Jean Johnson from “Honor Quilts of West Central Minnesota” presented four worthy veterans with Honor Quilts in commemoration of their time in service. Each quilt has a corner patch with the veterans name and years of service, also information about the people involved in creating the quilt. Ms. Johnson also reads a thank you card… Read More

When is ice safe? There really is no sure answer. You can’t judge the strength of ice just by its appearance, age, thickness, temperature or whether or not the ice is covered with snow. Strength is based on all these factors – plus the depth of water under the ice, size of the water body,… Read More

The Starbuck Fire Department Auxiliary and the Starbuck VFW Auxiliary partnered again this year for Christmas Care, held on Saturday, Dec. 16. A special thank you to Santa and Mrs. Claus for their appearance and to Tom’s Market and Peddler Dan’s for the donations of products for the event. Christmas Care serves households in Western… Read More

Tile factory closes for the winter From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, December 27, 1923. The last finishing touch to the state road going south of Glenwood has been finished, that is, the erection of the railing along the curves and grades. John Skoglund of Starbuck did the work, which is a great credit to him…. Read More

New Glenwood Clinic building finished Dec. 26, 1963 – The Unc Anderson home was given the top prize in the city’s Christmas lighting contest, sponsored by the Jaycees. Second place went to the Harold Brundins with honorable mentions to the Ernest Pedersons, George Larsons, Harold Eastlunds, William Klevans and Merlin Gades.  Fifty-five county residents met to become… Read More

100 YEARS AGO From Dec. 21, 1923 Funeral services for Rev. H.O. Koefod, former pastor of Fron congregation, were conducted in Glenwood in the forenoon and at the Fron church in the afternoon with all the area pastors taking part in the service. Among the survivors are a brother, John of Duluth and a brother, Lauretz of… Read More

The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train rolled into town on Thursday of last week and featured performances from MacKenzie Porter and Dallas Smith. The train travels all over their network to aid local food banks and food shelves by raising money, food and awareness for food insecurity issues. Hearts and Hands Food Shelf was… Read More

Glenwood’s Magical Christmas continued last week at the Chamber and Welcome Center offices with a visit from Santa Claus and Jolly McJingles. Kids of all ages came to make bracelets, crafts, decorate cookies, make a craft and have some holiday snacks. Santa even handed out some pre-Christmas treat bags! Check out more photos in our photo… Read More

Bring on the Snow! was the theme of the holiday concert at Glacial Hills Elementary this year! The students’ hard work paid off as they filled the room with lots of music and laughter. “Thank you to Mrs. Morton for working so hard to instill a love for music in our kids and putting on… Read More

Minnewaska Area Elementary School second and third graders wowed audiences last week with their holiday concerts. Second grade classes put on a show called “On With the Snow!” Appearances were made from the abominable snowman, bigfoot and sasquatch. Choreography included a performance with shovels. The second grade performance was directed by Jessica Listerud.  Third grade classes… Read More