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Houston County Artist Diane Crane Finds Beauty in Everyday Life
Restoration Project Redirects Root River to Original Channel

Regional Arts

A well-loved 1985 Ford F250 diesel truck waiting for its next task. (Photo by Greg Schieber)

Essay | Setbacks Are the Norm on My Small Farm

Inspired by nature, artist Rita LeDuc prefers painting with traditional oil paints.  (All images courtesy of Rita and Paul LeDuc)

Paint Where We Live, Live Where We Paint

Trailers lined up to receive their boats along the Mississippi River in late October. (Photo by John Gaddo)

Poetry | Boat Trailer Blues

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Each spring Maynard Underbakke, at right, would welcome students to tour his tree farm nursery. Each student was given a spruce seedling to plant at their home. (Photo submitted by Bonita Underbakke)</span>

Essay | Father Was Born Capable

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Poetry | Reflections by Gavin

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Liz at her shop workbench working on a crown repair. (Photos for this article were provided by Liz Bucheit)</span>

Profile | Liz Bucheit: Creating a Lifetime of Art

Diane Knight is pictured in front of a wall of Doodles – intricate pen and ink designs that she creates.  (Photo by Renee Bergstrom)

Profile | The University of Diane

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Bob Bovee’s career as a musician in old-time music stretches back 53 years and counting. (Photo submitted by Bob Bovee)</span>

Profile | Have Guitar, Will Travel: Bob Bovee’s Musical Journey

Grand Champion honey at the Fillmore County Fair. (All photos by Renee Bergstrom)

A Grand Champion Day at the Fair

A field of Queen Anne's Lace. (Photo by Delia Bell)

Poetry | Biennial Beauty, Black Holes & Insomnia

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">A rolling coral reef ready to go on stage. (Photo by Laurie Byrne)</span>

Behind the Scenes and Under the Sea

<span style="font-size: 14px; color: #6c6b6b; ">Karin Ferden of rural St. Charles plays the flute in a Chatfield Brass Band performance of “Stars and Stripes Forever”. (Photo by John Weiss)</span>

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