From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist For many of us, it’s a yearly tradition to honor veterans on Memorial Day. Veterans from several wars find their  uniforms they’ve stored in the back of their closets and wear them, once more, as their white gloved hands carry flags and rifles in an annual parade. Aged soldiers… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune As debt ceiling negotiations–something of an oxymoron–continue to edge closer to the June 1 deadline, we hear a lot about government budgets being compared to the “family budget.” I their debt ceiling negotiations with President Joe Biden, Republican leaders have called for budget cuts and… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone You’ve probably read some things about artificial intelligence over the past few years. It’s here and it is getting better, and more dangerous all the time. Actually it has been with us for some time. Machines that automatically reorder supplies for a store might be one example. You probably get… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist So, the prescribed fire season is coming to an end for this year. The weather has been un-cooperative to say the least. Burning prescribed fire needs at least some measure of help from mother nature, winds from one direction and at a mph that would make a wind surfer… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist A couple mornings ago I was getting ready to have some breakfast. There was a red glow on the floor in my kitchen, which faces the rising sun. The red glow turned out to be the red sunlight, peeking over the woods to the east of my farm. As… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Bumble bees are charismatic and easily recognizable pollinators thanks to their large size, loud buzz and distinctive color patterns. They play an incredibly important role in sustaining the health of our environment by pollinating flowers in natural and urban areas, and by contributing to successful harvests on farms. Minnesota… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Back in 2017, Dave and I received the BESTEST of NEWS. We were going to be grandparents! Today we have four grandchildren: Charli at almost 5, Ellie at 5, Max Margaret at 3 and Big Boy Scout at 10 months. We have so many stories to share with our… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune There were a few brave anglers who fought the wind and the weather on Saturday for the Minnesota fishing opener. The opener in Minnesota means that anglers can legally fish for and catch walleyes and northern pike.  This year the opener was on May 13. Minnesota… Read More

Just a dog…’ From Rev. Greg Odell, Alexandria Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. –Psalm 37:4 The other night, when I was clearing the dishes from the table, a serving spoon flipped out of a dish and landed on the floor, splattering some of the leftover… Read More

Thanks students for help at Morning Glory Gardens From Terry Duhn, Long Beach Hi to all.  Boy was that a winter. Now it looks as though we go right into summer as the forecasted lows are all above 40 degrees. It is good to see green grass and it will be much better when we… Read More