Opinions

  • Retaining police officers is a concern

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:44am CDT

    Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune The difficulty law enforcement agencies have recruiting and retaining state troopers, police officers and sheriff’s deputies has been widely reported.   There’s a bill at the Minnesota State Capitol aimed at helping solve part of that problem by focusing on the retention of Minnesota State Troopers…. Read More

  • Winston-Salem–a North Carolina town that tobacco built

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:36am CDT

    Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone For a number of years we have traveled to North Carolina for a week or two in the winter. The prime reason is to visit my brother who lives in Winston Salem. And usually in February it is much warmer there than it is here in Pope County. Winston-Salem is… Read More

  • One Single Yesterday

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:35am CDT

    Minnewaska Musings By Paul Gremmels Amy Lee died last month. On Leap Day no less. Amy was small of stature, but a giant matriarch of our community. Fierce, with a wit and fire like the arc of a lightning bolt. “Hell hath no fury” – indeed. She had been known to mother her family, tend to… Read More

  • Lending a Helping Hand

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:34am CDT

    The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist I recently did a podcast with Ron Shara Productions host Travis Frank about volunteering. If you would like to listen to it search The Flush Podcast. We spoke for about an hour about what motivates a person to volunteer for 40 years for the same organization. This is the… Read More

  • MN Farm Scores Big with Only 7 inches of Rain

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:33am CDT

    View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist From the mid-February 2024 issue of the Farm Journal written by Rhonda Brooks comes this incredible story of a Minnesota farm couple winning the award for non-irrigated category of the NCGA yield contest for Minnesota.  Here it is, edited for length: In 2023, David Heublein grew a contest-winning corn yield… Read More

  • April Garden Chores: A Delicate Balance

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:33am CDT

    Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator The erratic winter weather has left both plants and gardeners confused. With fluctuating temperatures swinging from unseasonably warm to frigid lows, our gardens have experienced false starts aplenty. To navigate this uncertainty, here’s a curated list of April garden chores to temper spring fever: 1. Monitor the Temperature: While… Read More

  • Family of Faith

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:32am CDT

    View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist Once again, the year turns towards Easter. The six weeks of Lent are behind us. In Norwegian, the word for Lent is Faste, meaning, of course, fast. So, to get ready for the Passion of Jesus, many of us fast, or these days, many of us give up… Read More

  • Easter Egg Hunt Chaos

    Published on March 25, 2024 at 11:31am CDT

    From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Easter is celebrated with  tulips, lilies, hyacinths and hydrangeas beautifying our churches and homes. We honor the risen Christ with hymns accompanied by trumpets, gather family and decorate Easter eggs…Some folks have a chocolate bunny Easter egg hunt for the kids in their neighborhoods. Have you ever wondered about the… Read More

  • Legislature considers constitutional amendment

    Published on March 18, 2024 at 11:57am CDT

    Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Some Minnesota lawmakers want to place a question on the 2024 general election ballot that would create an independent redistricting commission to prevent the common practice — including in neighboring Wisconsin — of majority parties drawing highly favorable legislative and congressional district maps that can… Read More

  • Guest Opinion

    Published on March 18, 2024 at 11:55am CDT

    Kevin Frazier: We need to ask the right questions “By asking questions about how we can more responsibly and effectively use that role to create lasting change, we can sow the seeds for a democracy that matches our expectations and allows us to reach our potential.” By Kevin Frazier In the most recent season of… Read More

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