Ice Fishing Joins The World Of High School Sports
A classic Wisconsin activity is making its ways into the world of high school sports. Ice fishing teams are popping ...
What is THE Wisconsin Song?
We recently received a question from a listener, Antoinette, who asked: "Why doesn't Wisconsin have a song? There isn't a ...
Irish Road Bowlers Compete on Backroads of La Crosse County
The sound of a two-pound cannonball skipping across the pavement is unique and unmistakable. The cadence grows louder as the ...
UW-Madison Researchers Study Coyotes In The City
Coyotes have moved into areas within the Madison city limits. What does that mean for human and canid coexistence? Researchers ...
Sister’s Accordion Sparks Mother’s Ire
January is National Polka Month. And what better place to commemorate this iconic sound than in Wisconsin, where the polka ...
The Full Moon Faux Pas
The super blood wolf moon is coming! While this sounds creepy, it’s actually just a close-up lunar eclipse that turns ...
Musician Adapts To Limb Difference, Works With Kids
Tony Memmel is a Waukesha native who is living his passion: a career in music. He plays guitar and piano, ...
The Lands We Share: Drew Dettmann
In the 1950s, there were over 100,000 dairy farms in Wisconsin. Today, fewer than 10,000 remain. The Dettmann family, descendants ...
Hibernaculum: Woman Contemplates Hibernation As Winter Coping Strategy
Before natural historians understood that some birds fly thousands of miles south each winter, they looked for other ways to ...
The Badger Within: Comedian Charlie Berens On Loving, Lampooning Wisconsin
Geez Louise, comedian Charlie Berens has had a big year. As host of the Manitowoc Minute, he’s performing sold out ...
Madison Comedian’s Cell Phone Breaks Up With Him
I bet SOME of you…are a little addicted to your phones. Keeping up with texts, social media, news updates, & cat videos...some ...
Wisconsin Life # 613: Telescopes and Treble Clef
Wisconsin Life host Angela Fitzgerald explores the Milwaukee Astronomical Society’s Observatory in New Berlin. This three-acre property is home to ...
Accordion Is All In The Family
Lifelong musician Ruth Marty still remembers the first song she learned to play. Her father taught her on accordion. “He ...
Effigy Mound Tour Provides Unique Perspective On First Nation’s History
Aaron Bird Bear is the Assistant Dean for Student Diversity programs in the School of Education at the University of ...
Stevens Point Artist Creates Buzz With Encaustic Art
Find Jessie Fritsch’s booth at a local art fair, and a crowd of curious onlookers usually isn’t far behind. Fritsch ...