Senior News By Diane Kittelson, Pope County Senior Services Consultant/Coordinator The Caregiver Action Network began promoting national recognition of family caregivers in 1994. President Clinton signed the first NFC Month Presidential Proclamation in 1997 and every president since has followed suit by issuing an annual proclamation recognizing and honoring family caregivers each November. Celebrating Family Caregivers… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Some days I feel like I’m a walking drug store. My pills for blood pressure and heart, sleep and bone density come in all sizes and shapes. Pink, white and blue pills tumble from my assortment of tiny vials twice a day, morning and evening.    I’m not the… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune All the television and radio commercials will soon end with the general election coming up on Tuesday Nov. 8. Of course, in Minnesota we can vote early by mail and in person.  It’s getting late to vote by mail, but you can vote early in… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone The City of Glenwood has spent quite a few months going over a potential ordinance that governs golfs carts and ATVs. Some of what is being talked about makes sense. For example cars have license plates. This not only tells law enforcement the car is legally licensed, it allows them… Read More

Remember a few things before voting From Timothy Fiala, Glenwood When going to the polls in November I am not telling you (forcing you who to vote for). But instead, just remember that when Walz and Ellison were prosecuting restaurant owners and they were letting criminals burn down and loot Minneapolis without any repercussions. Also… Read More

Guest Opinion By Robert L Herbst  Pay Attention to Minnesota’s Secretary of State Race – Kim Crockett is a National Security Threat and a Clear and Present Danger to Our Democracy I am not a partisan. I served my country as Assistant Secretary of Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Senior Executive with the Tennessee… Read More

Minnewaska Musings By Paul Gremmels      I thought it was appropriate to be standing in a cemetery on Halloween. It wasn’t spooky or scary, except that it looked like we would be driving home in a white-out blizzard.      “How does that look?” My wife hollered over the wind driven snow.      “Great!” I hollered… Read More

Views from the Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Harvest for most farmers is over for the year 2022. Tillage is going on, especially on harvested corn ground. Lots of cornstalks in the area have been baled for feed or bedding – many of them going out of the county by truck.   From The Land Magazine of… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator If you are a landlord, farmer or agribusiness professional trying to figure out what to charge (or pay) for rented farmland in 2023, don’t miss the Farmland Rental Agreement workshop being held at the Alexandria Public Works Meeting room on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 9:30 a.m. and again at… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist The pheasant hunting season is under way and reports have been pretty good. I had an incident happen to me the other day that has never happened to me before in all of my years as an avid hunter. What follows is a summary of this encounter and my… Read More