Culture & Community

Three older women smile at the camera while wearing festive Christmas hats and scarves inside a museum-like space, with vintage displays and a large carved figure visible behind them.

Cold Weather Can’t Stop Christmas Cheer at Peterson’s Beloved Holiday Festival

Illustration: "Going to Conference" in the book The Circuit Rider A Tale of the Heroic Age by Edward Eggleston (left). Portrait of Father John Lewis Dyer (right). (Acquired through Public Domain)

Where Frontier Faith Took Root: Lenora Methodist Church and Its Circuit-Rider Origins

Black-and-white group portrait of twelve young men in dark suits posed around a wooden table, likely a student organization from the early 1900s. A banner reading “Duodecim” rests beneath the table. All are clean-shaven with neatly combed hair, photographed indoors against a plain studio backdrop.

Poet Richard Eberhart Remembered

Large group of people of all ages standing in line at a church or community-center buffet, filling their plates with Thanksgiving-style food in large roasters. The room is bright and busy, with casseroles, turkey, salads, and desserts laid out on long tables. The scene shows a warm, friendly small-town gathering.

Essay | Bringing Back Takkefest: Rushford Community Rebuilds a Beloved Thanksgiving Tradition

Display case featuring Brevet Brigadier General Judson W. Bishop’s Civil War sword, informational placard, and small U.S. flag at the Fillmore County History Center in Fountain, Minnesota.

Civil War Hero Judson W. Bishop, Instrumental in Building Fillmore County’s Future

A large Channel One Regional Food Bank truck is parked beside a red brick building with boarded windows. A worker in a gray hoodie unloads boxes on a lift gate, while two people stand near the open door labeled “Food Shelf.”

Local Food Shelves Stepping Up to Meet Record Demand

picture of book cover

Returning the Sword: New Book Chronicles Local Man’s Gift to Japanese Family

three actors on state with deep blue curtains in background

In Rural Minnesota, this Resident Ensemble Model Thrives

A group of Minnesota Vikings fans ride a bright yellow open-air bus decorated with large purple signs reading “SKOL VIKINGS” and the team’s horned-Viking logo. The fans, wearing gold Viking helmets with white horns, smile and wave despite the rainy weather. Some wear ponchos or hold umbrellas, and autumn trees with orange and green leaves fill the background.

From Radio Waves to Fan Blogs: How Tony Schultz Built His Vikings Community

photo of sunset across body of water

Paddling the Mississippi River is a Grand Adventure!

A young man wearing a bike helmet and a green and black one-piece biking uniform splattered in mud stands behind his bike with his hand on the seat and handlebars.

Gravel-Cycling Bikers Crisscross Root River Valley in Competition

Model A cars and people at shelter

Enjoying the Driftless in Century-Old ‘A’

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