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Darlington Man Preserves Historic Downtown, Collects History

Along historic Main Street is where you can find life-long Darlington resident Ted Thuli driving his 1927 Franklin Limousine. It’s ...

A Young Organist Plays A Madison Gem

The two-story-tall pipes of the concert organ in Madison’s Overture Center for the Arts were designed especially for the space, ...

Geology Professor Believes Every Rock Tells A Story

Marcia Bjornerud loves rocks. As a Geology Professor at Lawrence University in Appleton she tries to instill that passion for ...

“Wave Parties” Bid Goodbye To Summer, Tourists

As summer comes to an end, tourists begin to leave Wisconsin’s northwoods. Every year on Labor Day, people line Highway ...

Art Is Eye-opening Life Journey For Milwaukee Woman

Enter Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights Neighborhood on the near north side and you’ll find abandoned houses, vacant lots and sometimes the ...

Crop Duster Follows Grandfather’s Path

The distinctive growl of a turbine-powered airplane can be heard over a crop field in Waupun. Suddenly a shiny yellow ...

The Shawano Folk Festival Celebrates 40 Years

2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the Shawano Folk Festival. Wisconsin Life spent a day at the festival to find ...

August Heat And The Mouse In The AC

We’d made it most the summer without the air, but at last we break.  It’s August, and rather than another ...

How We Tamed Nature

Summer sleepaway camp. For some kids, it’s the highlight of their year…where the innocence of childhood meets a magical, sometimes ...

Grandmother Recalled In The Earthy Smell Of Beets

Araceli Esparza’s grandmother picked vegetables for canning factories in Wisconsin. Among the vegetables she picked were beets, which stained her ...

Students Tackle Diversity And Leadership At Summer Camp

These days, there’s a camp for everything: theater, football, Harry Potter. At University of Wisconsin-Green Bay this summer, a group ...

Madeline Island Chamber Music

Madeline Island is a place of wild beauty. On any given day you can hear the sound of Lake Superior ...