Guest Editorial By Michelle Witt, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Minnesota The League of Women Voters of Minnesota has been a trusted source of nonpartisan voter registration and education for over 100 years, serving citizens across the state of Minnesota to ensure free, fair and safe elections. In doing so, we’ve been a… Read More

Visit Starbuck Depot open house during Heritage Days  From Blaine Pederson, Starbuck The Starbuck Depot appreciates the news coverage that the Pope County Tribune and Starbuck Times provided for Lefse Dagen 2022.   The combined grand opening of the Lefse Hall of Fame and celebration of the 30th anniversary of the grand opening of the Starbuck… Read More

Minnewaska Musings By Paul Gremmels Even in this age of high speed digital communication, I still write letters. Well, mostly typed, but always signed with a postscript note. Folded and sealed in an envelope with a handwritten address. Sometimes, I write them by hand, but my mostly illegible handwriting and uncertain spelling causes the process to… Read More

View from a Prairie Home By Hege Herfindahl, Columnist Summer is here with heat and sunshine and color. I love flowers. They make me happy and I love caring for them. It gives me peace. And to be outside. Finally! I love to sit and just look at my flowers, my mind filled with joy. The… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Emerald ash borer (EAB) is native to East Asia and was discovered in Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario, in 2002. Indications are that it may have been introduced to this area as early as 1990 by means of infested wood packing material from Asia. EAB has spread rapidly across… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist We are working our way into the third installment of a 4-part series in the subject of training your own dog. We started with owner commitments and expectations and moved into how easy it is to get your dog to go for a relaxing walk with you or another… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist What joy it is for grandpas and grandmas to be invited to a 4 year old’s birthday party! We can feel young and silly in our party hats once again. Yesterday Dave and I attended our granddaughter Charli’s fourth birthday celebration complete with party dresses, presents and a… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune There are a couple of photos on Page 5A of this issue that clearly indicate the higher water level of Lake Minnewaska right now. I was recently at the outlet dam near the Starbuck Marina and measured the water level and it was 20 inches… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone It’s probably hard for many to not see the Jan. 6 Committee hearings as anything but political theatre. That is too bad because what is being talked about is an effort to say that the votes of millions of voters should not have counted in the 2020 election for President… Read More

It’s really about ‘common decency’ From Jeanette Rykhus, Glenwood I do believe that John Messenger was not writing a political letter to the editor, but posing a “common decency” question to the citizens and parents of the surrounding area. Now we have summer travelers passing by the vulgarity on top of the hill. What must… Read More