View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist Sometimes I think that spring will never come. The snow is still so deep. The sidewalk to our garage is covered by at least 1½ inches of ice. We take the ice chipper and chip and chip and chip. One ice chip at the time. We have now… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Winter doesn’t last forever; spring will arrive eventually. Hang onto that hope for a brighter tomorrow. However, to add to winter’s misery, Covid is still around. This past month it hit my husband Dave. Thank goodness for PAXLOVID the amazing medicine that cured his high fevers, sore throat and… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Spring is not in any hurry this year.  The calendar will hit April this week, but it sure doesn’t feel much like April. The snowfall we’ve received over the past few months piled up and isn’t fading as fast as we’d like. Usually at this by… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Have you ever sat and wondered how this Russia-Ukraine-China thing is going to work out? I sure have and I don’t see any easy answers. Vladimir Putin seems to have his mind focused on getting ahold of Ukraine regardless of the cost. He has already set his country back a… Read More

Minnewaska Musings by Paul Gremmels “I’ve had about enough.” I mumbled to myself one recent morning while looking out the kitchen window at the monstrous snow drifts being added to by yet more wind and snow. Let’s face it, it’s been a long winter. When I used to deliver packages for a living, I got a… Read More

Responds to Jan. 6, abortion rights letter From Audrey Oeltjen, Lowry In response to the  “On Jan,6th and abortion rights” Letter to the Editor” of Feb. 27, 2023: The belief that the incident of January 6th in Washington D.C. was an “ insurrection “ is ludicrous at face value. Quickly the following died that day: 1…. Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist I took a trip down to Omaha this past weekend to meet some friends and it only took about 30 minutes to the south of town on that trip to be almost completely snow-less. I still have a drift in my front yard that is over 6 feet tall… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist As I write this on March 23, most of us can look out our windows or drive anywhere and see mostly snow or ice, right? Airplanes flying over west central Minnesota would pretty much confirm that. It has been several days since there has been measurable snow, so state… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Let’s Get Growing is back with a new half-day format! Join us Saturday, April 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Discovery Middle School (510 McKay Ave N, Alexandria) for this popular in-person event with sought after specialists. Visit numerous educational displays staffed by University of Minnesota Extension… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist The tale of Jesus and His disciples is really the greatest love story ever told. Jesus would lay down His life for His believers and His disciples would help found the Christian church with a lot of sacrifice and suffering. And they were just ordinary men. But they… Read More