Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator It’s time for the Great Minnesota Get Together, and that means lots of great food on a stick and hordes of yellowjackets! Yes, that ubiquitous wasp will be appearing in great numbers at the state fair, especially around waste receptacles and tasty snacks. Here’s some basic information about these… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Recently I was at the first day of Farmfest (a very nice, cool day, for a change).  At the forums led by Pope County’s own Kent Thiesse, the Farm Bill was mentioned quite often by the various candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in Minnesota. It’s been awhile since… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Sitting on our deck overlooking Carman’s Bay, I’ve been watching summer lazily drift by. Content to relax looking out at the activity and peacefulness of the lake,  I’m  living the life of those characters from that favorite 1981 movie  On Golden Pond. Remember that movie of an aging couple starring… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune There has been a lot of national political talk about Minnesota recently.  The impetus behind the talk has been about Governor Tim Walz being considered as a Vice-President candidate to run with Kamala Harris. Walz’s fortunes were on the rise as he continued an aggressive campaign… Read More

Vote for Trump and ‘you won’t have to vote again…’ From Jim Thoreen Glenwood A New York Times reporter filed his report of what former President Donald Trump stated to a gathering of religious conservatives on July 26th in Florida; the reporter quoted Trump: “Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Generally I’m not a fan of tariffs. If not used judiciously they can distort the marketplace and really not do the market overall any good. They are enacted, in theory, to level the marketplace from those who would dump goods into our marketplace and make it impossible for some goods… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist Last week I started a conversation about the possibility of adding a pointing dog to my pack of flushing Labradors. I was pretty uneducated about where to start on this endeavor. I looked up a group of dogs called versatile breeds. There end up being 28 different breeds that… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator               Japanese beetles, about ½ inch long and metallic green with coppery-brown wings, are infesting Alexandria this summer. These pests were accidentally introduced toNew Jersey in 1916 with nursery stock for the World’s Fair and have since spread across the United States. They… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I am writing this on the first day of August. The air is heavy and full of moisture. We have had so much rain. But God saved us from the violent storms they had just north of here and I am so grateful. Only one big branch fell… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist What a summer we’re having! Hot sun; great swimming, skiing and boating; reunions of family and friends; and lovely quiet mornings and moonlit evenings on the lake. Remember those sticky lake flies we fought in June? Bugs would stick to bed sheets hanging on the clothesline in the back… Read More