The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist For whatever reason I awake every morning between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. My coffee pot is in my garage and as the coffee is brewing, I let out the herd of dogs at my house and then we spend the next two hours getting ready for work and paying… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist Syttende mai is coming this Friday and I always write a column about it. Writing about how Norway struggled for 400+ years with being ruled by a foreign nation for us to emerge to what our nation is today, is one of my passions. I love stories about… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist “God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” Jewish proverb Now that my Kate and Andy are grown, having children of their own, I’ve been wondering what my kids remember about their childhood. What do they remember about their childhood with Mom and Dad in the eighties?… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune It seems like it has been “spring” for months.  Lake Minnewaska was officially ice free on Wednesday, March 13, making it the earliest ice-out date since records began in 1906. Although we’ve had cooler weather in April, the spring-like weather started in late February and March…. Read More

Reminded of the difference between hero and counterfeit From Todd Guggisberg, Starbuck We tend to throw the word, ‘Hero’ around a lot lately in America. John R. Stone’s editorial about Senator John McCain in the April 22nd edition, should remind all of us of what a genuine person of character, commitment and patriotism looks like…. Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Most of you probably haven’t been paying much attention to what is going on with professional golf but there have been some changes and more may be on the way. I’m not sure I like them. The Professional Golf Association (PGA) has been the leading organization in professional golf for… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist Minnesota fishing opener is just right around the corner. This special day will have more Minnesotan’s out and about than any other outdoor opening day. The season opens at 12:01 on May 11. The season for pan fish stays open year-round but for walleyes and other game fish, there… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist While many of us are (or should be) concerned about spring cleaning, Paul Malchow, managing editor of THE LAND magazine, in the April 12 issue, covers a multitude of issues for us farmers and rural area residents. I’ll attempt to highlight a few of what I thought were pertinent… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Have you noticed circular patches of greener grass in your lawn? It’s not uneven fertilizer but fungi feeding on decomposing matter like old tree stumps, leaves or roots, releasing nitrogen. This phenomenon is called a fairy ring. Fairy rings are circular areas of abnormal turf growth, commonly found in… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I sit here at my desk. I put my desk in front of the window so I could overlook the prairie. No houses or cars block my view. There is nature. Only nature. My dear husband seeded the prairie behind our house to rye last year, because we… Read More