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‘Lessons Learned’: Reminiscing on childhood adventures of fishing with friends

It’s hard to forget those first tastes of independence as a child, when you embark on adventures with your friends that turn out to be life-altering rites of passage. Writer Ron Weber looks back on one quest he took with his friends in the summer of 1976 in southeast Wisconsin when they were 12-years-old.

Northwoods League expands to softball, bringing Night Mares to Madison

Summertime in Wisconsin brings baseball — the ballpark, the hotdogs, the sounds of the organ. But this summer it's also bringing softball. The Northwoods League has announced the addition of a summer collegiate level softball league including teams in La Crosse and Madison.

Don’t know what to do with your old trophies? One Madison company will recycle them.

When someone downsizes their home, they have to think about what stays and what goes. But what do people do with relics from their life that carry deep meaning, like old trophies, that can’t make the transition into a new space?

‘All I have to do is dream’: Remembering iconic songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

Wisconsin isn’t typically thought of as being at the heart of country music, but did you know that half of one of country’s greatest songwriting duos is from Milwaukee? As Justin Barney tells us, Felice and Boudleaux Bryant are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and co-wrote “Rocky Top,” the state song of Tennessee.

Costumes, comedy and cabins: The Wisconsin roots of the critically acclaimed film ‘Hundreds of Beavers’

There’s been a lot of excitement over the slapstick comedy “Hundreds of Beavers,” with movie fans and critics leaving theaters around the globe in awe. It was filmed in northern Wisconsin and its star and writer, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, is a Whitefish Bay native.

The Wisconsin e-Pilgrims: Finding community during the eclipse

It’s been a few weeks since the solar eclipse captivated many of us. Some Wisconsinites, like WPR’s Norman Gilliland, traveled to Illinois to witness the rare totality. While the moments of darkness have stuck with him, there’s another phenomenon he can’t stop thinking about: finding other Wisconsin eclipse chasers far from home at an EV charging station.