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Jump River’s Yodeling Bar Owner

Piotrowski’s Bar is likely the most jumping spot in the town of Jump River. Some bars have a jukebox full ...

Winter Stockholm Syndrome

You came around again like I knew you would. I braced for you, or should I say that I braced ...

Aldo Leopold’s Lost Radio Talks: Winter Bird Feeding

Conservationist Aldo Leopold gave a series of talks in the 1930s on WHA. Unfortunately, we don’t have the recordings but ...

Woodworking Elves Bring Holiday Cheer To Kids

On a sunny day along the Mississippi River in Onalaska this past fall, a group of guys got together to ...

Wisconsin In WWI: Bill Rice’s Letter Home From Verdun

Bill Rice was just finishing his first year at Harvard Law School when he was accepted into the American Ambulance ...

To Green Bay The Long Way

Thousands of Milwaukeeans will clog the freeways to watch the Green Bay Packers take on Tampa Bay at home this ...

Omer And Mary Never Stopped Going To School

Some people leave school and never look back. Others just can’t stay away. College student Elise Schimke noticed an older ...

A Buck In The Balsams

 Snow was gently falling as I moved through the dark woods towards the treestand on a ridge near the edge ...

Building A Family Business Around The Nyckelharpa

Earl Holzman’s life has always revolved around music. He met his wife DoAnn Holzman while folk dancing in the early ...

Wisconsin Life #508: ” Sweet Connections”

Wisconsin Life host Angela Fitzgerald spends the day at Madison’s Food Enterprise and Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens.  The organization provides commercial ...