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Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.” WISCONSIN 101: JOLLY GOOD SODA 0:00 / 0:32. Live. •. According to Wisconsin 101, Krier Foods began as a food preservation company in 1913, originally canning beets, corn and beans. It later added other foods, like soups and spaghetti. Kreier started the Jolly Good brand in the 1970s in Belgium, Wisconsin. But after decades of filling fridges across the region,competition
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The cultural stereotypes of living in rural Wisconsin are here: Die-hard Packer fans, all things Duck Dynasty, and hunting. One of the hardest adjustments is the lack of food choices and distance to the grocery store. Coming from the Brady Street neighborhood, I had every imaginable food option at my fingertips. Now I would have to planahead.
PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and WOOD CARVING ARTIST CRAFTS LIFELIKE EAGLE Wood Carving Artist Crafts Lifelike Eagle Feathers. Winnebago wood carver-artist Tom Tyers hand carves and paints feathers that are so lifelike that people often mistake his work for real feathers and warn him that most people are federally prohibited from owning feathersfrom
JUMP RIVER’S YODELING BAR OWNER Jump River’s Yodeling Bar Owner. Piotrowski’s Bar is likely the most jumping spot in the town of Jump River. Some bars have a jukebox full of 45s. This one plays the greatest hits of 1945. Ninety-three-year-old Cindy Piotrowski not only owns this bar, she often provides the musical entertainment. Piotrowski was raised in a family of musicians. DANCING ON A HILLSIDE: THE GRATEFUL DEAD AT ALPINE VALLEY The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 20 times from 1980 to 1989. Fans trucked to the southeastern Wisconsin venue from all over the country. Producer Steve Gotcher attended most of those shows. On the day that turned out to be their last concert at Alpine in July of ’89, he decided to record the sounds of the scene in the WAUPACA VETERANS REPURPOSE MOBILITY DEVICES FOR FELLOW It’s a $20,000 electric wheelchair. Mobility 4 Vets will list it for $800, but they understand even that could be too expensive so the right price could be nothing more than a handshake. “So our prices run anywhere from zero up to whatever you can afford,” says HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.” WISCONSIN 101: JOLLY GOOD SODA 0:00 / 0:32. Live. •. According to Wisconsin 101, Krier Foods began as a food preservation company in 1913, originally canning beets, corn and beans. It later added other foods, like soups and spaghetti. Kreier started the Jolly Good brand in the 1970s in Belgium, Wisconsin. But after decades of filling fridges across the region,competition
MOVING NORTH
The cultural stereotypes of living in rural Wisconsin are here: Die-hard Packer fans, all things Duck Dynasty, and hunting. One of the hardest adjustments is the lack of food choices and distance to the grocery store. Coming from the Brady Street neighborhood, I had every imaginable food option at my fingertips. Now I would have to planahead.
PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and WOOD CARVING ARTIST CRAFTS LIFELIKE EAGLE Wood Carving Artist Crafts Lifelike Eagle Feathers. Winnebago wood carver-artist Tom Tyers hand carves and paints feathers that are so lifelike that people often mistake his work for real feathers and warn him that most people are federally prohibited from owning feathersfrom
JUMP RIVER’S YODELING BAR OWNER Jump River’s Yodeling Bar Owner. Piotrowski’s Bar is likely the most jumping spot in the town of Jump River. Some bars have a jukebox full of 45s. This one plays the greatest hits of 1945. Ninety-three-year-old Cindy Piotrowski not only owns this bar, she often provides the musical entertainment. Piotrowski was raised in a family of musicians. DANCING ON A HILLSIDE: THE GRATEFUL DEAD AT ALPINE VALLEY The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 20 times from 1980 to 1989. Fans trucked to the southeastern Wisconsin venue from all over the country. Producer Steve Gotcher attended most of those shows. On the day that turned out to be their last concert at Alpine in July of ’89, he decided to record the sounds of the scene in the WAUPACA VETERANS REPURPOSE MOBILITY DEVICES FOR FELLOW It’s a $20,000 electric wheelchair. Mobility 4 Vets will list it for $800, but they understand even that could be too expensive so the right price could be nothing more than a handshake. “So our prices run anywhere from zero up to whatever you can afford,” says TOPICS | WISCONSIN LIFE This is a carousel page of all topics. Look for page-3319 in code tomake changes.
HUMAN POWERED: HEALING FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural communities and people of all ages and genders. The legal difficulties survivors of trafficking face can be substantial — and the trauma they’ve experienced can be immense. A new podcast from our partners at Wisconsin Humanities called “Human Powered”explores
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Human Powered: Healing From Sexual Assault, Trafficking Through ‘Untold Stories’ Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural EARLY WISCONSIN SETTLERS Erika Janik Erika Janik is the co-creator and former executive director of Wisconsin Life. She is the author of six books, including Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, Apple: A Global History, and Marketplace of the Marvelous:The
REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES Superheroes are usually the stuff of fantasy. But that fantasy becomes real in the form of real life superheroes. These men and women have normal jobs in the daytime but at night, they wear costumes and take part in special missions. Writer Tea Krulos introduces us to Wisconsin’s superhero culture. Tea Krulos is the author of Heroes inthe Night.
FORAGING FOR WATERCRESS IN WISCONSIN'S DRIFTLESS REGION Erika Janik Erika Janik is the co-creator and former executive director of Wisconsin Life. She is the author of six books, including Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, Apple: A Global History, and Marketplace of the Marvelous:The
A RETIRED SNOWMOBILE RACER SHOWS OFF HIS COLLECTION OF Craig Marchbank is used to collecting victories on the track. He spent 30 years racing snowmobiles professionally. “We were very prepared when we hit a racetrack. Second wasn’t an option,” Marchbank says. Marchbank and his teammates Doug Boyd and Gary Greiner lived up to that mantra. They racked up plenty MILDRED HARNACK: REMEMBERING THE WISCONSIN WOMAN WHO Mildred Harnack is a World War II hero who didn’t earn any medals and whose name seemed to be lost to history until recently. She was the only civilian American woman executed on direct orders of Adolf Hitler. She grew up in Milwaukee and earned a degree at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where she met a German exchange student named NORTHERN WISCONSIN MAN EMBRACES TRADITION OF LOGGING WITH Northern Wisconsin Man Embraces Tradition Of Logging With Horses. Taylor Johnson’s family has been harvesting lumber in Springbrook and other parts of Northern Wisconsin for generations. While other loggers have embraced modern equipment, ARBOR VITAE BOOKBINDER KEEPING CENTURIES OLD TRADITION He runs Atelier Bindery in Arbor Vitae where he repairs, restores and creates custom books by hand. Creating a book is time consuming work. Bieschke starts with a packet of raw materials. He uses tools that haven’t changed much since the 15 th Century, such as a HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.”MOVING NORTH
In the fall of 2016 I resigned from my 25 year teaching career in Milwaukee, sold my east side condo and went to live on our family land just west of Oshkosh. My mom, a true nature-lover, inherited the property from her parents and has lived on it for the PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for A FARMER’S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE WIFE GOES VIRAL Take a late summer drive on State Road 85 in Eau Claire County and odds are one of nature’s most colorful creations will be on display. A field of yellow sunflowers sits on a patch of farmland next to the road. There was no bigger fan of these flowers than ONE MAN'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH BUTTONS Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons. He fell in love with buttons while working in publishing in New York City. Brockman organized an event for science teachers that involved buttons. Attention quickly shifted from WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Nicole Atkinson was already building shelves and furniture when she was just a teenager. She went on to study mechanical design and began her career at a furniture company in Oshkosh. Yet she dreamed of one day working on a project that connected her work with that of renownedarchitect
ARBOR VITAE BOOKBINDER KEEPING CENTURIES OLD TRADITION Ask Florian Bieschke if he reads books and he laughs, “You betcha! That’s my form of entertainment. I’m not fond of screens. I just like the page, so I read.” Bieschke does more than read books, he builds them. He runs Atelier Bindery in Arbor Vitae where he repairs,restores
HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.”MOVING NORTH
In the fall of 2016 I resigned from my 25 year teaching career in Milwaukee, sold my east side condo and went to live on our family land just west of Oshkosh. My mom, a true nature-lover, inherited the property from her parents and has lived on it for the PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for A FARMER’S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE WIFE GOES VIRAL Take a late summer drive on State Road 85 in Eau Claire County and odds are one of nature’s most colorful creations will be on display. A field of yellow sunflowers sits on a patch of farmland next to the road. There was no bigger fan of these flowers than ONE MAN'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH BUTTONS Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons. He fell in love with buttons while working in publishing in New York City. Brockman organized an event for science teachers that involved buttons. Attention quickly shifted from WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Nicole Atkinson was already building shelves and furniture when she was just a teenager. She went on to study mechanical design and began her career at a furniture company in Oshkosh. Yet she dreamed of one day working on a project that connected her work with that of renownedarchitect
ARBOR VITAE BOOKBINDER KEEPING CENTURIES OLD TRADITION Ask Florian Bieschke if he reads books and he laughs, “You betcha! That’s my form of entertainment. I’m not fond of screens. I just like the page, so I read.” Bieschke does more than read books, he builds them. He runs Atelier Bindery in Arbor Vitae where he repairs,restores
TOPICS | WISCONSIN LIFE This is a carousel page of all topics. Look for page-3319 in code tomake changes.
HUMAN POWERED: HEALING FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural communities and people of all ages and genders. The legal difficulties survivors of trafficking face can be substantial — and the trauma they’ve experienced can be immense. A new podcast from our partners at Wisconsin Humanities called “Human Powered”explores
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Human Powered: Healing From Sexual Assault, Trafficking Through ‘Untold Stories’ Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural HOLIDAY FOOD TRADITIONS ARCHIVES Food plays a central part in many holiday traditions. This series honors the foods and meals that make the day. A RETIRED SNOWMOBILE RACER SHOWS OFF HIS COLLECTION OF Craig Marchbank is used to collecting victories on the track. He spent 30 years racing snowmobiles professionally. “We were very prepared when we hit a racetrack. Second wasn’t an option,” Marchbank says. Marchbank and his teammates Doug Boyd and Gary Greiner lived up to that mantra. They racked up plenty EVERY DROP COUNTS FOR FAMILY LIVING OFF THE GRID Carol Dunbar and her family live off the grid in northern Wisconsin. It has its challenges, but those challenges have provided important lessons, too, about the preciousness of certain resources. We stand guard at our stations: me at the kitchen sink, my son by the front door, and my husband EAU CLAIRE VIOLINIST’S MUSICAL JOURNEY Music is considered by some to be the universal language. A language Rose Vincent has been in tune with for most of her life. “I was 12 years old and my parents said, ‘Well, you get to choose your instrument,'” Vincent said. “And I thought the violin soundedpretty cool.”
WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
WHY DO WE NEED CHARTER SCHOOLS? Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School junior Dante Murray really wants to talk about school. Before he came to MG21 his sophomore year, he struggled at the traditional public school. “I didn’t really find point in doing a lot of the stuff that they were assigning,” said Dante. “Science and MUSICIAN LOU SHIELDS EMBRACES DRIFTLESS REGION, SOUNDS OF Musician and artist Lou Shields is much like the old school troubadours he sounds like. With his scraggly hair, work-jeans held up by suspenders, trademark Dobbs hats and work boots, Shields looks like the embodiment of a 1930s character from a John Steinbeck novel — HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.”MOVING NORTH
The cultural stereotypes of living in rural Wisconsin are here: Die-hard Packer fans, all things Duck Dynasty, and hunting. One of the hardest adjustments is the lack of food choices and distance to the grocery store. Coming from the Brady Street neighborhood, I had every imaginable food option at my fingertips. Now I would have to planahead.
PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. A FARMER’S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE WIFE GOES VIRAL Not just a single field, but four and a half miles of sunflowers along the highway. He surrounded State Road 85 in a sea of yellow. “I just wanted everybody to know how much she meant to me,” Jaquish said. His touching tribute went viral. The story spread on social media, and emails poured in from all over the world. WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Atkinson built pieces using Wright’s 100-year-old plans and furnished the house as it would have looked in 1915. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block, Inc., owns five of the six houses on the street. They are currently renovating one of the duplexes with plans to make it into an Airbnb. Atkinson is building the furniture based onWright’s
ONE MAN'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH BUTTONS Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons. He fell in love with buttons while working in publishing in New York City. Brockman organized an event for science teachers that involved buttons. Attention quickly shifted from WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
ARBOR VITAE BOOKBINDER KEEPING CENTURIES OLD TRADITION He runs Atelier Bindery in Arbor Vitae where he repairs, restores and creates custom books by hand. Creating a book is time consuming work. Bieschke starts with a packet of raw materials. He uses tools that haven’t changed much since the 15 th Century, such as a HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.”MOVING NORTH
The cultural stereotypes of living in rural Wisconsin are here: Die-hard Packer fans, all things Duck Dynasty, and hunting. One of the hardest adjustments is the lack of food choices and distance to the grocery store. Coming from the Brady Street neighborhood, I had every imaginable food option at my fingertips. Now I would have to planahead.
PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. A FARMER’S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE WIFE GOES VIRAL Not just a single field, but four and a half miles of sunflowers along the highway. He surrounded State Road 85 in a sea of yellow. “I just wanted everybody to know how much she meant to me,” Jaquish said. His touching tribute went viral. The story spread on social media, and emails poured in from all over the world. WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Atkinson built pieces using Wright’s 100-year-old plans and furnished the house as it would have looked in 1915. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block, Inc., owns five of the six houses on the street. They are currently renovating one of the duplexes with plans to make it into an Airbnb. Atkinson is building the furniture based onWright’s
ONE MAN'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH BUTTONS Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons. He fell in love with buttons while working in publishing in New York City. Brockman organized an event for science teachers that involved buttons. Attention quickly shifted from WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
ARBOR VITAE BOOKBINDER KEEPING CENTURIES OLD TRADITION He runs Atelier Bindery in Arbor Vitae where he repairs, restores and creates custom books by hand. Creating a book is time consuming work. Bieschke starts with a packet of raw materials. He uses tools that haven’t changed much since the 15 th Century, such as a TOPICS | WISCONSIN LIFE This is a carousel page of all topics. Look for page-3319 in code tomake changes.
HUMAN POWERED: HEALING FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural communities and people of all ages and genders. The legal difficulties survivors of trafficking face can be substantial — and the trauma they’ve experienced can be immense. A new podcast from our partners at Wisconsin Humanities called “Human Powered”explores
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Human Powered: Healing From Sexual Assault, Trafficking Through ‘Untold Stories’ Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural HOLIDAY FOOD TRADITIONS ARCHIVES Food Traditions: Lutefisk Supper. This story is part of Wisconsin Life's Food Traditions series. Lutefisk is a Scandinavian delicacy. It’s cod or whitefish that's . A RETIRED SNOWMOBILE RACER SHOWS OFF HIS COLLECTION OF Craig Marchbank is used to collecting victories on the track. He spent 30 years racing snowmobiles professionally. “We were very prepared when we hit a racetrack. Second wasn’t an option,” Marchbank says. Marchbank and his teammates Doug Boyd and Gary Greiner lived up to that mantra. They racked up plenty FORAGING FOR WATERCRESS IN WISCONSIN'S DRIFTLESS REGION Erika Janik Erika Janik is the co-creator and former executive director of Wisconsin Life. She is the author of six books, including Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction, Apple: A Global History, and Marketplace of the Marvelous:The
EAU CLAIRE VIOLINIST’S MUSICAL JOURNEY A language Rose Vincent has been in tune with for most of her life. “I was 12 years old and my parents said, ‘Well, you get to choose your instrument,'” Vincent said. “And I thought the violin sounded pretty cool.”. It was the start of a lifelong dialogue for Rose. In 2004, she graduated from UW-Eau Claire with a degree in musical EVERY DROP COUNTS FOR FAMILY LIVING OFF THE GRID Carol Dunbar and her family live off the grid in northern Wisconsin. It has its challenges, but those challenges have provided important lessons, too, about the preciousness of certain resources. We stand guard at our stations: me at the kitchen sink, my son by the front door, and my husband BARB CAREY INTRODUCES WOMEN TO ICE FISHING Barb Carey has been ice fishing her whole life and is devoted to getting other women out on the ice. She teaches ice fishing to women all over Wisconsin and the upper Midwest through her organization Wisconsin Women Fish. One of the obstacles to getting women out on the ice, says Carey, is proper gear. Until recently, most ice fishing gearand
MUSICIAN LOU SHIELDS EMBRACES DRIFTLESS REGION, SOUNDS OF Musician and artist Lou Shields is much like the old school troubadours he sounds like. With his scraggly hair, work-jeans held up by suspenders, trademark Dobbs hats and work boots, Shields looks like the embodiment of a 1930s character from a John Steinbeck novel — HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.” WISCONSIN 101: JOLLY GOOD SODA 0:00 / 0:32. Live. •. According to Wisconsin 101, Krier Foods began as a food preservation company in 1913, originally canning beets, corn and beans. It later added other foods, like soups and spaghetti. Kreier started the Jolly Good brand in the 1970s in Belgium, Wisconsin. But after decades of filling fridges across the region,competition
MOVING NORTH
The cultural stereotypes of living in rural Wisconsin are here: Die-hard Packer fans, all things Duck Dynasty, and hunting. One of the hardest adjustments is the lack of food choices and distance to the grocery store. Coming from the Brady Street neighborhood, I had every imaginable food option at my fingertips. Now I would have to planahead.
PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Atkinson built pieces using Wright’s 100-year-old plans and furnished the house as it would have looked in 1915. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block, Inc., owns five of the six houses on the street. They are currently renovating one of the duplexes with plans to make it into an Airbnb. Atkinson is building the furniture based onWright’s
LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and LAKE SUPERIOR ROCK PICKING Meandering along Wisconsin’s beaches in the last lazy days of summer, you can find all sorts of rocks and pebbles that have washed ashore. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn went looking for rocks at Lake Superior and found something more along its shores. GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
DANCING ON A HILLSIDE: THE GRATEFUL DEAD AT ALPINE VALLEY The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 20 times from 1980 to 1989. Fans trucked to the southeastern Wisconsin venue from all over the country. Producer Steve Gotcher attended most of those shows. On the day that turned out to be their last concert at Alpine in July of ’89, he decided to record the sounds of the scene in the HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.” WISCONSIN 101: JOLLY GOOD SODA 0:00 / 0:32. Live. •. According to Wisconsin 101, Krier Foods began as a food preservation company in 1913, originally canning beets, corn and beans. It later added other foods, like soups and spaghetti. Kreier started the Jolly Good brand in the 1970s in Belgium, Wisconsin. But after decades of filling fridges across the region,competition
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The cultural stereotypes of living in rural Wisconsin are here: Die-hard Packer fans, all things Duck Dynasty, and hunting. One of the hardest adjustments is the lack of food choices and distance to the grocery store. Coming from the Brady Street neighborhood, I had every imaginable food option at my fingertips. Now I would have to planahead.
PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Atkinson built pieces using Wright’s 100-year-old plans and furnished the house as it would have looked in 1915. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Burnham Block, Inc., owns five of the six houses on the street. They are currently renovating one of the duplexes with plans to make it into an Airbnb. Atkinson is building the furniture based onWright’s
LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and LAKE SUPERIOR ROCK PICKING Meandering along Wisconsin’s beaches in the last lazy days of summer, you can find all sorts of rocks and pebbles that have washed ashore. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn went looking for rocks at Lake Superior and found something more along its shores. GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
DANCING ON A HILLSIDE: THE GRATEFUL DEAD AT ALPINE VALLEY The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 20 times from 1980 to 1989. Fans trucked to the southeastern Wisconsin venue from all over the country. Producer Steve Gotcher attended most of those shows. On the day that turned out to be their last concert at Alpine in July of ’89, he decided to record the sounds of the scene in the WISCONSIN LIFE TV SERIES ARCHIVES Wisconsin Life # 712: Cultivating Innovation. Wisconsin Life host Angela Fitzgerald heads to Stratford to spend time on a dairy farm for the first time! Fitzgerald Love Wisconsin? You’ll love Wisconsin Life, a place for engaging stories of the people that make Wisconsin feel like home. Produced by Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin. HUMAN POWERED: HEALING FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural communities and people of all ages and genders. The legal difficulties survivors of trafficking face can be substantial — and the trauma they’ve experienced can be immense. A new podcast from our partners at Wisconsin Humanities called “Human Powered”explores
REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES Superheroes are usually the stuff of fantasy. But that fantasy becomes real in the form of real life superheroes. These men and women have normal jobs in the daytime but at night, they wear costumes and take part in special missions. Writer Tea Krulos introduces us to Wisconsin’s superhero culture. Tea Krulos is the author of Heroes inthe Night.
GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest. In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for their second son, Andrew. RARE WISCONSIN TOBACCO FARMERS HANG ON TO TRADITION One of the rare tobacco farmers keeping this Wisconsin agricultural tradition alive is Curt Watson, a fourth generation tobacco farmer. He farms eight acres near Edgerton, which is down from 14 acres just a few years ago. The government used to subsidize EVERY DROP COUNTS FOR FAMILY LIVING OFF THE GRID Carol Dunbar and her family live off the grid in northern Wisconsin. It has its challenges, but those challenges have provided important lessons, too, about the preciousness of certain resources. We stand guard at our stations: me at the kitchen sink, my son by the front door, and my husband EXPLORE A RARE, BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR OF THE GREEN BAY Explore A Rare, Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Drive up to the iconic Lambeau Field on game day and you cannot help but feel the energy in the air. Brent Hensel gets that adrenaline rush every day after he landed his dream job with Wisconsin’s football “dream team.”. Originally from Black RiverFalls, Hensel
POWER ON, DR. EVERMOR: WISCONSIN'S FOREVERTRON SCULPTOR Editor’s note: Dr. Evermor turned bits of metal and other salvaged parts into fantastic sculptures. People can find his truly one-of-a-kind works of art behind Delaney’s Surplus near Baraboo. Starting in 1983, he created a whole world of mechanical creatures, insects, birds, and other contraptions. Dr. Evermor, or Tom Every, WISCONSIN EXPAT REFLECTS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FIB You know what it means. You’ve muttered it with disdain after some shiny car fails to signal properly, honks unnecessarily or passes you on the right doing 90. All you can do is shake your head. FIBs. As most Wisconsinites know, this little acronym is the placeholder for buckets of history, frustration, derision and maybe even a littleenvy.
WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
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Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.” WISCONSIN 101: JOLLY GOOD SODA What’s the first drink you think of when you hear the crack and fizz of a can opening? A Pepsi? A Miller Lite? Or, do you think of a Jolly Good soda, a drink that has its roots right here in Wisconsin?. The drink and it’s cheery commercials were beloved by Midwesterners inits heyday.
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In the fall of 2016 I resigned from my 25 year teaching career in Milwaukee, sold my east side condo and went to live on our family land just west of Oshkosh. My mom, a true nature-lover, inherited the property from her parents and has lived on it for the PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. LAKE SUPERIOR ROCK PICKING Meandering along Wisconsin’s beaches in the last lazy days of summer, you can find all sorts of rocks and pebbles that have washed ashore. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn went looking for rocks at Lake Superior and found something more along its shores. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Nicole Atkinson was already building shelves and furniture when she was just a teenager. She went on to study mechanical design and began her career at a furniture company in Oshkosh. Yet she dreamed of one day working on a project that connected her work with that of renownedarchitect
DANCING ON A HILLSIDE: THE GRATEFUL DEAD AT ALPINE VALLEYTHE GRATEFUL DEADTHE GRATEFUL DEAD SONGSTHE GRATEFUL DEAD YOUTUBEALPINE VALLEY GRATEFUL DEAD SHOWSGRATEFUL DEAD ALPINE 1989BEST GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 20 times from 1980 to 1989. Fans trucked to the southeastern Wisconsin venue from all over the country. Producer Steve Gotcher attended most of those shows. On the day that turned out to be their last concert at Alpinein July
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Comedian Charlie Hill grew up in Oneida, Wisconsin watching his favorite comics get laughs on late night TV. He eventually ended up as a 30-year regular at The Comedy Store, launched a career in acting, and performed comedy on many of the biggest TV talk shows, including “The Tonight Show.” WISCONSIN 101: JOLLY GOOD SODA What’s the first drink you think of when you hear the crack and fizz of a can opening? A Pepsi? A Miller Lite? Or, do you think of a Jolly Good soda, a drink that has its roots right here in Wisconsin?. The drink and it’s cheery commercials were beloved by Midwesterners inits heyday.
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In the fall of 2016 I resigned from my 25 year teaching career in Milwaukee, sold my east side condo and went to live on our family land just west of Oshkosh. My mom, a true nature-lover, inherited the property from her parents and has lived on it for the PATTI SEE | WISCONSIN LIFE Patti See is a writer from Lake Hallie, near Eau Claire. Her blog “Our Long Goodbye: One Family’s Experiences with Alzheimer’s Disease” has been read in over 90 countries. LAKE SUPERIOR ROCK PICKING Meandering along Wisconsin’s beaches in the last lazy days of summer, you can find all sorts of rocks and pebbles that have washed ashore. Writer Jill Sisson Quinn went looking for rocks at Lake Superior and found something more along its shores. LA CROSSE MAN'S COLLECTION OF VINTAGE GUITARS IS A MUSEUM For guitar players, visiting Dave’s Guitar Shop is an awe-inspiring experience. Upstairs, owner Dave Rogers’ personal collection of vintage guitars grew to become a museum of electric guitar history. Hanging on the walls are hundreds of guitars by Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and GROSMAN FAMILY PLANTS A LEGACY FOREST In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their newborn son, Christopher. “I borrowed my dad’s farm tractor and we furrowed it, and did the planting that way,” recalls John. Two years later, they planted more red pine for WOOD TICK RACES: A SMASHING TIME When most people hear the words “wood tick”, they usually run in the other direction. But there’s a place in northern Wisconsin where it’s the ticks that do the running. Michele Good went to check out the 39th Annual Wood Tick Race in northern Wisconsin. Michele: Hi, isthis the
WOODWORKER USES FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S 100-YEAR-OLD DESIGNS Nicole Atkinson was already building shelves and furniture when she was just a teenager. She went on to study mechanical design and began her career at a furniture company in Oshkosh. Yet she dreamed of one day working on a project that connected her work with that of renownedarchitect
DANCING ON A HILLSIDE: THE GRATEFUL DEAD AT ALPINE VALLEYTHE GRATEFUL DEADTHE GRATEFUL DEAD SONGSTHE GRATEFUL DEAD YOUTUBEALPINE VALLEY GRATEFUL DEAD SHOWSGRATEFUL DEAD ALPINE 1989BEST GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW The Grateful Dead played at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 20 times from 1980 to 1989. Fans trucked to the southeastern Wisconsin venue from all over the country. Producer Steve Gotcher attended most of those shows. On the day that turned out to be their last concert at Alpinein July
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Dunn County in western Wisconsin once had access to the Mississippi River. Its early boundary held for four years until its southernmost portion got swept up in politics and emerged as Pepin County. WPR's Liz Dohms-Harter brings us the answer to a WHYsconsin question about how Pepin County got its unique shape. This story is part of Wisconsin Life and WPR's WHYsconsin project . What have you always wondered about Wisconsin, its people or its culture that you want WHYsconsin to look into? You ask the questions, and we find the answers!12 Next
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CALLING THE CROPS: FINDING SOLACE IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES As the coronavirus pandemic has left more people stuck inside, a yearning to get back to nature has flourished. This is something writer Yia Lor of Eau Claire has been paying attention to over thelast year.
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NO MAN EVER STEPS IN THE SAME RIVER TWICE: FISHING THE EAU CLAIRE It’s only human to want to relive the past, to recreate the good old days. But, it’s a tough task; we often find it’s just not quite the same. As an avid fisherman, author Ron Davis tends to agree, but that hasn’t stopped him from trying.12 Next
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STARSHIP ROBOTS KEEP HUNGRY UW-MADISON STUDENTS FED If you’ve been to Madison sometime in the past year, chances are you’ve seen them — stout strangers from a strange land about the size of a cooler. They scuttle down the sidewalk on six wheels, flag raised, dodging obstacles as they go about their business.*
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