It’s a time that tries attorneys’ souls The Trump presidency is challenging respect for the Constitution and constitutional norms. Lawyers should stand up and say so. By David Schultz “These are the times that try men’s souls.” So proclaimed Thomas Paine in his 1776 American Crisis. Paine’s words reflected the danger of his times — an… Read More

Both things can be true… From Eileen Halvorson, Glenwood In 2024, Trump received about 2.5 million more votes than Harris, AND he became the first former American president to become a felon (a person convicted of a felony). Taxpayers will have to pay $400 million for Elon Musk’s armored Tesla vehicles, AND there has been… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone There have been a number of articles lately in various business publications about why the price of oil is unlikely to go down. If they are correct that means the price of gasoline is unlikely to return to COVID 19 level we saw in 2020. When the boom in fracking… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Every March, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, stores fill with little pots of “shamrock” plants—but did you know these festive greens aren’t actually shamrocks? The plants commonly sold as shamrocks are Oxalis species, also known as wood sorrels, and they have a fascinating history tied to both… Read More

View From the Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist After last week’s column about the Amtrak trip to Seattle, there’s more to the story. Meeting my sister Grace at the Amtrak station near her home in Steilacoom, Wash., on Feb. 5, we stayed in a motel near the SeaTac airport to be ready for the long flight to… Read More

Senior News By Diane Kittelson, Pope County Senior Services Consultant/Coordinator  Hello, seniors! With 2025 well under way, we reflect on all the wonderful opportunities we had to connect in 2024. The Pope County Council on Aging led those efforts, hosting their annual parties: the 4th of July celebration and the Halloween party. In addition to organizing… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist One of the miracles I have discovered in my retirement is that I now have time to make friends. One of my fairly newly found friends I met through my now departed, but never forgotten, best friend Marianne. She (my new friend) is everything I like in a… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Winter has damped my enthusiasm for most everything. For the past few weeks when I go outside for the morning paper, there are no stars above to brighten the gray skies and I feel the freezing temperatures of another winter day. However, currently, Mother Nature has changed her mind… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher Glenwood’s own Clay Nestor, an accomplished hockey player now and in his youth, was once again on the ice for the annual Guns-N-Hoses Hockey game between Police (Guns) and Minnesota Firefighters (Hoses).  Clay was selected to be the starting goalie again this year for the “Hoses.” The hockey game was… Read More

Thankful Donald Trump was elected It is totally beyond my understanding how Americans have been so determined to allow millions of illegal immigrants into our country while at the same time not caring one bit that there were 546,255 immigrant children unaccounted for at the end of FY 2024 in addition to the endless abortions… Read More