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On Becoming A Father

Father's Day is coming up this weekend, and that has commentator Reverend Dr. Alex Gee thinking back to the very ...

Civil War Week: Slavery Memories

Today, we mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War with a story from Madison's Joyce Salter ...

The Letters of Chalmers Ingersoll

The Civil War split families. But it also brought people together. Commentator Sarah Covington shares her family’s story of love ...

Traveling Medicine Show

Before movies and radio were widespread, rural communities had few opportunities for entertainment. It was here that traveling medicine and ...

Bats

Long sunny days and warm nights offer a host of summer pleasures. But they can also bring some unwelcome guests. ...

Remembering Nina Leopold Bradley

Nina Leopold Bradley, the daughter of naturalist Aldo Leopold, died last week at her Baraboo home. She was 93. Commentator ...

Wisconsin’s Woodcocks

What’s the very first sound of summer? Commentator Catherine Jagoe says if you go for a walk in the woods ...

The Big One

Musky season is here and many Wisconsin anglers are obsessed with catching the big one. With its dorsal fin, needle-sharp ...

The Big One

Musky season is here and many Wisconsin anglers are obsessed with catching the big one. With its dorsal fin, needle-sharp ...

Prairie Burning

If you see smoke on the horizon this time of year, don't panic—it may be a prairie burn. Prairies need ...

Women’s History Month

People around the world will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of International Women's Day today. In some places, like China, Russia ...

Women’s History Month

People around the world will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of International Women's Day today. In some places, like China, Russia ...

Early Wisconsin Settlers

Those of us who live in the upper Midwest often take a perverse pride in our ability to withstand sub-zero ...

Weeding the Woods

Today, thanks to unseasonably warm spring weather, it's weed season once again, time to renew the annual battle against invasive ...