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For our Paper Project for the Winter 2023-24 Inspire(d), we put together templates for some DIY Affirmation Cards!

Inspire(d) Editor-in-Chief Aryn Henning Nichols writes about the Winter 2023-24 Inspire(d). The theme? You are Worthy: Believing in Yourself!

When words fail, what can take their place? For the Postville Community School District, the answer is therapy dogs.

Probituary: It's a notice of life for Vonnie Linnevold, interviewed by her daughter Becky Shaw.

An Q&A with founding owners of Decorah’s La Rana Bistro, Joanie Sheahan and Mark Smeby, and new owner, Carina Cavagnaro

International Owl Center puts the Owl in Knowledge

The Bronze Dragon is a one-of-a-kind, welcoming place for people who don’t or can’t drink, that is safe for the queer community, and accessible for all.

The Cresco Theatre and Opera House is so much more than a hometown theater.

Julia Borgen of Lanesboro, Minnesota, loves community. She won’t tell you that you should love it, too. Julia just does it.

Decorah, Iowa, native Elena Rue co-founded a video production company that harnesses the power of engaging stories.

From her big smile and zealous laugh, to her colorful outfits and statement glasses, anyone who comes across Rev. Laura Gentry can feel her warm energy and contagious joy.

In 1984, as parachute pants landed in clothing outlets and floppy discs took the then nascent computer world by storm, the late, great Harvard biologist Dr. Edward Wilson popularized a term that recalibrated our relationship with the natural world: biophilia.