Wisconsin Life

Wisconsin isn’t typically thought of as being at the heart of country music, but did you know that half of one of country’s greatest songwriting duos is from Milwaukee? As Justin Barney tells us, Felice and Boudleaux...

Drummer Viola Smith was a musical trailblazer and innovator. Known as "the fastest girl drummer in the world," her career lasted almost 100 years. Author Dean Robbins took a trip to her hometown in Fond du Lac County to...

Corn has been growing for thousands of years across North America, and tribes have been making corn soup for generations. Each tribe has their own method and strain of corn for cooking this traditional dish. Sarah...

Prior to 1972 girls didn't always have the opportunity to play sports at school. But the passage of Title IX changed that. It paved the way for Manitowoc’s Roncalli High School girls basketball team to become the...

Every holiday season has its twinkles of drama. For journalist Dan Simmons, his unforgettable moment involves losing the family Christmas tree. He shares his fiasco with us, just before the holidays.

It can be a scramble to find that perfect holiday gift for a loved one. Luckily, the staff at a western Wisconsin middle school have made it easy — and affordable — for students to buy gifts for their friends and...

Wisconsin is known for producing a lot of products, like cheese, milk, and beer. It’s the state’s history with the beer industry that made one listener wonder what happened to Wisconsin’s breweries and...

Estimates show that it takes roughly 450 years for a plastic water bottle to decompose. While this number is staggering, the question is: How does our behavior change once we have this information? Producer Alexandra...

Beth Lo grew up spending most of her free time immersed in books. Now living with her sister Mai J.Lo Lee in Appleton, Wisconsin, she has come to find that her love for reading has had a positive influence on her...

One of life’s complicated situations is dealing with the ‘what ifs.’ For writer Keith Uhlig of Wausau, a ‘what if’ lingering in the back of his mind involved his career. So when he was able...

The oldest Lionel Railroad Club in the world is hiding inside a boxy commercial building in New Berlin, just outside Milwaukee. Jane Hampden discovered the club when she was ready to say goodbye to a special set of...

For centuries, Ho-Chunk people have created small lodges called ciiporoke for sleeping, cooking and gathering as a community. Now, a Ho-Chunk builder is helping Wisconsin students construct their own structure...

As hunters flock to the woods for gun deer season, their days will be steeped in tradition and contemplation. For writer and forester Ron Weber of Weyerhaueser, this time has always been about more than the hunt...

Eight railroad depots still serve passengers in Wisconsin for Amtrak trains that travel across the southern half of the state. But once, there were a few hundred rail stations here. While many of those buildings are...

For Yauo Yang, inclusion is a guiding principle. He moved to Wisconsin as a child and went on to join the Army National Guard, where he taught fellow U.S. soldiers about Hmong history. After his service, he became a...