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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. WHEN WISCONSIN UNITED AGAINST THE POLIO VIRUS Decades before COVID-19, there was an epidemic story with a happy ending. During the 20th century, Americans pulled together to defeat the polio virus, putting their faith in scientists and public-health guidelines. Wisconsin played a part in this heroic effort. Between the 1910s and the 1950s, polio was the stuff 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.
LIVE MUSIC RETURNS TO THE STAGE AT THE JAZZ ESTATE IN Now, some venues are starting to bring back live music — with smaller audiences permitted and precautions in place. This includes The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, which reopened on June 19, 2020 for the first time since March. Some things felt the same — the lights were low, the bartender poured drinks and early in the night, the bandwarmed up.
WEAVER CREATES BASKETS TO PRESERVE THREATENED ASH TREES Then, Stone weaves them into sturdy baskets that can hold just about anything. Her latest creation is a burial basket. She laughs while saying it’s just like making a bigger basket. Made to fit Stone’s stature, the coffin is 5 feet 7 inches long. “Burial baskets aren’t traditional Ojibwe craft,” said Stone. “This project is a THE ASTRONOMY BEHIND THE FABLED STAR OF BETHLEHEM Michael Molnar, an astronomer who earned his doctorate at the UW-Madison came up with an interesting theory in the late 1990s. He believes the star that attracted the wise men bearing frankincense, gold and myrrh was likely the planet Jupiter appearing in the constellation of Aries the Ram. Molnar’s quest to unmask the Star ofBethlehem
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 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
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 HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFEABOUTSCHEDULETOPICSCOLLECTIONSCONTACTUSCULTURE & HISTORY
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. WHEN WISCONSIN UNITED AGAINST THE POLIO VIRUS Decades before COVID-19, there was an epidemic story with a happy ending. During the 20th century, Americans pulled together to defeat the polio virus, putting their faith in scientists and public-health guidelines. Wisconsin played a part in this heroic effort. Between the 1910s and the 1950s, polio was the stuff 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.
LIVE MUSIC RETURNS TO THE STAGE AT THE JAZZ ESTATE IN Now, some venues are starting to bring back live music — with smaller audiences permitted and precautions in place. This includes The Jazz Estate in Milwaukee, which reopened on June 19, 2020 for the first time since March. Some things felt the same — the lights were low, the bartender poured drinks and early in the night, the bandwarmed up.
WEAVER CREATES BASKETS TO PRESERVE THREATENED ASH TREES Then, Stone weaves them into sturdy baskets that can hold just about anything. Her latest creation is a burial basket. She laughs while saying it’s just like making a bigger basket. Made to fit Stone’s stature, the coffin is 5 feet 7 inches long. “Burial baskets aren’t traditional Ojibwe craft,” said Stone. “This project is a THE ASTRONOMY BEHIND THE FABLED STAR OF BETHLEHEM Michael Molnar, an astronomer who earned his doctorate at the UW-Madison came up with an interesting theory in the late 1990s. He believes the star that attracted the wise men bearing frankincense, gold and myrrh was likely the planet Jupiter appearing in the constellation of Aries the Ram. Molnar’s quest to unmask the Star ofBethlehem
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 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
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 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.TRAUMA ARCHIVES
Human Powered: Healing From Sexual Assault, Trafficking Through ‘Untold Stories’ Human trafficking is a reality across Wisconsin, impacting both urban and rural A PLACE CALLED DEER CAMP: A WISCONSIN CABIN'S Ron Weber shares a story about how every fall, a humble dwelling in the Wisconsin Northwoods is transformed from a cabin to deer camp. Most of the year, we simply call it the cabin — a small two-bedroom retreat with a modest kitchen, living room and a bathroom slightly smaller than the average ice fishing shanty. PRESERVING BETTER TIMES AT A NORTHWOODS CLOCK SHOP It was 1957, and Rhinelander’s Leona Forth laid eyes on Marv Schumacher for the first time. “That’s how we met, on a blind date,” she said. “That was it.” She knew right away. The outgoing, smiling, happy man would become her life partner. “He was the most generous,” Leona said.THE LANDS WE SHARE
The Lands We Share. The Lands We Share initiative includes a traveling exhibition and public dialogue tour that focuses on the intersection of farming, land, ethnic culture and history in Wisconsin. The exhibit will feature the stories, histories, artifacts, images and sounds of six culturally and regionally distinct farms and farm sites and invites visitors to share their own stories ICONIC PENGUIN SERVER WAS ESSENTIAL PARTY Listen Online. Produced by the West Bend Aluminum Company, the Penguin Hot and Cold Server was an essential cocktail party piece in the late 1940s and 1950s. As part of our continuing look at the objects that tell Wisconsin’s story, Ann Glasscock tells us about the Penguin Server and its place on Wisconsin’s tables. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S PHOTOGRAPHER Photographer Pedro Guerrero was born 100 years ago this month. At age 22, he became the favored photographer for the world’s most famous architect – Frank Lloyd Wright. Dean Robbins has his story. Pedro Guerrero spent most of his life in the Southwest and East Coast. Buthe’s still a
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. PORTAGE'S ZONA GALE, THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A PULITZER FOR The Pulitzer Prizes turn 100 this year. We’re honoring the occasion with a look at five winners with Wisconsin ties. Writer Zona Gale’s life in Portage inspired her work and won her national acclaim, including a Pulitzer Prize for the dramatized version of her novel, Miss Lulu Bett. Gale was one of few fiction writers of her time to write contemporary stories emphasizing local color and 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 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.
WEAVER CREATES BASKETS TO PRESERVE THREATENED ASH TREES Then, Stone weaves them into sturdy baskets that can hold just about anything. Her latest creation is a burial basket. She laughs while saying it’s just like making a bigger basket. Made to fit Stone’s stature, the coffin is 5 feet 7 inches long. “Burial baskets aren’t traditional Ojibwe craft,” said Stone. “This project is a 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. 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. 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.
WEAVER CREATES BASKETS TO PRESERVE THREATENED ASH TREES Then, Stone weaves them into sturdy baskets that can hold just about anything. Her latest creation is a burial basket. She laughs while saying it’s just like making a bigger basket. Made to fit Stone’s stature, the coffin is 5 feet 7 inches long. “Burial baskets aren’t traditional Ojibwe craft,” said Stone. “This project is a 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. 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. 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 PRESERVING BETTER TIMES AT A NORTHWOODS CLOCK SHOP It was 1957, and Rhinelander’s Leona Forth laid eyes on Marv Schumacher for the first time. “That’s how we met, on a blind date,” she said. “That was it.” She knew right away. The outgoing, smiling, happy man would become her life partner. “He was the most generous,” Leona said. WHAT IS THE WISCONSIN COCKTAIL? Back in 1938, bartender Bryant Sharp decided he was done with beer. He converted a Miller Brewing tied house into a cocktail lounge. At Bryant’s, Sharp developed a reputation as a talented mixologist and went on to invent a few drinks for the liquor company, Bols.The mostfamous drink is
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 . WEAVER CREATES BASKETS TO PRESERVE THREATENED ASH TREES Then, Stone weaves them into sturdy baskets that can hold just about anything. Her latest creation is a burial basket. She laughs while saying it’s just like making a bigger basket. Made to fit Stone’s stature, the coffin is 5 feet 7 inches long. “Burial baskets aren’t traditional Ojibwe craft,” said Stone. “This project is a 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 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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S PHOTOGRAPHER Photographer Pedro Guerrero was born 100 years ago this month. At age 22, he became the favored photographer for the world’s most famous architect – Frank Lloyd Wright. Dean Robbins has his story. Pedro Guerrero spent most of his life in the Southwest and East Coast. Buthe’s still a
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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
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 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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 . 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 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 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 WHY DO WE NEED CHARTER SCHOOLS? At the beginning of the school year, Dante recorded another radio story. It was an audio diary entry he wanted to share about his struggles with anxiety. Despite having a great summer and loving school, Dante had a panic attack earlier in the year. He talks about the impact it had on his family, wanting to go to school, and seekinghelp.
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
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
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 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. 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
THE GHOSTS OF SUPERIOR'S FAIRLAWN MANSION Fairlawn Mansion is a fixture of Superior’s history, and every year employees hold flashlight tours of the four-story Queen Anne Victorian home on Friday the 13th. Producer Danielle Kaeding caught up with Superior Public Museums Coordinator Stacie Buchanan about the mansion’s history to shed some light on the truth behind HOME PAGE | WISCONSIN LIFE 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 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 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
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 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 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. 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
THE GHOSTS OF SUPERIOR'S FAIRLAWN MANSION Fairlawn Mansion is a fixture of Superior’s history, and every year employees hold flashlight tours of the four-story Queen Anne Victorian home on Friday the 13th. Producer Danielle Kaeding caught up with Superior Public Museums Coordinator Stacie Buchanan about the mansion’s history to shed some light on the truth behind* About
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UFF DA! CHARLIE BERENS & ADAM GREUEL RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM‘UNTHAWED’
Two proud Wisconsinites have joined forces to create an album celebrating all things Wisco. Comedian Charlie Berens, of Manitowoc Minute fame, and musician Adam Greuel, with the bluegrass darlings Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, have released “Unthawed” on vinyl andCD.
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