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March 2025

Giants of the Earth Heritage Center has lots to celebrate! Steve Harris guides our way.

Into the woods in search of Carlin's Sugar Shack -- and a sweet surprise! Alison Leathers teases us with syrup and more.

Move over books and periodicals: Laurie Byrne explains how seeds are making their way into area libraries.

Original poems -- and a doodle -- by southeastern Minnesota artist and poet, Diane Knight.

Alison Leathers checks in on local schools as they implement a new comprehensive reading program through Minnesota’s READ Act.

An impulse-buy at a local farm store leads to a sweet new family tradition.

An amazing feat is making progress. Colleen Froehrenbacher has a video update on moving a stretch of the Root River’s main channel back to an earlier bed near the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center.

Steve Harris interviews nationally known local artist, Joan Finnegan.

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 &

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.