It’s Lefse time on May 18

The 27th annual LEFSE DAGEN will take place on Saturday, May 18 at the Starbuck Depot. The open house hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The one-room schoolhouse and the Skoglund/Ness building will be open to the public along with the Depot building.  read entire story. . . .

Lowry City Council  approves building permit for new  county garage

By Zach Anderson
News Editor
The Lowry City Council approved a request for a building permit from Pope County Engineer Brian Noetzelman to build a 30 by 60 foot shop to house a road grader in Lowry at the May 7 meeting. The shop is one of four the county hopes to build to save on fuel costs of having to drive a road grader to each location.
Noetzelman said he would bring in a $100 check for the permit.  read entire story. . . .

Capital improvement and highway department facilities bonds issued

By Deb Mercier
Pope County Tribune
It’s official—county commissioners approved the sale of $1,830,000 in general obligation bonds on May 7 as part of their regular board meeting. The money from the bond sale will be used to fund the county’s five-year capital improvement plan and will also provide for new highway department buildings being built in four locations around the county.  read entire story. . . .