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The Welcome Oak

Many of us have an affinity for certain trees. For Robert Root, it’s an oak that welcomed him to a ...

Encounter With A Mother Bear

No one wants to have an encounter with a bear – well most of us anyway. But a run in ...

Wisconsin 101: Lifesaving Medal For The Rescue Of The Tanner

Wisconsin has more than 800 miles of Great Lakes shoreline. Since the early 19th century, Wisconsin’s maritime communities have routinely ...

River Water: One Man’s Lifelong Connection To The River

There’s something about particular landscapes that can really get into your soul. For Ed Erdmann, it’s the Mississippi. He’s spent ...

A Walk In The Milwaukee Woods

A beautiful spring day can feel like the last day of school when you’re a kid – an unbelievable release ...

Sauk City’s Plastics Recycling Pioneer

Elise Moser first heard the name Milly Zantow at a conference and was surprised to learn that the driving force ...

Jim Lovell’s Wisconsin Roots

Growing up in the 1960s meant idolizing United States astronauts. In elementary school, we made scrapbooks of the Mercury 7 ...

Wisconsin Spring Means Crocuses In Snow

Sometime around Easter, the cherry trees lining both sides of my mother’s street in Maryland create a gauzy cathedral, easing ...

Let The Chips Fall

When the snow is mostly gone and the days start to feel longer, there’s one part of winter that tends ...

The News From Lake Hallie

The lake in Lake Hallie is narrow and shallow but not without its excitement… especially when the ice freezes. Patti ...

Fire On Ice

There are many things to enjoy about a frozen lake. For Patti See, it’s a bonfire built, improbably, on the ...

Winter On The Edge Of The World

Wisconsin winters are known for being cold and harsh. But John Gurda reminds us of the 19th century settlers who ...