The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist This the fourth installment of the do-it-yourself obedience training for your own dog. Prior columns have covered the basics of getting the sponge in the obedience bucket level of obedience outcome when training in your own dog. The prior printings covered should have taken about 4-5 weeks to get… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist I’m so lucky to be a grandparent to three little girls, Elizabeth, Charlie and Max Margaret. We’re anticipating the arrival of a  fourth grandchild at any moment. Sometimes I’m called grandma. Ellie calls me Nana. Most of the time I get a huge grin and a big hug…that’s the… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Both Minnesota Republicans and Democrats support returning surplus tax payments to Minnesotans, and yet they can’t agree on returning surplus tax payments to Minnesotans. Last week Gov. Tim Walz resurrected the idea of providing each Minnesotan with a check–$1,000 to individuals and $2,000 to families…. Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Watching video recently of the damage to roads in the Yellowstone National Park area was a sad surprise. Readers of this space know we are frequent visitors to the park. Bring up “road trip” to the kids, grandkids or Mary and Yellowstone is nearly always in the top spot or… Read More

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