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There will be a deployment celebration for the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery Unit on March 28 in Morris.
The unit, which includes a number of Pope County soldiers, is scheduled to begin a 12-month deployment next mo...
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Under budget, on schedule
Entrance of Glacial Ridge Hospital::Photo by Pope County Tribune
Glacial Ridge Health System's $10 million expansion and renovation project is complete - right on schedule and under budget.GRHS CEO Kirk Stensrud said, "Th...
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Glenwood City Commissioners will now serve as the city's HRA board of directors, it was decided at a city commission meeting recently.
All five former HRA commissioners resigned at the same time a few weeks ago leaving the city with a completely vacant H...
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Two Lowry men have been charged in Pope County Court after one allegedly pulled a shotgun on a Minnesota State Patrol Trooper on the evening of Friday, March 13. According to court papers Jeremiah Svec, 25, and Jedediah Svec, 28, both of rural Lowry, fail...
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Minnewaska Area Schools Board of Education is getting ready to make budget cuts.
During last Tuesday's school board meeting, MAS Superintendent Greg Ohl told the school board that the district's budget committee would meet April 1 to create reports and r...
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People asked tough questions
A dozen people spoke up, but the number of people packed into the Starbuck Community Center spoke volumes Thursday evening.More than 150 people attended the informational meeting about the county's proposed $3.4 million law e...
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Open House will be held,March 21, from 1-3 p.m. at the Lowry Community Center
During a special recognition banquet at the Lowry Community Center on Thursday, Chuck and Pat Thompson were selected as the "Lowry Citizens of the Year." The event was hosted b...
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"There's a need now more than ever,"
Pope County's Hearts and Hands Food Shelf volunteer Darlene Christman buzzes around the building pointing out the shelves at the food shelf that empty the quickest - and lately they're emptying quickly."There's a need...
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Pending review by city attorney
The Starbuck City Council conducted the following business at their regularly scheduled meeting on March 9:• Heard several updates from Pope/Douglas Environmental Health Director Todd Appel:- Appel detailed the requireme...
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Starbuck Dragonboat Festival to host the first breast cancer survival division
Each year hundreds of thousands of people are directly affected by breast cancer. To commemorate the struggle and sacrifices made by the survivors of breast cancer, a new wrin...
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Laker wrestlers place in state tournamentThe Minnewaska Lakers wrestling team was represented at the state individual tournament last week. Four wrestlers took the mat in the opening round of Class A competition on Wednesday at the Xcel Energy Center in S...
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Larry Lindor will serve as the new county commissioner for the fourth district.
Lindor received a total of 194 votes.
LeRoy Edlund got 77 votes and there were two write-in votes cast.The election results are still unofficial - the canvassing board will ...
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Within five years, three wind farms will sprout up on Pope County's landscape.
Last week, the Pope County Board of Commissioners approved permits for three wind farms: West Central Wind, Minnewaska Wind Energy and Westport Wind Energy - all three located...
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More-than 20 youth famine for 30-hours to raise money, awareness in the fight to end world hunger
Dani Boutain and Brittany Opdahl cut squares of quilting material during one of the activities on Saturday afternoon. The activity was just one of many ...
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PLC Patrons Share In Record $1.8m Cash Distribution
About 1,470 eligible patrons of Prairie Lakes Coop will share in a record distribution $1.8 million in cash patronage and equity redemptions during 2009 based on business they've conducted with the comp...
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Glacial Hills Elementary School churned a better-than $143,000 profit
n the school's first year of student operation, Glacial Hills Elementary School churned a better-than $143,000 profit for the year-ended June 30, 2008, according to the annual audit re...
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Soldiers are among 560 Minnesotan’s to be stationed in Kuwait
When approximately 560 soldiers from the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery, are deployed to Kuwait this spring, there will be a contingency of Pope County ...
