Walnut Grove News

A good place to begin, with information on festivals and much more, is www.laurasprairiehouse.com . These websites, from towns with ties to Wilder, are useful: * Independence, Kan.: www.littlehouseontheprairie.com * Burr Oak, Iowa: www.lauraingallswilder.us * Walnut Grove: www.walnutgrove.org * De Smet: www.ingallshomestead.com , discoverlaura.org ...

Posting from a sunny and steamy Minneapolis and Minnesota, where it topped out at 94 degrees today under mainly sunny skies .

For many years, my daughter, Kathleen, and I gave presentations at many schools and branches of the Door County library on Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Leo Thorsness earned the Medal of Honor for one of the epic solo battles of the Vietnam War, but didn't know Congress had awarded it to him until years later.

Many of us take some action to protect the environment and the earth's resources.

My boys and I unbuckled our sandals and slid down a muddy bank, slipping our feet into the cool waters of Plum Creek -- Laura's Plum Creek.

I first met Bill Holm in the late 70s or early 80s when I was lucky enough to ride shotgun in Bill's vehicle on a tour of the area he knew and loved.

Redwood County voters will narrow down their choices for District 1 County Commissioner today.

Five people have filed to fill a vacant seat on the Redwood County Board, the Redwood County Auditor/Treasurer's Office said Monday.

I had the great good fortune of meeing Leo Thorsness last summer through the offices of McCain campaign midwest spokesman Tom Steward.