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 ...
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 ...
Yiddish Music Traditions With Lil Rev
Music is a cornerstone of Jewish culture, especially during holidays and festivals. Musician Lil Rev grew up in a musical ...
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 ...
Wild Rice Harvest Tradition Passed Down To Youth
Wild rice, or manoomin, is a staple food among Ojibwe tribes that lies at the center of their time on ...
Rare Wisconsin Tobacco Farmers Hang On To Tradition
Tobacco used to be a major cash crop in Wisconsin, but today very few farms remain. Those that do are ...
Cannibal Sandwiches: A Polarizing And Misunderstood Wisconsin Tradition
Imagine. It’s the holidays and to quiet your pre-dinner hunger, someone hands you a slice of rye bread topped with ...
‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’ and its connection to Wisconsin
Did you know the first lyrics for the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," were published in London in 1780? ...
Longing For Las Posadas
Las Posadas are an important part of Mexican Christmas tradition. These community celebrations take place on each of the nine ...
Food Traditions: Lutefisk Supper
This story is part of Wisconsin Life's Food Traditions series. Lutefisk is a Scandinavian delicacy. It’s cod or whitefish that's ...
Motorcycle Gang Holds Bi-Annual Bike Showcase In Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, ten miles west of Madison, is a typical rural Wisconsin community. It has a church, a couple of ...
Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest
In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their ...
Rhinelander’s Nordic Skiing Tradition
Rhinelander today has a fairly well known cross country ski program in its schools. But it wasn't always this way. ...
Grosman Family Plants A Legacy Forest
In the spring of 1970, John and Kate Grosman planted a few rows of red pine in honor of their ...
Oneida Farm Preserves Native Foodways
A small farm in Northeastern Wisconsin is helping to preserve an important aspect of the Oneida tribe's culture. Besides providing ...