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Why are most Wisconsin waterfalls up north?

Tom Hornung from Madison reached out to WHYsconsin wondering why most waterfalls in Wisconsin are in the northern part of ...

Dogsledding In Northern Wisconsin

Dogsledding has been a family affair for writer Julie Buckles. She and her husband, Charly Ray, caught the bug when ...

It’s Maple Syrup Time In The Midwest

Dan and Liz Stattelman-Scanlan of Madison, Wisconsin and their family have 175 sugar maples just across the state line in ...

The Grand Canyon, Al Capone, And My Mom

Here's a tale about a northern Wisconsin family's supposed encounter with gangsters. Norman Gilliland found the connections in a family legend. == Not long ago, ...

Crandon Hosts Third Generation Builders Of Trolleys Buses

Trolleys are fun. Kristina Pence-Dunow understands that. “It's an American history for one thing. Trolleys are an iconic form of ...

The Dips And Swings Of Wisconsin Winter Weather

Winter is full of its ups and downs, both in our moods and in the temperatures. Helene Phelps reminds us ...

Wedding DJ: One More Song

This dance, as well as my wedding DJ career, was supposed to end an hour ago. I started this job ...

Swamp Thing

It's gun deer season. Commentator Mike Paulus will be out to get a deer — that is, if he can ...

Horse Powered Logging

Taylor Johnson’s family has harvested lumber in Northern Wisconsin for generations.  While other loggers have embraced modern equipment, Taylor has found ...

DNR Biologist Uses Radio Transmitters To Track Wood Turtles

Carly Lapin is a Department of Natural Resources Conservation Biologist assigned to study wood turtles in northern Wisconsin.  She will use ...

Cranberry Love

Each fall, the nation’s biggest cranberry crop is harvested from Wisconsin marshes. And floods of travelers turn up to celebrate ...