Taken from article in the Long Praire Leader by Sue Farmer ________________________________________________________________________________ Henry Schoolcraft State Park There aren’t many places one can take an unfettered stroll along the Mississippi River in Minnesota, but Henry Rowe Schoolcraft State Park provides just such an opportunity. Located a few miles from Grand Rapids off Minnesota Highway 6, the […]
Rural America Arts Partnership
“That’s Our New Theater” Sometimes art begets art. On his drive home from a poetry festival in Marshall, Minnesota, in the spring of 1998, Ken Flies imagined the basic idea for the Rural America Arts Partnership. He had heard enough that week of abandoned barns and falling silos, and he knew there was a strong […]
Mille Lacs Indian Museum
A Confluence of Old and New Ken Weyaus, Sr., can teach us how very close we still are to the traditional Ojibwe that lives, hunted, and fished in Minnesota just decades ago. As he leads tours through the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Historic Site on the western shore of Lake Mille Lacs, he will […]
Earthrise Farm
A Healthy Beginning After 40 years at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent school, Annette and Kay Fernholz returned to their family home in Louisberg, Minnesota and with the help of the convent established Earthrise Farm in 1996. It was a risky, but hopeful start for the sisters and their first year they had only […]