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Root River Current

Root River Current

Building Community Through Storytelling

RootRiverCurrent.org

Local Events Calendar

Founded in 2022, Root River Current, Inc. is a nonprofit online magazine serving the Root River Valley of southeast Minnesota through written, audio and visual media.

What we do: Root River Current...

  • Tells important, yet often overlooked, stories about the people, culture, and history in the area.
  • Celebrates our shared dedication and love for this region.
  • Publishes the work of local citizen journalists, writers, poets, photographers, and artists.

Our stories are available to audiences free across many platforms, including our website RootRiverCurrent.org, social media, newsletters and community events.

Our Mission: Root River Current, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation committed to producing journalism and storytelling that builds community in southeast Minnesota's greater Root River Valley.

Our Vision: Root River Current envisions a community of inspired citizens who nourish and sustain an informed, just, and responsible society that celebrates its friends and neighbors.

A free, online regional magazine publishing news articles, creative writing, photography and a Local Events Calendar focused on the communities, culture and history of the greater Root River Valley.

Fillmore, Houston and adjacent portions of Winona, Olmsted and Mower counties.

History

Founded in 2022Founded by a local board of community residents interested in sharing untold or undertold stories of the people, places and communities in the greater Root River Valley of Southeast Minnesota. Incorporated and established nonprofit status in 2022; began publishing (online) in March 2023.