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Writing and photography by Audrey Kletscher Helbling. Beyond the Big Woods on Nerstrand’s Main Street. July 28, 2016. 8212; Audrey Kletscher Helbling @ 5:00 AM. Nerstrand Big Woods State Park. Driving westbound into Nerstrand, Minnesota. Of only 253, you might expect Nerstrand. To be a quiet small town with, as some could surmise, not a lot going for it. But that would be an inaccurate assessment. A farm site just east of Nerstrand. North of Nerstand, country gravel roads run through hilly terrain. Notic...
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Writing and photography by Audrey Kletscher Helbling. A Minnesotan’s take on Wisconsin. August 26, 2016. 8212; Audrey Kletscher Helbling @ 5:00 AM. WHEN I TOOK A ROAD TRIP. To Boston earlier this year, I learned something about my home state. Or rather, what others think of Minnesota. Whether in Indiana or New York or Massachusetts, folks reacted the same upon learning I was a Minnesotan. It’s cold there, they said. Packers fans houses in Wautoma? Or simply a gold house and a green house? Here’s my...