A Rochester man’s proposal to turn a portion of southeast Minnesota’s Driftless region into a national park died less than a month after he proposed it this year. But discussion about protection and promotion of the region which stretches into northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin and northwest Illinois continues.
With idea to establish a national park in the Driftless area of Southwest Minnesota set aside, the discussion about preservation and promotion continues.
On March 8, 2022, the board of directors of the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) awarded 35 arts programming grants for a total of $155,335 in funding to applicants throughout