La Follette Against the War
Wisconsin Senator Bob La Follette was one of the leading opponents of U.S. entry into WWI. Historian Nancy Unger tells us what La Follette believed and why he voted against going to war.
Family Explores Ice Caves On The Apostle Islands Lakeshore
The Bond family likes to explore Wisconsin, so they braved a blizzard and freezing temps to travel from La Crosse to the National Apostle Islands Lakeshore for an adventure in the Ice Caves.
Fallen Soldier Is Honored When Friends And Family Reunite In Sheboygan
The wind blew strong and warm over the Sheboygan County Veterans Museum, tussling the grey hair of the men gathered in flight suits and tossing their voices across the suburban streets.
Couple Start Second Career As Apple Farmers And Cider Makers
Deirdre Birmingham and her husband John already had successful careers when they decided to invest their life savings in an old dairy farm to grow apples that no-one would want to eat.
UW-Madison Basketball Player Takes Pride In His Native American Heritage
Bronson Koenig is a standout basketball player with the UW-Madison Men’s Basketball team. He is also a proud member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and takes pride in his Native American heritage.
Wisconsin Life #210: “Apple Life”
Meet a couple who left their corporate lives behind to become apples farmers, a family on an epic exploration of ice and a standout player from the UW-Madison Men’s Basketball team.
Wisconsin Life #210: “Apple Life”
Meet a couple who left their corporate lives behind to become apples farmers, a family on an epic exploration of ice and a standout player from the UW-Madison Men’s Basketball team.
The Poetry of War
More than any other war, WWI is associated with the poetry of the men who served. Today, we share a poem written by Byron H. Comstock, a marine from Portage. Wounded twice in battle, Comstock started writing poems while recovering in a hospital.
A Nurse on the Front Lines
Helen Bulovsky was a young Madison nurse who went to France in 1918. Working at evacuation hospitals, she served as close to the front lines as a nurse could get, tending to the injured before sending them back to the front lines.
UW Professor Teaches A Dairy Sensory Evaluation Course
States like California may cultivate wine taste-testers; but here in Wisconsin, we develop dairy taste-testers. For 36 years, UW-Madison Emeritus Professor of Food Science Bob Bradley has been teaching a course in “sensory evaluation,” training students to be taste testers of dairy products.
Seniors Take To Richfield County Roads On Scooters
The oldest biker gang in the state stays young by seeing the countryside at 25mph. Find out why the only requirements to join are the right cycle and a red jacket.
Duplainville Man Hand-crafts Unique Clocks For More Than 40 Years
For the past 40+ years, Bill Galinsky has been involved in designing, making, and repairing clocks. From the harvesting, sawing and drying of his own lumber, to carving and assembling each clock by hand, he creates some of the most unique clocks in the world.
Couple Runs Dogsledding Trips In Northern Wisconsin
John and Mary Thiel bought their first sled dog 20 years ago. After experiencing the thrill of dog sledding, the couple bought another dog… and then another… until finally deciding to try to make a living at running dog sledding trips for others.
Wisconsin Life #209: “Local Flavor”
An unusual group of bikers, a dairy aficionado and a craftsman who holds time in his hands share their stories in this episode.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin lives, including: a group of riders cruising the back roads of Wisconsin, a UW-Madison professor who teaches a course on dairy taste-testing, a master clockmaker who handcrafts some of the world’s most unique clocks, a Shawano County couple who spruce up old barns with their “barn quilt” art, and a couple dedicated to dog sledding.
Wisconsin Life #209: “Local Flavor”
An unusual group of bikers, a dairy aficionado and a craftsman who holds time in his hands share their stories in this episode.
Meet a collection of people who share their Wisconsin lives, including: a group of riders cruising the back roads of Wisconsin, a UW-Madison professor who teaches a course on dairy taste-testing, a master clockmaker who handcrafts some of the world’s most unique clocks, a Shawano County couple who spruce up old barns with their “barn quilt” art, and a couple dedicated to dog sledding.