park on Saturday to again be a drive through event. Several attendees were greeted by the Easter bunny and given a bag of treats to enjoy. Students from the MAHS National Honor Society stuffed eggs and made a paper… Read More

It was the shortest open-water season on record with Lake Minnewaska becoming ice free on March 13, 2024 and then being ice-covered on March 28, 2024.  April Fools!  The ice did cover much of the lake again on Thursday, but it was thin and most was gone by mid afternoon.  It is likely it won’t… Read More

By Melanie Stegner Reporter The Minnewaska Area School Board took action last week to terminate the employment of Gloria Andreasen, Mental Health Professional at WIN Academy, following the discovery of restrictions placed on her license.  Restrictions were placed on Andreasen’s license in social work after an investigation by the Minnesota Board of Social Work discovered that between… Read More