Wisconsin 101: Paramount Records, Wisconsin’s Home For The Blues
To sell phonographic cabinets, a furniture business in Port Washington decided to start a record label. It became one of ...
Ice Harvesters Keep A 19th-Century Tradition Alive, One Block At A Time
In 1911, the Milwaukee-area manufacturer Alonzo Pauling gathered $75,000 in capital and founded the Pewaukee Lake Ice Company with his ...
I Just Called To Say I’m Not Coming To Your Super Bowl Party
With the Super Bowl right around the corner, Madison comedian Esteban Touma is struggling with whether or not to attend ...
Complex Grief: ‘I Am A Little Damaged, But I Am Oh So Good’
We all grieve in different ways. It’s painful. It lingers. It's complicated. In working through her own grief, Nikotris Perkins ...
How Did Polka Become A Dance And Tradition? You Betcha We Have An Answer!
Wisconsin seems to have a pretty good sense of humor about its clichés. Beer? Brats? Cheese? And if we’re making a ...
Fola And Haley: A Friendship Story
There’s a national fellowship program that brings young, African leaders to college campuses across the U.S. UW-Madison is one of ...
No Rubber-Roni Here: Holmen’s Student-Grown Cafeteria Food Defies School Lunch Stereotypes
The only time Holmen High School junior Gracie Kromke is exposed to the stereotypical bad lunch — rubber-roni, slapping food ...
Wisconsin Life # 713: Let It Snow
It’s time to embrace the season as Wisconsin Life host Angela Fitzgerald visits Winterfest in Lake Geneva. The annual festival ...
Gleason Woman Glides Through Winter By Skijoring
Melissa Omernick loves winter sports. She’s an experienced dog musher, but in recent years her interests have turned toward a ...
Connecting Art, Culture and Two-Spirit Identity
Ryan Young grew up in the Ojibwe community on the Lac Du Flambeau Reservation in northern Wisconsin. Despite this tranquil ...
Brew City Legends Play Fast-Paced Indoor Version of the World’s Game
Soccer, or more globally, football, has long been the world’s most popular sport. In recent years, the game has been ...
Hip-Hop Chess Club Gives Classic Board Game A Remix
It’s Tuesday night in the back room of a small salon south of downtown Milwaukee, and it’s time for chess ...
An “Awesome Mailman” Making A Difference For Janesville’s Homeless Population
A frosty February morning doesn’t faze the mailman. Every morning Tom Hathaway loves delivering the mail to his Janesville neighbors ...
Peddling A Paper City: How Madison Became Wisconsin’s Capital
If you've spent any time at the Wisconsin state Capitol building, you know it's majestic, both inside and out. It's ...
Wisconsin Life # 712: Cultivating Innovation
Wisconsin Life host Angela Fitzgerald heads to Stratford to spend time on a dairy farm for the first time! Fitzgerald ...