Madison artist brings painted, wooden flock to east side neighborhood
There’s a street on Madison’s east side that's dotted with large-than-life birds. A sandhill crane, a red-winged black bird, a ...
Watching The Chimney Swifts At Dusk
On August 31st, I hear that the chimney swifts are roosting in the brick chimney at Our Lady Queen of ...
The 100 Year-Old Birdman Of Chippewa Falls
Saving lives is something a doctor does. Writer Patti See shares this story of a western Wisconsin physician whose life-saving ...
Power On, Dr. Evermor: Wisconsin’s Forevertron Sculptor
Editor’s note: Dr. Evermor turned bits of metal and other salvaged parts into fantastic sculptures. People can find his truly ...
Aldo Leopold’s Lost Radio Talks: Winter Bird Feeding
Conservationist Aldo Leopold gave a series of talks in the 1930s on WHA. Unfortunately, we don’t have the recordings but ...
Enumeration: A Cycling Itinerary For Southwest Wisconsin
There are many ways to bike Wisconsin. Kitt Healy enumerates an itinerary for biking the southwestern part of our state. ...
A Walk In The Milwaukee Woods
A beautiful spring day can feel like the last day of school when you’re a kid – an unbelievable release ...
Random Lake Man Has Raised Purple Martins For Over 60 Years
Ike Kumrow is a Purple Martin landlord. He has 42 apartments on his front lawn near Random Lake, and all ...
Wisconsin Life #406: “Ardent Artists”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Ike Kumrow, a Random Lake man ...
The Pleasures Of Simple Fishing
There are many high-tech ways to fish these days. But Ron Weber prefers to fish the simple way his grandfather ...
Mud Season, The Unloveliest Of Wisconsin Months
This weekend marks the first day of spring – at least astronomically. Writer Catherine Jagoe tells us why this time ...
The Dips And Swings Of Wisconsin Winter Weather
Winter is full of its ups and downs, both in our moods and in the temperatures. Helene Phelps reminds us ...
Humans Teach Cranes To Be Cranes In Baraboo
The International Crane Foundation, based in Baraboo, works around the world to save cranes. Producer Breann Schossow spent a day ...
The Hermit And The Goshawk
The hermit had a name but no one knew it, or almost no one did. Francis Zirrer, an import from ...
One Woman’s Lessons Learned From Observing The Fox River
As a child, I was taught that a river was the lifeline of an area. It fed its residents, allowed ...