Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Since the year 2000 our national debt has soared. Think of this, at the end of WWII, with all the expense of that war, the national debt was $259 billion according to the U.S. Treasury department. In 1980 the debt was $998 billion. During President Ronald Reagan’s years, tax cuts… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Spring is a magical time for gardeners, as the thawing ground and warming temperatures signal the start of the planting season. Across Minnesota, plant sales and gardening events are in full swing, offering a wealth of opportunities for gardeners to enhance their gardens, learn from experts and engage with… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist The smoke is in the air. Anyone who has been driving around the countryside lately will have seen lots of smoke. The different departments of wildlife agencies have been very busy doing prescribed fire. Yours truly has been doing the same, mostly for private landowners who have acres enrolled… Read More

Ask a Trooper By Sgt. Jesse Grabow, State Trooper Question: In one day, Monday I had three incidents where cars did not yield right of way when they had a flashing left turn arrow. I have observed several other incidents involving other drives as well. It seems of late people seem to think the flashing arrow gives… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Only a few crumbs were scattered in the festive pink box, meant to be a May Day gift. What happened to the delicious cookies? I had a mystery to be solved! May Day baskets, a tradition of leaving small baskets filled with treats and flowers on someone’s doorstep, is… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher It’s the official kickoff of summer this weekend when anglers all over the state hit the lakes for the annual Minnesota Fishing Opener for walleyes and northern pike. This year, anglers can also target bass, but it’s catch and release only for the first two weeks of the season. Minnesota’s… Read More

No more eggs… From Delia Olson, Glenwood Six years ago my husband and I purchased land with the intent of raising chickens, collecting eggs, and offering the eggs to the public for a ‘pay as you choose’ price. For six years we’ve enjoyed watching people come and go, stopping in to pick up a dozen… Read More

Collaborative Corner On The Move B Jeannie Pederson, Pope County Initiative Coordinator You’ll note in this edition of the Pope County Tribune, the generous sponsorship of Tim Douglass through the Child Care Provider Appreciation page. We are so fortunate to have partners who have joined together to strengthen efforts to increase child care access, recruit and retain… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Elon Musk has decided he needs to spend a little more time with Tesla since the first quarter earnings for the firm were down 71 percent. Before that he announced that he had trimmed the projected savings of the Department of Government Efficiency down to about $150 billion. Considering his… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist I will open with a question. How many walleyes do you think an angler should be able to keep each day? Across the state of Minnesota, that would largely be six walleyes per day. Lakes with special regulations do vary from this number. The possession limit, the total number… Read More