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This section includes published articles about community culture, events and other interesting stories about what makes our local areas great (or maybe even not-so-great) places to live. 

Lefse & Lutefisk & Rømmegrøt, Oh My!

Lefse and lutefisk are white and bland and simple. The humble, long-storing ingredients are the flavor of poverty and survival, of northern climates with short growing seasons...
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Reviving the Julia Belle Swain

The Julia Belle Swain may be a classic picture of the late-1800s, but would you believe she's only 44 years old? We don't mind being fooled, though. She's one of the finest examples of historic paddlewheel boats that still steam the Big Muddy.
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Spirit of the Mississippi

The Mississippi River is undoubtedly our city’s most obvious yet most overlooked feature. But it has some of the most intriguing, drama-filled history...
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A Successful Season for REAP's Farm to School Food Truck

This spring, REAP Food Group revealed their colorful new food truck in Madison, named “UpRoot by REAP,” and sent it to a different MMSD high school each day throughout the spring term. According to REAP, “The food truck aims to transform school lunch for Madison teens.” Although half of MMSD students qualify for free or reduced lunches, high schools see school lunch participation as low as 25 percent due to open campus lunch periods. When a teen’s friends leave school for lunch, it makes it diff

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