Beep Baseball World Series Comes to Eau Claire
For nearly 40 years, teams from all over the country, and even as far away as Taiwan, have traveled hundreds of miles to play Beep Baseball, a sport for the legally blind.
Young Farmers Grow And Sell Produce In Sherman Park
On a recent hot and sunny afternoon on the north side of Milwaukee, about half a dozen Young Farmers are hard at work in their garden. There’s a lot to do.
Middleton Man’s Hobby Has A Nice Ring To It
Middleton’s Dan Roekle always had an interest in metal detecting as a child. The thrill of finding lost treasure appealed to him, but it wasn’t until he was an adult and had kids of his own that he actually bought a metal detector.
Grandmother Recalled In The Earthy Smell Of Beets
Araceli Esparza’s grandmother picked vegetables for canning factories in Wisconsin. Among the vegetables she picked were beets, which stained her hands with both their color and smell. Araceli tells us about how the smell of beets unleashed memories of her grandmother’s hands.
Musician Peter Phippen Plays Flutes From Around The World
The flute is one of the oldest instruments in the world, after the human voice. Almost every culture has their version of one and, chances are, flutist Peter Phippen wants to play it.
Cream Puffs And Corn Dogs: A History Of The Wisconsin State Fair
People are flocking from across the state to West Allis this week for the Wisconsin State Fair. The best in show will be on display: from cows and pigs, to dog tricks and crocheted scarves, to pies and beer.
Dragon Boats Build Strength For Cancer Survivors
For the last five years, Mayo Clinic Health System has been hosting the Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival in La Crosse. Teams of 20 paddlers compete in the race on the Black River, raising money for breast cancer research and treatment.
Students Tackle Diversity And Leadership At Summer Camp
These days, there’s a camp for everything: theater, football, Harry Potter. At University of Wisconsin-Green Bay this summer, a group of teenagers and volunteers decided they wanted to dedicate a week of their lives to something else: diversity and leadership.
Madeline Island Chamber Music
Madeline Island is a place of wild beauty. On any given day you can hear the sound of Lake Superior waves on the shore, wildlife, and if you listen close, maybe even chamber music.
Wisconsin In WWI: The End Of It
Wounded at the Battle of Chateau-Thierry, John J. Haddock of Milwaukee spent two months in the hospital before he was sent back to the front lines with a partially healed foot.
A Wolf Named Kristi
It’s peak summer vacation season for many people across Wisconsin. Some families are creatures of habit, returning to the same place year after year. Others like to dive into new experiences.
What I Mow Around
Mowing the lawn, a simple task that’s got to be done every so often during the summer. That is unless you start appreciating the areas in your yard where plants other than grass can flourish and you begin to mow around those spots.
My Neighbor, The Mayor
In many college neighborhoods, it’s pretty common to find a beautiful, historic home surrounded by massive apartment complexes and dilapidated duplexes. How do these old homes survive? What happened inside those walls?
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.
Wisconsin River Camping
I start to feel the calm as soon as I hop out of the car and see the moving water of the Wisconsin River glittering in the sunshine. I take in the smell of water, decaying vegetation and the faint aroma of fish and the calm spreads from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet.