View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist My grief comes in waves. Moments of total devastation where my tears stream like rivers of grief down my wrinkled cheeks. My therapy is reading grief books that tell me grief must be totally embraced or it will turn inward. Cause harm. I think of Erland’s enthusiasm and… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Trust me, I’m trying most of the advice from readers about how to get to sleep. Warm milk, a boring book, old radio programs, working the night shift at a ranch, no electronic devices (my computer!) at least an hour before bed… One of the things that has been… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune It was nice to get away for a few days last week and attend the annual Minnesota Newspaper Convention. Because of the pandemic, it’s been a few years since my wife and I actually attended the convention in person.  It was nice to be back… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Back in the late 1960’s I was in the Army in Germany working in the office of the Adjutant General for Headquarters US Army Europe and 7th Army. I was just a clerk-typist to start and worked mostly on personnel issues. But every now and then I had to deal… Read More

Transportation needs more funding From Gordy Wagner, Pope County Commissioner, District 2 Chair, AMC Transportation Policy Committee While other departments in Minnesota’s state government are seeing a large increase in funding from our record surplus, transportation is heading in the opposite direction.  The Highway Users Tax Distribution Fund (HUTDF) is the fund that provides road… Read More

Minnewaska Musings by Paul Gremmels I have, as of this writing, re-built two 1870’s era log cabins. Mostly, I used modern day tools for the work, but I also did some of the work with traditional tools just to see how hard this job used to be. It is hard. Very hard. The two often asked… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Going to the garden center to purchase potting mix can be a little overwhelming. With many types of products to choose from, it can be difficult to know which one will be best for the plants you intend to grow. There are many types of bagged potting mixes and… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist In these inflationary times, we as consumers have seen almost everything we spend money for go up and up. For us farmers, that is very true also. But at this time, most farm prices, at least for corn and soybeans at the elevators, remain quite high. Our inputs, fertilizer,… Read More

Notes From The Capitol By Paul Anderson, State House Representative District 12B The new session of the Minnesota Legislature is already in its fourth week, and it’s a start that I’ve not witnessed before during my time at the Capitol. Usually, not much happens during the first few weeks on the floor of the House or the… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Once in a while newspapers print photos from long ago in their local sections and ask for identities. Do you try to guess who the people are in those black and white photos from yesteryear? It’s a guessing game most of the time, but once in a while I… Read More