Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Around March, “shamrock” plants are sold in grocery stores, discount stores and floral shops as a decoration for St. Patrick’s Day. These plants, unrelated to clovers, are a type of Oxalis, (also known as wood sorrels). The clover shaped leaves come in shades of green, red or purple, and… Read More

Cyber Moment By Mike Pfeiffer, Columnist CyberFyfe LLC Welcome to the Cyber Moment! In this monthly column, we’ll embark on a journey through the intricate and increasingly critical world of cybersecurity.  As we stand in the digital age, the relevance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated—especially for small businesses and individuals in our community. Our mission… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I love all seasons of the year and most months. But the months that kind of transition into another season, the months where one season is fading and another has not yet started make me yearn for the next season, the next month. Erland used to tease me… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Flash back to memories of being a ‘60s teenager swiveling on a padded vinyl stool at Setters’ Soda Fountain in Glenwood. I can’t help but grin recalling the fun adventures I had growing up in Glenwood. In high school several of us were lucky to get jobs at the… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Pope County received some great news on Friday when U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that the House of Representatives passed legislation that included $1,875,000 in funding for a project to create a new child care center licensed for 100 children… Read More

Dollars for Scholars thanks community From Jim Thoreen, Glenwood Editor Tim Douglass’ quote on page 4A in last week’s issue offers a nicely succinct manner of categorizing broadly how we can place people into one of three categories of minds: (Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.) It seems entirely… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Recently I wrote about things I had experienced, survived and learned over 60 some years of driving. On a recent trip to the Eastern United States in February I had several more “lessons” although I’m not entirely sure what I have learned from them other than the fact that Mary… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist From the January 2024 issue of Farm Journal by Tyne Morgan (host of the weekly “US Farm Report”).  The subtitle is “From a recession in China to $4 corn, time will tell.” Since the January issue of FJ came out, to today as I write this, the price of corn… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist I spent part of the day today rounding up a few pheasants from some friends to add to mine. I am preparing my donation to the Mulligan Stew Feed hosted by the Round Lake Sportsman’s Club this weekend at Round Lake Vineyards. I just smile when I hear people… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Today I received an email that is definitely a “keeper.” In our toss-away society, it’s a blessing to hear that there still remain keepers, things and people worth saving. Remember when we didn’t toss something just because it wasn’t working correctly. We fixed it. We resoled shoes; we saved… Read More