Month: January 2024

Help shape Root River Current’s future—the stories, essays, photography and more that add to the beauty of the Root River valley region! (Submitted photo; enjoy these flyover winter scenes in the video below.)

Root River Current…Come Join Our Team!

Root River Current is growing its team, seeking an editor and board members to guide us through a second year of success!

Canfield Creek, a small trout stream in Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, joins the South Branch Root River. Are neonicotinoids killing invertebrates, the canary in the coalmine for stream health? (Photos by John Weiss)

Healthy Stream, Healthy Trout

John Weiss monitors stream health along the Root and other nearby rivers.

The Chatfield Public Library, erected in 1915, is a Carnegie Library, one of more than 2500 such libraries constructed in the United States through Andrew Carnegie’s foundation. (All photos provided by Steve Harris)

Root River Libraries — Today’s Challenges

In a three-part series, Steve Harris explores the past, present, and future of Root River town libraries.

The author, Don Bell, is pictured by Amish Experience in Lanesboro—his grandfather’s leather shop was located on the ground floor in the 1950s. The building at one time housed the Odd Fellows Lodge.

Essay | When Summertime Was Paradise

Don Bell recalls his summers in Lanesboro as a boy.

The Wolf Moon is also called the Moon on the Frost of Tipis by the Dakota people. (Photo by Sharen Storhoff)

Essay | Winter Silence

January is a time of silence and the Wolf Moon. An essay by Loni Kemp.

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Poetry | Those Darn Feelings

Poetry by Diane Knight.

Sunrise, with its mottled pinks, blends in with the red farmstead. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Winter Beauty

Renee Bergstrom and John Torgrimson capture the beauty of January.

Jo Anne Agrimson, Co-President of Fillmore County League of Women Voters, shows her support for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Four Generations of Advocating for Equal Rights

Julie Fryer informs readers about the League of Women Voters efforts to amend the state constitution regarding the Equal Rights Amendment.

Reggie McLeod stands on an overlook along the Mississippi River in Winona. His Big River Magazine covers 400 miles of river from the Twin Cities to the Quad Cities. (All photos by John Weiss)

For Love of the Big River

John Weiss visits with Big River Magazine editor/publisher Reggie McLeod who was inducted into the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium Hall of Fame.

Southeast Minnesota's karst topography–and its network of sinkholes, caves and streams–exacerbate well contamination issues. There are more than 10,000 sinkholes in Fillmore County alone. (Photo Julie Little)

State Officials’ January 2024 Plan Addresses Nitrate Contamination Issues

Minnesota updated its response to EPA on nitrate contamination in ground water.

Root River Current celebrates the people, culture and history of the Root River valley in its inaugural year. (Photo collage by Pat Torgrimson)

Grateful For Your Inspiration and Encouragement!

Community donations, including individual gifts to our successful 2022-23 Founding Members Campaign, will help shape Root River Current’s future heading into 2024!

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