Wendy Lutzke
Wendy Lutzke is the museum educator at the Maritime Museum in Manitowoc.
Latest Contributed Stories
March 28, 2018
Rethinking Ownership
Twenty-five years ago, we moved onto our 1 1/2 acres just outside Manitowoc city limits and took Ownership of the land. What once was a sandy-soiled Wisconsin potato farm was now a ...
January 4, 2016
Winter Doesn’t Stop Ice Boaters From Taking To Wisconsin Lakes
DN, Renegade, Nite, Skeeter, Stern Steerer, runner plank, tiller, light air, heavy air. Those words were not part of my regular vocabulary. Then I went ice boating. Ice boating requires ...
September 16, 2015
Witness To A Gale: Great Lakes Storms
Gales on Lake Michigan can be as destructive as hurricanes, attracting thrill seekers as curious as the tornado chasers on the open prairies. When a Gale Warning alert pops up ...
January 23, 2015
Winter’s Four-Letter Word
Editor's Note: Love it or hate it, winter is unavoidable in Wisconsin. Commentator Wendy Lutzke learned to embrace the season and urges you to do the same.The dictionary defines the four-letter ...
October 15, 2014