This weekend, Lake Geneva hosts the annual U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition. We talk with one of the defending champion team’s founders about using snow to create art and the team’s plans for this year’s competition.

We delve into mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness nature preserve in northern Minnesota. A spokesperson explains what changing USDA guidelines for "organic" means for farmers and consumers.

As anime continues to gain popularity nationally and in Wisconsin, we speak with an organizer of a statewide anime festival. Then, we learn about anime through a Wisconsin lens with a voice actress and author.

An associate professor focused on fruit crops shares the science of how cranberries adapt to Wisconsin winters. A nonprofit representative talks about a new resource in the Coulee region that aims to help both tenants and landlords.

According to the American Home Brewers Association, there are 1.1 million home brewers in the United States. A Wisconsin equipment manufacturer shares an update on the industry amid inflation as well as advice for homebrews. An educator also explains the brewing and fermentation process.

We learn how NPR is covering the war in Ukraine with a producer from “All Things Considered.” Then we look at why local schools are funded primarily by property taxes and how that system could be reformed.

As tax season gears up, a ProPublica reporter explains the political battles over IRS funding. Will a funding boost for the IRS create an army of auditors riffling through your returns or will it make taxation fairer? We also look at why filing taxes isn’t simpler.

Plans to extend Amtrak service in Wisconsin and the Midwest could include new passenger railway stations in Eau Claire, Madison, Green Bay and Superior. And Rep. Lori Palmeri takes a seat in the state Assembly while continuing to serve as mayor of Oshkosh.

More Americans ascribe to negative Jewish stereotypes than just four years ago, a new national survey reveals. A Kenosha rabbi talks about her community’s response to a recent antisemitic incident. And an Anti-Defamation League Midwest official talks about the problem elsewhere in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's newly elected Republic Party chairman discusses party fundraising and the role of former President Donald Trump in the party. The director of opioid initiatives with the Department of Health Services provides updates on how the national opioid crisis is affecting Wisconsin.