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Grandma Karen and Grandpa Dan have been married for almost 50 years. They have five kids and eleven grandchildren. They were married on March 18, 1977,…

Marge Loch-Wouters is a Minnesota Master Naturalist whose passion is the outdoors and hiking in the Driftless region. Her blog, Hiking the Driftless Trails, publishes…

During the last ice age – 20,000 years ago give or take a few years – the ebb and flow of glaciers forever changed the…

Lisa Lantz, owner of The Getup in Downtown Decorah, is a total ray of sunshine. So it’s no surprise that her resale store feels like…

We both smile, we both weep We both have secrets we hate to keep We both overthink and cannot lie We both dance when we…

Staring into the silver-gleaming night sky, you’re met with something endless. Stars shimmer like distant memories, scattered across the darkness, while the moon hangs quietly,…

Maxine, a small eight-year-old girl with black hair in two braids flying behind her, ran through the sprinkler in her yard, chasing a monarch butterfly.…

You love waking up early, ready to go,     But I would rather sleep in and move kind of slow. You talk super loud, your…

The story starts out in a familiar way: Boy meets girl. They get married. They start a family. Alex Weber and Moran Lonning met in…

Winter transforms our homes into a cocoon of warmth and rest. We seek comfort in close quarters, drawn by the allure of a crackling fire,…

It’s people’s differences that make this world a beautiful, complex, fascinating place. They can also make us feel isolated and angry. I don’t think I’ve…

One of the best things we can do to feel connected with others is to share the kind things we think about and hope for…