Thank you to Cody Bosek for ‘caring for the youth of this community’ From Barb Kramber, Glenwood Thank you Cody Bosek for the letter-to-the-editor – 12/5/2022 – “Still believes tennis should be available for ‘our children’.” Thank you for the words, the time  and thought you put into the writing of this letter, for informing… Read More

The Salvation Army 2022 Campaign is ‘Love Beyond’ By Donna Ortendahl The Salvation Army Central Minnesota Field Representative With a recent resurgence of the pandemic, The Salvation Army is digging in for another challenging season of need. With many facing hardship, the need to serve those most vulnerable is great. Meeting these needs is made possible… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist Laura Cole is a staff writer for The Land Magazine. She writes in the Dec. 9 edition of the magazine, under the above title. It is a rather long column, but I will quote parts of it that I thought relevant to the upcoming holiday that we all love… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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