From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist This column is on the importance of neighbors and  who touched others to recall memories. Enjoy this story from my husband, Dave. Memorial Day 1961, I was 15 and my brother Don was 9. We lived on a dairy farm 4-1/2 miles south of the little berg of Kensington, population… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune January hasn’t been a good month for our family. It was January 23, 2012 my brothers and I lost our Dad.  Then, 10 years later, on Janary 4, my wife, Kim, and her siblings lost their Mom.  Now, two years later, on January 7, my… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone It is interesting how financial transactions have changed over the decades. Mary and I got married back in 1967. I got drafted five months later and by the fall of 1968 I was in Germany. Mary joined me around the start of 1969. There were no credit cards there. Not… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist We just had our first snow of the season and it did not take very long to start wishing we had missed the snow for the entire winter. The cold temperatures expected later in the week would have gone a long way to creating safe ice for all of… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator If you plan to use a Restricted Use Pesticide on land or sites for the production of agricultural commodities, reside in the state of Minnesota, and your private pesticide applicator certification expires on March 1, 2024, you need to renew your certification. You can double check your certification status… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist An interesting article by Chris Clayton of DTNag on Jan. 9, 2024 caught my eye. Here it is, edited for length: How fair would it be if a farmer in Iowa or Nebraska received a new aid program approved by Congress, but a farmer in the same circumstance in… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist I have always loved snow. White. Pure. Covering everything. The scars in nature. The stumps now look cute with their snow hats on. The untidy branches lying on the ground after the big windstorm now makes the snow look even more magical, little bumps gently expanding the pristine… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist “May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early!  My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fall!”  ~Alister Crowley, British poet During this New Year’s Eve celebration my two six-year-old granddaughters had a fun-filled sleepover at… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune To the disappointment of many voters in the United States, it somehow appears now that we will suffer through a rematch for President in 2024 with another Biden vs. Trump ticket. Before this new world of conspiracy theories, disinformation and misinformation and distrust of any… Read More

Pope County Salvation Army says ‘thank you’ From Donna Ortendahl, Central MN Salvation Army Field Representative The Salvation Army in Pope County would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who impacted our 2023 Red Kettle Campaign. Local businesses, local churches and individuals that gave to our kettle. The Pope County Salvation… Read More