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October 2024

High school football is more than what happens on the field — John Weiss takes us behind the scenes of a Kingsland High School football game in Spring Valley.

David Phillips reports on efforts by the Spring Valley Business Alliance to revive the downtown area.

Crossings 200 commemorates 200 years of organized Norwegian emigration to North America. This story follows a visit by Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger of Norway -- who happens to have relatives living in southeastern Minnesota --

  SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA -- Root River Current has a recurring series devoted to the people that make the greater Root River Valley such an interesting place to live. We call it the "Root River Diary."   These short

Alison Leathers finds her way through the maze of agritourism at Big Springs Farm Pumpkins and Corn Maze near Lanesboro, Minn.

John Weiss reports on the conservation trust fund initiative on the Minnesota November 2024 ballot. Voters are being asked to extend the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund through 2050.

Bonita Underbakke recounts the memory of Burger Night and a Minnesota snowstorm with her father.

Southern Minnesota poet Larry Gavin is inspired by his Root River fishing experiences.