Year: 2025

La Crescent Goes Live with Summer Music Series
Greg Lovell reports on how you can take in the music, community and fun at La Crescent Live, a summertime community event.

Group Attempts to Make Preston to Forestville Trail a Reality
John Torgrimson reports on renewed efforts to complete the Preston to Forestville Bike Trail and the Preston volunteers leading the project.

Hundreds of Shrubs to Protect Vesta Creek Streambank
John Weiss joins a crew of volunteers and conservation groups on a planting project to restore Vesta Creek’s floodplain with native and climate-adapted shrubs.

Root River Diary | How Did the Turtle Cross the Road?
Joyce Roffler finds a unique way to help a snapping turtle across the road.

Chert Quarry Near Grand Meadow Was Historic Social Center
A historic Grand Meadow-area site was both a quarry and a seasonal crossroads for neighboring Indigenous people. Check out part II of David Phillips’ reporting.

Poetry | Come Spring, Rhubarb Takes the Stage
Catherine Glynn salutes one of our favorite spring delicacies in an Ode to Rhubarb.

High Schoolers Learning from Trout
John Weiss checks back in with Rushford-Peterson students as they complete their Trout in the Classroom project with a stream release.

“On Your Left!” — E-Bikes on Regional Trails
Steve Harris reports on the surge in e-bikes on Southeast Minnesota’s 60+ miles of state trails.

Chert Quarry Near Grand Meadow is Rare, Lucky Find for Archaeologists
In the first of two stories, David Phillips reports on a rare archaeological find near Grand Meadow and visits with the archaeologist who’s been leading the research in recent years.

Bluffland Sunsets, Moonrise
Root River Current photographers capture twilight scenes in this series of “sunset, moonrise” photos.
