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Nothing excites teenager Max Gabb more than airplanes. The Oak Creek teen is all about tracking, identifying and photographing planes. His new hobby, called “plane spotting,” started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scientist’s underwater research is helping lake groups
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Scientist’s underwater research is helping lake groups

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Scientist’s underwater research is helping lake groups

To the untrained eye, lake health may seem most obvious from the surface: the presence of smells, foams or blue-green algae are all indicators Wisconsinites have gotten used to encountering. But one scientist is diving deeper, investigating lake health by combing the lake bottoms searching for other clues: aquatic plants.

Don’t knock it, Kubb brings people together
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Don’t knock it, Kubb brings people together

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Don’t knock it, Kubb brings people together

The city of Eau Claire has a lot to offer. Multiple music festivals, a University of Wisconsin branch campus, a riverfront along the Chippewa, the Pablo Art Center, many public parks and Kubb.

Wisconsin Life: Pringle Nature Center
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Wisconsin Life: Pringle Nature Center

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Wisconsin Life: Pringle Nature Center

Visit the Pringle Nature Center, a nonprofit dedicated to putting people in touch with nature. Angela Fitzgerald tours the center, located in Bristol Woods Park, and surrounded by forest, wetland and prairie.

Milwaukee’s new fashion flair
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Milwaukee’s new fashion flair

The Arts

Milwaukee’s new fashion flair

On the waterfront in Milwaukee’s trendy Historic Third Ward, a new face of fashion is emerging. Lynne R. Dixon-Speller is the Dean of Academics at the Edessa School of Fashion. Dixon-Speller will tell you she doesn’t have a job.

Group shows how community and running relate to mental health
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Group shows how community and running relate to mental health

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Group shows how community and running relate to mental health

Tommy Byrne, founder of Bigger Than The Trail, uses trail running to advocate for mental health. Inspired by his own struggles, Byrne created the organization to provide support for those battling mental health issues, blending physical activity with community and professional help.

A small town raccoon becomes an international sensation
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A small town raccoon becomes an international sensation

Culture & History

A small town raccoon becomes an international sensation

How has much of the world learned about Wisconsin? Author John Foust proposes an unexpected path. His new book “Starring Rascal: The Story of Sterling North” tracks how a young boy’s adoption of a baby racoon in Edgerton more than a century ago has shaped how people around the globe, especially children, came to learn about the Badger State.

‘The Altar’: Observing Día de los Muertos through poetry
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‘The Altar’: Observing Día de los Muertos through poetry

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‘The Altar’: Observing Día de los Muertos through poetry

Día de los Muertos is a day for people to come together and remember their loved ones who have passed. They may set up ofrendas, or altars, with photos, flowers and food.

Wisconsin Life: Northern Wisconsin State Fair
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Wisconsin Life: Northern Wisconsin State Fair

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Wisconsin Life: Northern Wisconsin State Fair

Angela Fitzgerald heads to Chippewa Falls to explore the historic Northern Wisconsin State Fair, a community staple for more than 100 years. Its rich history includes agricultural exhibits, a midway and even a 1935 Green Bay Packers game.

Motorcycle Cannonball: the race of a lifetime for Beaver Dam’s Jonas Zahn
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Motorcycle Cannonball: the race of a lifetime for Beaver Dam’s Jonas Zahn

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Motorcycle Cannonball: the race of a lifetime for Beaver Dam’s Jonas Zahn

Jonas Zahn is setting out on an epic adventure. Zahn will join riders from all over the world for Motorcycle Cannonball, one of the most difficult antique motorcycle endurance races on the planet, stretching from Virginia Beach to Oceanside, California.

Catching up with Wisconsin baseball legend Tony Kubek
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Catching up with Wisconsin baseball legend Tony Kubek

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Catching up with Wisconsin baseball legend Tony Kubek

We received a WHYsconsin question from an audience member about a legendary Wisconsin athlete. They asked, "Can you give an update on Wisconsin native and former New York Yankees shortstop and NBC baseball announcer Tony Kubek?" You bet we can!

The art of the circus lives on in Baraboo
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The art of the circus lives on in Baraboo

The Arts

The art of the circus lives on in Baraboo

Circus art is Joan Stevens’ specialty. Her precision brush work helps to restore and preserve the past. Stevens is passionate about restoring old circus wagons. She uses old trade skills that she has learned over the years and is still hand-painting, antiquing and gold gilding.

Wisconsin Life: Circus World
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Wisconsin Life: Circus World

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Wisconsin Life: Circus World

Come one, come all! Angela Fitzgerald visits Circus World in Baraboo to learn about Wisconsin’s historical contributions to the circus. Nestled along the Baraboo River, this site was the Ringling Bros.

Keeping Hmong culture alive through dance
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Keeping Hmong culture alive through dance

Culture & History

Keeping Hmong culture alive through dance

Meet Duabci Vang, a 25-year-old from Appleton, Wisconsin, who’s making waves in the Fox Valley Hmong community through dance and language preservation. Vang started Hmong dancing at just four years old, inspired by her older sisters who created a dance team for them.

‘Requiem for a Hope’: Honoring the spruce and other old trees
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‘Requiem for a Hope’: Honoring the spruce and other old trees

Science & Nature

‘Requiem for a Hope’: Honoring the spruce and other old trees

Most of us wouldn’t think twice about cutting down an old evergreen that has grown more brown than green. But for writer and forester Ron Weber, the bark of one old blue spruce holds more than just the life of a tree.