Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Anthracnose is a common disease affecting many shade trees in Minnesota, including ash, maple, birch, buckeye, elm, hornbeam, oak, walnut, linden, hickory and willows. This disease is caused by fungi that are specific to each type of tree, meaning the fungi infecting ash trees won’t infect maple or oak… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist “It doesn’t matter who my father was,” Anne Sexton wrote, “It matters who I remember he was.” Fathers’ Day is only a week or so away. It’s time to shop for a new necktie or handkerchief for Dad. That’s what kids did in June back in the 1950s. Remember… Read More

Electing Donald Trump ‘will doom democracy’ From Jim Thoreen, Glenwood When Donald Trump was in the White House he told then Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham to use his method of lying: “As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn’t matter what you say.” I offered those words in a recent letter to the editor. … Read More

Guest opinion By Steve Nestor, Former Board Member and Co-Founder of Central Square Last month, 30 years ago, a member of the consolidated new school board of Minnewaska Area asked a few of us, who had voiced concern about the vacant Central High School here in Glenwood, to meet with him. I and three others… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone One of the first elections I really paid attention to was that of 1960 where former Vice-President Richard Nixon, a Republican who had served eight years under President Dwight Eisenhower was seeking the presidency and was being challenged by a Democratic senator, John F. Kennedy. Both men were in their… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist While it’s been years since I was involved in proms, and many fewer years since our three kids were involved in proms, I don’t recall any shoe issues of any kind. A column in THE LAND magazine of May 24, 2024, by Karen Schwaller in her Table Talk column,… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator White grubs have been causing problems in Minnesota lawns for several seasons. These larvae come from beetles like Japanese beetles, masked chafers and May/June beetles, and they feed on plant roots. Here’s how to recognize and manage a grub infestation. Identifying Grub Damage Signs of white grub damage include… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist It’s a glorious early morning in the beginning of summer. I can’t help it, I must step outside. Since we live so far from our neighbors and our driveway is so long I can hear if someone is coming in time and dash inside before they drive up…. Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist When summer arrives after a long isolating winter, I feel a special kind of enchantment. Summer breezes smell extra fine. The grass feels softer. Waves gently lick the shore. Hammocks swing slowly between backyard trees, and we sleep so well at night after playing outdoors all day. Now that… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune The  end of a Minnesota Legislative session is always tumultuous, but last week’s conclusion was a bit over the top. DFLers tried to put all the unfinished bills into one 2,800-page omnibus bill after Republicans spent much of the week filibustering the bills that were included… Read More