Community support allows Kiddie Parade to continue From Mark and Jennifer Ring 2023 Kiddie Parade Chairs Thank you for another successful Waterama Kiddie Parade.  We would like to thank all the parents, grandparents, friends and other adults that helped the children with their amazing costumes and great floats for the Waterama Kiddie Parade. Community support… Read More

Notes From The Capitol By Paul Anderson, State House Representative District 12B Several new laws took effect with the calendar turning to the month of August. That can happen several times a year, typically in January, or July, and many of those new laws don’t have a huge impact on the lives of most Minnesotans. However, that’s… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump for his role in events leading up to January 6, 2021 will be viewed by many from a partisan viewpoint. Democrats are probably thinking “it’s about time,” while Republicans may see this as a partisan effort by a Democratic administration to damage… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist On a scorching 90 degree, 70 some dewpoint day, I ventured a couple hours south of here to Redwood Falls for the annual farm show on the prairie not too far south of the Minnesota River. Part of the reason to go south is to see how the crops… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Upon walking into your garden, you notice many varieties of your plants appear to have lost color and are beginning to grow in bizarre shapes. You notice a reduction in the yield and quality of your vegetables, and many plants appear to be stunted. There appears to be no… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist As the date approaches, I fall into severe anxiety and depression. How do we deal with milestones now? Now that all has changed. Now that the world has changed. I have changed. Milestones and anniversaries are supposed to be celebrated. They denote going forwards. Towards the future. A… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist For fifty cents I could cruise Main Street in Dad’s little white Falcon with my pals  and enjoy an A&W root beer at the drive-in up on the hill. I didn’t have to have a wad of bills to have a good time in the sixties. What a deal!… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune It was another successful Waterama in Glenwood. The event concluded last night (Sunday evening) with the annual Waterama Coronation. Congratulations to all five candidates who ran for the honor of representing Glenwood and Waterama.  They all performed well on the stage and we know that… Read More

Access to quality child care = A strong economy From Jeannie Pederson, famcolab@charter.net Childcare is one of the most important drivers for a strong economy. Access to child care allows parents to feel confident that their child is being nurtured in a safe, high quality learning environment which enables more productivity at work and less… Read More

Minnewaska Musing Paul Gremmels I was once standing on the north shore of Lake Superior in the month of July, looking south, out onto the lake, toward an unseen Wisconsin. A stiff wind was in my face, when it began to snow – cottonwood seeds. The closest land or cottonwood tree in that direction would… Read More