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Root River Project in Lanesboro Draws Praise and Criticism
Essay | Hijacked? The view from seat 11B
Photo Essay | Spring High School Sports

Community Voices

The author fly fishing on the Root River. (Submitted photo)

Poetry | An Ode…A Shiver…A Loon

Sandhill Cranes along the Root River near Whalan. (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Winter Thaw

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

Essay | Winter Silence

PHOTO Valley video capture (1) (1) (1)

Poetry | Those Darn Feelings

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

Winter Beauty

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 | I’m Changing My Ways with Water

(Submitted photo)

Poetry | Welcome Winter

On cold winter days, ice creeps slowly from the shore toward the main channel of the Root River near Peterson. (Photo by Craig Johnson)

Cold Days…Hot Nights

(Photos by Andy Lowe)

Poetry | Emerging

"...a flowing stream, a crackling fire..." foster companionship along the Root River. (Photo by John Gaddo)

Essay | Campfire Truths

Sunset comes early in November as each day gets shorter, leading up to the winter equinox on December 21.  (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Prelude to Winter

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Essay | Scottish Highlands South of Highland

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