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A Tall Ship Sail Into Great Lakes History

This weekend, maritime enthusiasts will gather in Green Bay for the Tall Ship Festival. Producer Aubrey Ralph spent the day ...

Clan Mother

Molly Miller is a clan mother among the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. Historically, clan mothers were decision makers in their ...

Pier Natural Bridge Park

Wisconsin's landscape is dotted with spectacular geologic formations. Producer Nancy Camden happened on one in Richland County where she met ...

Lighthouse keeper

Lighthouses have guided navigators through the Apostle Islands for more than century. Commentator Dave Cieslewicz has spent his last few summers ...

Saving Kewaunee’s Clock

If you leave Kewaunee in a hurry, it's easy to miss the world's largest grandfather clock sitting on a hill ...

River Rat

Today we meet Kenny Salwey, one of the last of Wisconsin’s “river rats” — people who once made their lives ...

Big Star Lake

For a lot of midwesterners, summer is the time to head “Up North” to a lakefront cabin or camp on ...

You’re The Ones

On the last day of Black History Month, commentator Alex Gee has a message for African American kids. Kids growing ...

Paramount Records

February is Black History month. Today, commentator Dean Robbins uncovers a little-known story, about the Wisconsin roots of some of ...

Bunny Berigan

75 years ago, a man from Fox Lake did something extraordinary. So extraordinary, that the state of Wisconsin erected a ...

Jello Salad

Alongside the turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberries is another Midwestern holiday tradition: jello salad. If you’re lucky (or unlucky) enough ...

Immigrant Plants

Many of the herbs and vegetables in our summer gardens are European immigrants. They came to Wisconsin as seeds and ...