This piece was produced for the NEW News Lab, a local news collaboration in northeastern Wisconsin. This story originally appeared in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Microsoft is providing financial...
History and geology sometimes come together to tell fascinating stories, such as the rocky outcrop just outside of Galesville known as Decorah Peak.
Standing 1,161 feet above sea level, Decorah Peak...
Monique Meese is worried about reckless driving in Milwaukee — a deadly threat that Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson has declared a public health crisis.
Yet she feels hopeful for the next generation of...
I pulled some old clothes from the closet the other day because I had some chores to do.
Chore clothes have always been old clothes to me. Once I’ve put a T-shirt, shirt or a pair of pants through...
With new projections that the state’s bottom line will grow by $2.9 billion over the current two-year budget, Wisconsin lawmakers from both parties are debating how to utilize this newfound windfall.
The...
The small general stores that served our rural communities have all nearly vanished, but they certainly have left behind vivid memories.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the general stores located in...
Principals and superintendents turn over in Wisconsin public schools and districts at about the national average, state data show, but turnover is most prevalent for those serving the state’s most vulnerable...
If below-zero temperatures had a sound, it would be this: the clang of an iron maul striking the frozen apron of a manure spreader.
Our recent cold snap — we dipped close to 30 below zero in my neck...
Long Vue remembers eggs being splattered over his parents’ car after he and his family arrived in Kaukauna, Wisconsin in 1980. He recalls the vitriolic shouts from white residents telling them to go...
Alcohol-induced deaths rose nearly 25% in Wisconsin in 2020, the biggest one-year increase in at least two decades.
This exacerbated a pre-pandemic trend of sharply rising deaths due to alcohol, nationally...
It’s always this time of winter with the cold and snow that the prospect of hibernation seems pretty darned attractive.
After all, I have a lot of hyperphagic practice already in place by the additional...
Apparently, there’s nothing like a cold-weather story to warm up memories from folks in Wisconsin.
Last week, I posted a link on the Facebook group Forgotten Wisconsin to my recent column about Jan....
