John Gaddo salutes snowplow drivers – Plowabunga!
Root River Current seeks Board of Directors candidates to support 2025 growth—can you help?
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This recurring series features original short stories based on observations and experiences of what makes our rural communities uniquely special. Learn more and submit YOUR story!
Lanesboro historian and poet shares seasonal poems with readers.
Alison Leathers checks in on local schools as they implement a new comprehensive reading program through Minnesota’s READ Act.
Fisheries and environmental quality along the Upper Mississippi River could benefit from the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act of 2025, introduced in late February. We learn more from the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.
On the occasion of Women's History Month, Jane Skinner Peck reminds us of the rich history of the women’s civil rights movement in southern Minnesota.
David Phillips visits with Michelle de la Vega, nationally known artist and transplant to a small farm in southeast Minnesota.
John Weiss introduces us to high school students and their hands-on learning about rainbow trout and the delicate balance of conditions needed to grow them into big trout.
Alison Leathers checks in on local schools as they implement a new comprehensive reading program through Minnesota’s READ Act.
Root River Current seeks Board of Directors candidates to support 2025 growth—can you help?
Original photography from southeastern Minnesota featuring nature scenes and community activities.
Learn how your community can benefit -- and beautify -- from a 2025 Paint the Town Grant from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (applications accepted through March 31), and tour some of the recent projects in southeast Minnesota.
Efforts to collect acorns are helping with reforestation projects along the Upper Mississippi River. The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk reports on volunteer work near the Reno Bottoms.
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