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Church Supper

Editor's Note: Wisconsin’s calendar is filled year ‘round with Lutheran lutefisk dinners, Catholic fish fries, and other church-sponsored meals. These events ...

Skating Backwards

Editor's Note: Ice skating is one of the pleasures of winter. Many neighborhoods have their own rinks. Writer John Hildebrand tells ...

Wisconsin Life #212: “Musical Minds”

A veterinarian who finds healing for his own illness through treating horses, a Milwaukee collage artist exploring her past through ...

Couple Runs Dogsledding Trips In Northern Wisconsin

John and Mary Thiel bought their first sled dog 20 years ago. After experiencing the thrill of dog sledding, the ...

Death of a Mailbox

Winter has not been kind, especially for mailboxes. Writer Nickolas Butler shares the death of his own mailbox.

Retreat

Certain animals have what some might consider the good fortune of sleeping through winter. But while we may not hibernate, ...

Snow Wars

Winter inspires strong feelings. As winter draws to a close – at least on the calendar – writer Jill Sisson ...

Ojibwe Winter Games

On a frozen lake in the north woods, one man is working to bring long-lost Native American traditions back to ...

Ice Racing

For some racers, racing cars on pavement is something to do until the lakes freeze over. Ice racing is street ...

Lake Superior Ice Caves

While many may look at this winters extreme cold with disgust, its being praised by thousands traveling to northern Wisconsin. ...

Trout Christmas

Many of us have particular rituals that make Christmas feel complete. Justin Isherwood's farm family marked the day with a ...