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Area Public Health Officials Remain Vigilant At All Times

April 1, 2025

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In The News: Opportunities to Create!

March 30, 2025

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Giants of the Earth Center street level photo

Commemorating Norwegian Crossings With Music And More

March 26, 2025

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‘Sweet Business’ In The Hardwood Forest

March 25, 2025

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Groups of people of all ages sit around tables in a library with sun streaming in the windows.. They are leaning over tables sorting garden seeds.

Cultivating Community: How the Chatfield Public Library is Sowing Seeds

March 25, 2025

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The READ Act: New Teaching Methods For Reading In Minnesota

March 18, 2025

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In The News: Opportunities to Create!

Several recently announced spring and summer activities will spur participants' creativity in music, performing arts -- and gardening!

Pair of eagles sit on a snowy river bank on a sunny day.

Original Photography: Winter Scenes

Original photography from southeastern Minnesota featuring nature scenes and community activities.

Gathering Acorns to Renew River Forestland

Efforts to collect acorns are helping with reforestation projects along the Upper Mississippi River. The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk reports on volunteer work near the Reno Bottoms.

Your Leadership Can Make A Difference in Root River Current’s Third Year

Root River Current seeks Board of Directors candidates to support 2025 growth—can you help?

Poetry: “Love…” In Springtime

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

Time Again To ‘Paint The Town’

Learn how your community can benefit -- and beautify -- from a 2025 Paint the Town Grant from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (applications accepted through March 31), and tour some of the recent projects in southeast Minnesota.

Building Community Through Storytelling

Building Community Through Storytelling

Wild Rice Returns To Nearby Stretches of Mississippi River

Area Public Health Officials Remain Vigilant At All Times

Minnesota’s Hooded History

In The News: Opportunities to Create!

Commemorating Norwegian Crossings With Music And More

‘Sweet Business’ In The Hardwood Forest

Cultivating Community: How the Chatfield Public Library is Sowing Seeds

The READ Act: New Teaching Methods For Reading In Minnesota

In The News: Opportunities to Create!

Original Photography: Winter Scenes

Gathering Acorns to Renew River Forestland

Your Leadership Can Make A Difference in Root River Current’s Third Year

Poetry: “Love…” In Springtime

Time Again To ‘Paint The Town’

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