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  • Eple Tiden Begins Saturday

    The 18th Annual EPLE TIDEN (Apple Time) festival will take place on Saturday, September 27 at the Starbuck Depot. The hours are from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. The event features an open house of the Depot and the recently added Starbuck High School Museum along w...
  • Enshrining Moment

    Hendrickson inducted into "Hall"   In front of hundreds of people including former teammates, competitors, and just plain baseball lovers, Bob Hendrickson was one of six people who were inducted in the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame Saturday e...
  • From One Generation To Another

    Originally designed as a safe place for local youth to play games and interact with friends, the Rec Center in Starbuck will shift its focus from being a place to kick back and play games, to a place where children can learn how to live a healthier lifest...
  • MCA-II Science Test Results Released By MDE

    Results for first year test is across the board for area schools Results for the first online MCA-II Science Tests given by the Minnesota Department of Education were recently released for each of the Pope County Schools. Glacial Hills Elementary School ...
  • Lowry Waits For Word On Funding For New Wastewater Treatment Facility

    The wastewater treatment facility was again an item addressed at the regular monthly meeting of the Lowry Council on September 2. Pat Conroy of C & C Consultants out of Fergus Falls met with the council to start the grant application process again.Â...
  • City Raises Preliminary Levy By 75 Percent

    From 457,500 to 800,000 in one year???? At the end of a better than 3 1/2 hour Starbuck City Council meeting Monday evening, the council agreed on raising the preliminary levy by 75 percent to equal $800,000. By comparison, last year’s levy was $457,50...
  • City Hears Upate On General Fund Balance, Bond Payments

    The Starbuck City Council got some grim news about not only the current state of the general fund, but the outlook for next year’s levy at a special meeting Sept. 2. Steve Mattson of Northland Securities informed the council the city would be short and...
  • Starbuck Clinic Sol To SCMC

    Dr. Robert Bösl opened the Starbuck Clinic in 2005. Photo by Chad Koenen While the changes may be so subtle only a sleuth with a magnifying glass will notice, a new era of medical practices officially began on Tuesday as the Starbuck Clinic merged with...
  • Marvelous Model T Tour

    With their four-cylinder engines chugging along, nearly 30 Model T Fords came rolling into Starbuck Sunday morning. Drivers and passengers were bundled up in winter coats and blankets in the cool weather, Model Ts, which were built from the fall of 1908 ...
  • Cyrus raises preliminary levy by 5%

    Members of the Cyrus City Council paved way for a new business to come to the city at their regular meeting on Tuesday, September 9. The regular monthly meeting was conducted at 8 p.m. following the primary elections. Meeting with the council were Evan A...
  • Starbuck City Council Sept. 8 Meeting

    The Starbuck City Council conducted the following business at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, September 8 • Heard from Pope County Commissioner Larry Kittelson on behalf of the Pope County HRA. Kittelson said the HRA was looking at two tax f...
  • Schlief Begins Work In City Office

    Diana Schlief began work as the new City Clerk/Treasurer on August 11. Photo by Chad KoenenShe may be the new face in the Starbuck City Office, but City Clerk/Treasurer Diana Schlief isn’t new to Starbuck and the surrounding area. Schlief, who ...
  • Swensrud casts her first vote

    Eva Swensrud voted for the first time during Tuesday’s primary election. Swensrud became a U.S. Citizen last year. Photo by Chad Koenen Though she came to Starbuck in 1977 when she married her husband Orlin, Eva Swensrud became a United States c...
  • Hall of Fame Inductee Reflects On Career

    Being accepted into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame is a great honor, certainly something I did not expect when you are playing the game because it is in your blood. I was an average ball player with a great love and respect for the game of b...
  • First GRT Model T Tour To Begin Friday

    Model T Tour to stop at Starbuck Community Center, tour Hobo Park and city park Sunday Once the pristine king of the road, Model T's will be returning to some of the very Pope County roadways it once called home for the first Glacial Ridge Trail Model T ...
  • Five Teachers Join GHES Staff

    Five new teachers have been added to the Glacial Hills Elementary School Staff. Here is a closer look at the new teachers this year. Marilyn Larson Marilyn Larson is the new fifth grade home room and reading teacher for grades 4-6 at GHES this year. She...
  • New Trial Being Sought In Land Condemnation Case

    Lawyers representing Shelley M. Grimsley have filed papers in Pope County District Court asking for a new trial in a long-standing condemnation case between the City of Starbuck and Grimsley. The property in question, which is now being used as the back ...
  • Back to school

    Big changes at GHES this year Heading into its second year, Glacial Hills Elementary School went under a transformation this summer to prepare for the future of the school, and an expanding enrollment. Located in the former hospital and clinic, the schoo...