October 25, 2024
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 ...
December 27, 2022
A small, bipartisan group of former politicians and political observers in the La Crosse area has been putting their money where their mouth is on the winners of local, state ...
June 3, 2022
Tom Hornung from Madison reached out to WHYsconsin wondering why most waterfalls in Wisconsin are in the northern part of the state. We set out to answer that question by ...
September 29, 2021
A Chicken Q is a name for a charcoal chicken dinner sold as part of a fundraiser. But the name is really only known regionally in the La Crosse area ...
January 29, 2021
A love of chili and a friendly mother-daughter debate over whether to add macaroni prompted this WHYsconsin question from the daughter Johanna Nelson, of Wausau: "Chili is a favorite in Wisconsin, ...
November 6, 2020
As record wildfires scorched millions of acres of land in the western United States in 2020, it prompted a question about wildfire season in the Badger State. A listener asked ...
June 11, 2020
The phrase essential worker has been used a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic. It typically describes people who leave their home to do a job, like a health care worker ...