Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Over the years I’ve had numerous occasions to use the services of Glacial Ridge Health System here in Glenwood. I get my regular checkups here and in February had surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon performed by Dr. Alissa Redding. The next step in the recovery process was physical therapy… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist I was driving to work today in my small-town USA and saw a sight that is so common. One that just causes me pain. It is one of those pains that I don’t actually suffer from but feel it when I see someone else suffering from it. My route… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator If you’ve spent any time at all outside this summer, you are aware of the sudden mass influx of mosquitos. These pesky bugs are not only irritating, but they can also spread disease causing organisms to humans and animals. West Nile Virus is a mosquito born virus that can… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I read and read and read and read. I read for entertainment. I read to escape. As I read, I learn. My world expands and I have new fodder for my dreams, my thoughts, my imagination. Now, I also read books about grief. About the new way to… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist As summer days pass, do you wonder where does the day go by so fast and you get so little done? Do the sticky hot days leave you with little energy? Do you just want to lie on the dock and dive off the dock into the water to… Read More

What’s on the Horizon for Public Health by Marcia Schroeder, RN Horizon Public Health  There was a spike in measles cases in 1958. I was probably part of that spike. I remember mom taking my temperature frequently and that I had to stay in a darkened room to protect my eyes. (This practice was later found unnecessary.)… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune A milestone, of sorts, was accomplished last week when the Barsness Park Splash Pad opened for the season.  The community effort to provide kids with a recreational water device pad started almost six years ago when it was identified as something needed in the city’s… Read More

A bit of history on Independence Day-July 4 From Jay Backer, Chair, Senate District 12 Republicans Two hundred forty-seven years ago, in 1776, after affixing his signature to the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, explaining the significance of what he and the founding fathers had done. In his letter, he… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Former President Donald J. Trump’s history is that he does what he wants to do, when he wants to do it, without regard to traditions, laws or public perception. There are those who see that as an endearing quality, the fellow willing to ditch tradition and be his own man,… Read More

Minnewaska Musings By Paul Gremmels In gardening, like everything else, you learn things over time. Like; a weed is only a plant that is growing where you don’t want it to grow. One of the first weeds I learned about and still battle today in my garden, is called “Common Purslane.” I used to hate this… Read More