Newton Man’s Journey to Honor a Forgotten Daughter of Wisconsin Executed by Hitler: Mildred Fish-Harnack
Mildred Fish-Harnack was a Milwaukee-born, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and the only American woman executed on the direct orders of ...
Lake Tomahawk’s Snowshoe Baseball Puts A Twist on America’s Pastime
In Lake Tomahawk, the phrase “Take me out to the ballgame” has a different meaning. Instead of peanuts, there’s popcorn. ...
Cadott’s World-Class Archer Right on Target
It’s 7:00 a.m. and Physical Education Teacher Scott Christenson has a gym full of teenage archers up early for practice. ...
LEGOs Are Building Blocks of West Bend Couple’s Relationship
Eric and Emily Krans are unofficial LEGO Master Builders. They create amazing structures from small, colorful plastic bricks. Turns out, ...
Talented Water Skier Bringing Increased Accessibility To The Sport
Grace Petzold’s passion for water skiing started when her parents took her to a ski show in northern Wisconsin when ...
Puppet Maker Holds the Strings on Hobby Turned Livelihood
When Ken Vogel started making puppets in the 1970s, he didn’t actually believe he would still be making them to ...
Middleton Teen Using Indian Classical Dance To Help Others
Shruti Parthasarathy is a dancer from Middleton, Wisconsin. She practices Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance form that originated in southern ...
Sawmill Workers Use Unique Sign Language To “Talk” On Noisy Mill Floor
Sawmills are loud places. Menominee Tribal Enterprises in Neopit is no exception. Talking across the mill floor is nearly impossible ...
WPR’s Glen Moberg Supported Young Journalists Throughout His Career. I Was One Of Them.
Wisconsin Public Radio lost a dear colleague and friend to cancer over the weekend. Glen Moberg covered central Wisconsin for ...
Fashion Designer Brings Historic Hotel’s Paintings To Life
Stephanie Schultz is a fashion designer and the tenth artist-in-residence at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. "I'm working on high ...
Milwaukee DJ Gives Back to Her Community, Inspires Young Women
Since she was a teenager, hip-hop has been a huge part of Nelly Vigil’s life. “So in high school, I ...
Collecting At Dave’s Guitar Shop
When Dave Rogers opened his first guitar store in the early 1980s in downtown La Crosse, it was in a ...
Classroom Frequency: Student Voices From Wisconsin
When I took on the role as host and producer of "Wisconsin Life" on Wisconsin Public Radio, I wanted to ...
Living With Childhood Grief
Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School student Abbie Pochel reflects on her journey of finding out her father had pancreatic ...
‘No Matter What, We’ll Always Be Friends’
Best friends and Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School classmates Luke Hennings and Noah Ebert talk about the beginning of ...