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

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist When you were a kid, did you have a Barbie doll?  Remember the voluptuous, glamorous doll who had so many careers? In addition to being an astronaut, she’s also been a stewardess, a CEO, a surgeon, robotics engineer and game developer…she’s accomplished an amazing list of careers.  She even… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune After a couple of years of COVID-19 and last year’s subzero temperatures canceling the Polar Plunge, the event took place this year on Lake Minnewaska. A number of brave souls took turns jumping into the icy waters of the lake raising money for the annual… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone Surveys show a lack of trust or bias in mainstream media and that is unfortunate. We need accurate information to make decisions in our daily lives and when we come to select leadership such as in a voting booth. I think there is some confusion about parts of the media…. Read More

Writer reiterates content of first letter From Steve Nestor,  Terrace A few weeks ago I wrote a letter to the editor in reaction to a column that was written in August of 2021. That column, found on the Opinion Page, was not only light on facts and or historic reality, I felt it necessary to… Read More