Julie Fryer

Julie Fryer

Julie Fryer is a marketing and writing consultant who helps small businesses and nonprofits navigate the digital world. She lives in Chatfield, MN and is an avid gardener, sugarmaker and camper with a full bookshelf of to-be-read books.

Author's Archive

A large screen behind a stage lined with people in chairs shows a womean sitting in a folding chair in her grassy yard.

Fillmore County Farmers Featured at Farm Aid 40

Local farming couple Vance and Bonnie Haugen were featured during the Farm Aid 40 events held in Minneapolis in September 2025. Root River Current‘s Julie Fryer was there.

A group of people standing in a line above a deep impression covered in vegetation look down at a man standing in the middle of the hole.

Inside Root River Current | A Visit to the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry

The Root River Current team joined community leaders, archaeologists and area residents for a special tour of the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry/Wanhi Yukan Preserve. 

Five people holding photo props stand on either side of a rainbow striped banner with the words "dam proud". The banner is hung on the side of a tall pavilion in a park.

Photo Essay | Lanesboro’s First-ever Pride in the Park

Upwards of 200 people gathered to support Lanesboro’s first annual Pride in the Park; Root River Current photographers share the story in a special photo essay.

Late summer sunset over a farm just west of Chatfield. (Photo by Julie Fryer)

Autumn Splendor

Southeast Minnesota Driftless Scenery, Fall 2024

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">A Monarch butterfly stops for a rest and a snack. Monarchs' fall migration typically continues through October in southeast Minnesota. (Photo by Craig Johnson)</span>

Summer Fades into Fall

Area photographers capture the changing seasons.

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">A bright green tree frog nestles in for a little rest. (Photo by Dick Nethercut)</span>

Dog Days of Summer

 

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Marty Walsh, Lead Organizer of the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail, hikes along the beginning of Lost Creek Hiking Trail near Chatfield. (Photo by Julie Fryer)</span>

The Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail Gets Two Steps Closer to Reality

Julie Fryer visits with Marty Walsh, the lead organizer of the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail.

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Nearly four gallons of pure maple syrup gathered in one season by the Fryer family of Chatfield. (Photo by Julie Fryer)</span>

A Sweet Surprise in Your Own Backyard

Julie Fryer gives readers a “How To” guide to harvesting maple syrup.

Political parties in the state of Minnesota will hold their party caucuses on February 27. (Graphics by Julie Fryer)

Minnesota’s 2024 political process is well underway

Julie Fryer breaks down Minnesota’s political party caucus system.

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.

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

Brothers Blend Wine and Mead Into a Welcoming Destination

Julie Fryer introduces us to a Fountain-area winery and how it uses locally-sourced ingredients to create unique wine and mead blends.

Minnesota Office of Broadband Development Executive Director, Bree Maki, attends a White House celebration of funding for nationwide broadband. (Photo courtesy of Bree Maki.)

Internet for All

Julie Fryer interviews the state’s leader on broadband development in rural Minnesota.

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