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April 2023

Spring Grove receives development support from Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design.

Henry Hershberger, a 15-year-old Amish boy, was killed on a summer night in 2021 when his buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck near Preston. Legal proceedings carried into 2023. This is what happened.

Julie Little reports on a Harmony landowner who struggled over what to do with his land when he passed on. He found the answer just a few miles away in a couple that shared

A group of friends gather annually to harvest apples and make cider enjoyed throughout the year. This is their story.

For the past 40 years, Lanesboro has carried out a Christmas tradition called the “Adult Prom”. The tradition lives on.

A Houston County dairy farmer, working years with government agencies, invested in environmentally sound practices to control nutrient runoff and soil erosion. Everyone benefits.

Nancy Overcott and her husband Art moved to the Big Woods in the early 1970s. She documented her experiences in her book of essays: At Home in the Big Woods. Melissa Wray reads an essay

A German immigrant’s life and death was a mystery to his ancestors until a great-great niece unraveled the bizarre story.

Artist and poet Diane Knight—author of Putting Down Words, a book of poems and doodles—shares two new poems with our readers.

Photographer Renée Bergstrom captures a winter scene in this seasonal photo.