The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist Pheasant road side counts are completed and as we ease our way to the end of the month the next outdoor opportunity is the morning dove hunting season opener on Sept. 1. This season always invokes a fair amount of emotion between those who think it is a barbaric… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is the most destructive insect pest in the landscape and garden. It was first found in this country in 1916, near Riverton, New Jersey, after arriving in nursery stock from Japan. Japanese beetle infestations slowly expanded southward and westward and are now found from… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist Tourists have always loved Norway. The west coast consists of many fiords ringed by majestic mountains. Down the mountains waterfalls cascade into the clear blue waters of the fiords. It takes your breath away. But wait! Way up high, balancing precariously, it seems, on top of the cliff,… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist As the seasons change from summer to fall, late August is a time for reflection. Content and relaxed, I savor the quiet of early morning on the lake. I recall the chats I enjoyed with my husband and friends, watching grandkids playing on the water, neighborhood gatherings and thinking… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Raid and seizure was likely to stop a Kansas weekly from printing it’s next issue:  It didn’t We were shocked and disheartened by the recent police raid of a community weekly newspaper–The Marion County Record in Kansas. And, we stand in solidarity with that newspaper’s… Read More

Where is the pride in Starbuck? From Gene Rossum, Starbuck After reading Ms. Mulcahy letter in the August 14 issue, I was incredibly happy to see that someone else sees what I see.  Many of the homes seem to be occupied by people who do not seem to be concerned about the appearance of their… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone You may have heard something about a recent incident in Marion, Kansas, where the local police chief got a search  warrant and went to the offices of the local newspaper, the Marion County Record, and took the firm’s computers and electronic media like cell phones. He also raided the publisher’s home…. Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist As I was walking through some native prairie with my gal the other day, she commented on how cool it was that all of the different plants all seemed to get along so well together.  She wondered why they all seemed to share the same space without trying to… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator It’s time for the Great Minnesota Get Together, and that means lots of great food on a stick and hordes of yellowjackets! Yes, that ubiquitous wasp will be appearing in great numbers at the state fair, especially around waste receptacles and tasty snacks.  Here’s some basic information about these… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist The long goodbye is often used to describe a person with dementia. I am not saying I am an expert on dementia, but like many people, I have experienced people I love get dementia and slowly become less and less cognizant of their surroundings as their brain gradually… Read More