Live Music Returns To The Stage At The Jazz Estate In Milwaukee
Music stages across Wisconsin (and around the world) have been silent since March as the COVID-19 pandemic forced venues to ...
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 ...
Meet Bruce The Spruce: Green Bay’s Talking Christmas Tree
For some people, Christmas in Green Bay is not complete without a visit to “Bruce the Spruce.” It’s a fake ...
From Trophy Bucks To Black Bears: Taxidermist Preserves Wisconsin’s Animals
Wisconsin’s deer hunting season is underway. After the meat has been packed in the freezer, taxidermists are there to preserve ...
An Industry On The Line: Commercial Fishing The Mighty Mississippi
Mike Valley is perched in his fishing boat, taking in the scene around him. It’s idyllic -- birds are chirping ...
Collecting At Dave’s Guitar Shop
When Dave Rogers opened his first guitar store in the early 1980s in downtown La Crosse, it was in a ...
A Force To Be Reckoned With: Octopi’s Erica DeAnda On How Women Are Transforming Beer Culture
The world of craft beer opened up for Erica DeAnda four years ago during a tasting class at a high-end brew pub in Oakland, ...
Tapped In Random Lake: Company Brings Art To Tap Handles
Floor-to-ceiling cabinets run along the walls of a conference room at AJS Tap Handles in Random Lake, and packed behind ...
Menominee Tribal Member Started Propane Business To Help Himself, His Neighbors
Arnold Chevalier grew up mainly on the Menominee Reservation in Neopit, WI, about 50 miles northwest of Green Bay. His ...
Businesswoman Takes Weed-Whacking Goats On The Road To Chew Up Invasive Species
What’s cute, furry and can take care of pesky weeds and invasive species? Goats. While the idea of using goats ...
The Rise Of Pizza Farms In Wisconsin
When I told people I was going to a pizza farm, I kept getting the same question over and over. ...