A non-hunter’s observations about deer hunting season in Minnesota
You know it’s opening weekend of firearms deer hunting in Minnesota when…
Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Autumn in Faribault
Sunday here in southeastern Minnesota was gloriously beautiful as in blue skies and sunshine and warmth melding with the changing colors of the season.
Faribault welcomes F-Town Brewing Company
F-Town has proven a popular gathering spot for craft beer lovers since opening about a month ago.
Working the land In Shakopee
Decades have passed since I detasseled corn, walked beans, hoed the sprawling family garden. Yet, if I look close enough, I see dirt still tracing the creases of my palms.
Lindström, Minnesota: More than just a pair of dots
There’s a lot more to notice in Lindström than the presence or absence of umlauts.
Minnesota faces: Friends
If only those who hold disdain for Somalis could meet Nasteho. They would see her as the beautiful, young and spirited woman I photographed.
One of the reasons I appreciate my community of Faribault
Today I want to show you a photo snippet from downtown Faribault.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s imprint upon Mason City
On a recent visit to northeastern Iowa, I was thrilled to discover the greatest concentration of Prairie School architecture in the upper Midwest in Mason City.
And there was light and clouds and beauty everywhere in rural Minnesota
All the way home, from southwestern Minnesota to southeastern, I watched the sky and the light and the crops as daylight edged ever nearer night.
Baseball memories from rural Minnesota
When I think back to the 1960s, I hear the static buzz of my older brother’s transistor radio as he dials in ’CCO.
Sweet vintage signage in Sleepy Eye and a theatre in need of rescue
Every time I pass through Sleepy Eye along U.S. Highway 14 in southwestern Minnesota, I admire the same business signage.
Planting season in southern Minnesota
If they weren’t working the land, farmers along a stretch between Mankato and west of New Ulm were preparing to plant on Saturday.
Irresistible alpacas at a southern Minnesota expo
You can’t be among alpacas for long without the cuteness factor winning you over.
Oh, the stories this tow truck could tell
Do you ever wonder, like I do, about the stories a vehicle could tell?
Beyond frustrated with MNsure
Up until now, because of a pre-existing condition, I was stuck with my existing health insurance plan. Now I can shop. But I don’t like shopping, especially for insurance.
Thanksgiving art at Faribault Lutheran School
In this technology dominated world, it’s refreshing to see that kids are still using crayons and colored paper and, yes, even paper plates to create art.
Giving bikes to kids
“Owning a bike is very near and dear to a child’s heart.”
Rural signage: Steer me to Pumpkinland
Rural areas offer creative home-spun signs so I’m always scouting for eye-catching signage worthy of photographing.
Violent crime that’s way too close to home, my home
This is the type of news you never want to read about in your community. Drive-by shootings. Yes, three. In Faribault.
Mankato’s newest public art project: ‘Poetry Walk and Ride’
The Mankato Poetry Walk and Ride is designed “to inspire and encourage poets of all ages, to provide public art in our communities and to encourage exercise.”
