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  • Last minute gifts for the constant gardener

    Published on December 19, 2022 at 2:38pm CST

    Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Do you have a gardening enthusiast on your holiday gift list?  There is still time to shop for that special gift for the garden! Many local businesses carry items that would appeal to your gardening friends and relatives, including hand tools, garden gadgets, houseplants, bird feeders, books and natural… Read More

  • Shining a light on hard to dispel myths

    Published on December 19, 2022 at 2:37pm CST

    The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist About a month ago I was invited to speak at the Ecumen Meadows. This is an assisted living facility located in Worthington. The topic was about public lands and the work that my local chapter of Pheasants Forever has been involved in to protect the local drinking water supply… Read More

  • A Prayer for the Future

    Published on December 19, 2022 at 2:37pm CST

    View From a Prairie Home by Hege Hernfindahl, Columnist People sometimes ask me how I come up with topics to write about. I would say they just come, out of the blue sky. I thought that today I would write about advent, about the light that came into the world and overtook the darkness. But instead I… Read More

  • Ice Follies magic

    Published on December 19, 2022 at 2:36pm CST

    From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist This weekend a little friend gave Ellie, our 5-year-old granddaughter, a ticket to her dream come true, Disney on Ice. This magical show has Ellie and her friend believing they are truly princesses dressed up in fancy ball gowns going to a fancy ball. In crowns, gowns, sparkly shoes… Read More

  • Pickleball decision was made a year ago

    Published on December 12, 2022 at 4:16pm CST

    Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune Where were the voices supporting the tennis courts last year? The Pope County Tribune carried a number of stories in the last year and before on pickleball and a local pickleball group’s efforts to use the city’s tennis courts for pickleball. First, the city temporarily… Read More

  • Ice boat group finds ‘Hollywood ice’ on Lake Minnewaska

    Published on December 12, 2022 at 4:15pm CST

    Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone The recent visit to Lake Minnewaska by an ice boat group was pretty interesting. Ice boats used to be more common on Lake Minnewaska. I’ve seen pictures of some taken over the years and some pictured were pretty large.  Think there is one picture in the Lakeside dining room. The… Read More

  • Letters to the Editor

    Published on December 12, 2022 at 4:13pm CST

    From Theresa Tibbetts Glenwood I do not know how it started but Theresa’s Turn Bakery is OPEN for the same hours it has been for the past 1-2 years. We’re open from 6:30 a.m.-noon Tuesday through Saturday. Not all of you know that my husband has dementia. Year 6. That is why I am not… Read More

  • Something unusual to be thankful for this Thanksgiving

    Published on December 12, 2022 at 4:13pm CST

    View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Sure, I know Thanksgiving is in our rear-view mirror, but another thoughtful article by Urban Lehner of DTN Ag caught my eye.  See what you think: It’s the time of year Americans give thanks, eat turkey and watch football. Oh, and give to charities.  Thanksgiving’s arrival means Dec. 31 is… Read More

  • Audubon’s 123rd Christmas Bird Count to held Dec. 14 – Jan. 5

    Published on December 12, 2022 at 4:12pm CST

    Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Prior to the turn of the 20th century, hunters engaged in a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt.” They would choose sides and go afield with their guns – whoever brought in the biggest pile of feathered (and furred) quarry won. Conservation was in its beginning stages… Read More

  • Be sneaky and succeed

    Published on December 12, 2022 at 4:11pm CST

    The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist It changes a little bit each year but the number of pheasant hunters in Minnesota is about 72,000 individuals. This is measured by the number of pheasant stamps that are purchased each year. This stamp is required along with a small game license to hunt ring necks in our… Read More

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