Driftless Stories
From Steam to Gasoline: The Tractor!
By Benji Nichols | Image above courtesy Randy Leffingwell, LA Times There are few inventions in history that have literally changed the landscape like the modern…
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Driftless Stories
Butter-to-Art: An Interview with Butter Sculptress Sarah Pratt
By Benji Nichols With roots dating as far back as the 1400s, butter has been used in various ways to create art – Monks even…
Driftless Adventures
Minnesota’s River Root State Trail & Harmony-Preston Valley State Trail
By Lauren Kraus | Photo by Explore MN Tourism Cruising along, breeze on face, sun on skin under a canopy of large trees next to…
Driftless Stories
Getting Our Hands Dirty: A Growing Interest in Community-Focused Gardening
Story and Photos by Kelly Larsen The disdain I once held for gardening still remains distinct in my memory. As a little kid, I dreaded…
Driftless Stories
Interview with artist Doug Eckheart
By Aryn Henning Nichols In the middle of a gallery, with walls covered in bright memories of places and events he’s experienced over the past…
Driftless Stories
The Borlaug Bounty: Feeding a Billion
By Aryn Henning Nichols Growing up a member of the Clean Plate Club, “There are starving children in Africa,” seemed merely a parental guilt tactic…
Driftless Adventures
Driftless? Try Drift-more: Another Look at Why We Love the Driftless Area
By Lauren Kraus Printed in the October/November 2008 edition of Inspire(d) This is the fourth in a series of articles that serves as a tribute…
Driftless Adventures
Creek Check: Exploring the Backwoods of Winneshiek County’s Bear Creek and Pine Creek Areas
By Lauren Kraus Printed in the September 2008 edition of Inspire(d) This is the third in a series of articles that serves as a tribute…
Driftless Adventures
Get Outta Town: More Great Trails to Explore North of Decorah
By Lauren Kraus Printed in the June 2008 edition of Inspire(d) This is the second in a series of articles that serves as a tribute…
Probituaries
Virginia Zotalis
Interviewed by daughter-in-law Lynne Zotalis. It’s so interesting how things come around. I will have two new grandchildren by spring. Their great grandma, Virginia, will…
Probituaries
Rita (Leibold) Hackman
What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you? Honesty. Don’t speak badly about others, and never say a “bad” word! What did you want to…
Probituaries
Regina Cecelia Broghammer
Regina Cecelia Broghammer (nee Knox) Born at home “on Groundhog’s Day” (February 2), 1908 in Plymouth Rock Parish in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Regina is the…
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