It isn't all that gloomy beyond Lake Wobegon
July 1 will be Garrison Keillor’s last official time hosting “A Prairie Home Companion,” a public radio broadcast with a history a decade longer than that of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s (SMIF), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. There’s no denying Keillor’s radio show, particularly his “News from Lake Wobegon” monologue, has crafted one of the most pervasive narratives for rural Minnesota and our small, Midwest towns.
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