From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist 22 inches! Holy Moley! That’s too much snow on top of what we already have! Our house’s flat roof will be overloaded and probably collapse. Icicles, ice dams and slippery walkways and roads follow all the falling snow. There’s bound to be accidents, falls and broken hips and wrists…but… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Minnewaska Vocal Music Instructor Gordy Moeller directed the  Minnewaska Area High School Concert Choir  last Thursday at the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Annual State Convention. Just being invited to perform at such an event speaks volumes about the quality of the Minnewaska Music program. Being… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone A reader recently wondered what kind of research led to a column from August,  2021 about the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol that said that “five people’s deaths, two of them police officers  have been attributed to the event.” Actually the deaths were recorded by Capitol Police and connected… Read More

Unhappy with governor’s joy… From Inga Mae B. Urke, Starbuck I have been extremely unhappy with seeing the joy and hearing expressions of glee by Governor Walz recently concerning the outcome of the vote on abortion!   Are we not supposed to be a Christian nation?  How can the people on the left express such… Read More

Shine more light on those paying for political advertising A major elections reform bill now moving through the Minnesota Legislature would protect the freedom to vote and make it harder to run political advertisements without saying who is paying for them. Who would not want to know who is actually funding the political ads most… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator University of Minnesota Extension is offering a series of apple tree pruning workshops across the state. These free workshops will take place throughout the winter months, the time of year when apple trees are dormant and pruning is recommended. Whether you have two trees or 20, you can get… Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist It has a long time since my neck of south west Minnesota has dealt with area lakes winter kills. Winter kills is just a slang term for low oxygen content in the water of a lake. When the oxygen content gets too low the fish will start to die…. Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Again, I quote one of my favorite columnists, Urban Lehner of DTNAg, who has spent many years living in the Orient, mainly Japan. Here it is, with special interest due to the incessant coverage of Chinese balloons and other objects recently: Military radar failed to detect China’s spy balloon… Read More

Notes From The Capitol By Paul Anderson, State House Representative District 12B There is a feeling among some that our state is trying to follow California’s lead in many ways, especially in terms of environmental legislation and rule-making regulations. The latest example is a bill introduced this past week in the Minnesota House that bans the use… Read More

View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist As I write this, the wind is blowing from the north with a ferocity that makes the trees sway and the snow whirl and drift against any little obstacle. I presume the roads are glazed because it rained all day yesterday and today the temperatures are falling. The… Read More