Time to turn the page After 15 years of covering the local sports scene for the newspaper, the time has come to hang up the camera and put away the notepad. The daily grind of the job, including working weekends, had become more and more of a chore. The event that hastened the decision came when it… Read More

The Outdoors by Scott Ral I promised a while back to share with you my four-part series on dog training obedience and some more advanced training that you can accomplish on your own if you choose to. I will start this conversation with a variety of quotes I have coined over my 25 years of training experience…. Read More

Growing Green by Robin Trott The summer growing season is finally here, and the questions have started coming in droves. Between the phone calls, emails and walk-ins with garden samples, there is never a dull moment in the Extension office in the summer months! If you have a garden question, from plant/insect identification, lawn care and… Read More

View from a Prairie Home by Here Herfindah I was sitting in church the other Sunday. It was Pentecost. The day the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples and they were told to go out and spread the gospel to everybody. The sermon was especially inspiring. I wish I could have taken notes, but I was… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings by John R. Stone Talk about some kinds of gun control always surface after some horrific act caused by a person with a gun. And most of the that goes nowhere. Many gun rights supporters see any restriction as a violation of the 2nd Amendment or a start down the slippery slope of regulation. Those… Read More

By Jeannie Pederson, Pope County Family Collaborative Coordinator There are so many ways we care for others. As the temps heat up, we’ll be wanting to check in with neighbors and friends who may not have air conditioning to be sure they are ok.  A meal shared with a family who has just had a new… Read More

Let them eat kohlrabi From Carolyn Stevenson,Glenwood A gauntlet’s been cast down in our town. Words like “hate” and “Kohlrabi” thrown around. The display is artistic, So don’t go ballistic. Life’s too short so just settle the (insert vegetable or other word of  choice) down. A letter of appreciation for my hometown of Glenwood From Mike Dero, PGA Golf Professional in Naples, Fla.and Telluride, Colo. … Read More

What’s a poor, struggling professional player to do? From Jim Thoreen, Glenwood My, how the travails of Major League Baseball keep piling up. Pitchers flummoxing batters more than usual. Folks just not coming through the turnstiles due to… what? Boredom? Games too long? Lousy hot dogs? So, the 906 players on the season’s opening day rosters among… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat (Deck) Spilset Delicious summertime…time to open the windows, slather on sunscreen, get into the garden and slap those pesky mosquitoes. Time for iced tea, watermelon, burgers, beer and brats, cole slaw and salads.  After our crazy spring weather of storms, tornadoes and ominous gray skies, we deserve a sun-soaked summer! Sitting out… Read More

Views from the Cab By David Tollefso Many of you readers out there will recall the dramatic story from North Dakota in January of 1992 where an 18-year-old farm boy from Hurdsfield lost both his arms in a horrific power-take-off accident. Recently there was an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, entitled “John Thompson survived his farm accident 30… Read More