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

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Minnesota’s meteorological winter has come to a close. The terms “meteorological winter” and “meteorological spring” signify the seasons by the calendar (December, January and February for winter and March, April and May for spring). Did it even seem like winter?  There were a couple of… Read More

Dollars for Scholars thanks community From Mary Walsh, Minnewaska Area Dollars for Scholars president On behalf of the Minnewaska Area chapter of Dollars for Scholars, I would like to extend a huge thank you to all who contributed to the successful phone-a-thon that was held on February 25.  Minnewaska students spent about four hours making… Read More

Collaborative Corner on the Move By Jeannie Pederson, Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator I recently listened to an interview with Sheryl Lee Ralph. She plays a kindergarten teacher on the hit tv show, Abbott Elementary. Her positive attitude and zest for life as she spoke drew me in. She wasn’t just talking about her experiences of acting… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone A few of us were talking over coffee the other day about driving, what we were comfortable with and what bothered us about it. Most of us decided we didn’t like driving much at night, preferred to avoid snow storms and that there were a huge number of idiots driving… Read More