Wisconsin Life

Spring heralds earlier dawns and later sunsets. The change of season also brings a whole new set of constellations into view, including some of the oldest constellations we know. Commentator Jim Lattis takes on a tour of the spring night sky. (This story originally aired on May 3, 2012 and was produced by Erika Janik.)

Tobacco used to be a major cash crop in Wisconsin, but today very few farms remain. Meet one of the rare tobacco farmers keeping this Wisconsin agricultural tradition alive, Curt Watson.

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, by chance, I discovered the link between three things from my childhood—the Grand Canyon, Al Capone, and my mom. The last shall be first. My mother grew up in the 1920s on a small farm

Spencer Wells grew up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and attended college at UW-Madison. In his free time, he's always enjoyed attending his local musician friends' performances and documenting those moments with his camera. He recently paired those photos with essays in the new book, "Forward." In the book's foreword, Wells suggested that Wisconsin musicians have

When you picture a playground the image of swings and slides and monkey bars comes to mind. But a playground can be much more than that. Crystal Chan has this story of just such a place, Little Oshkosh. == There is a magical place. It is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and I helped build it.

For nearly eight decades, one Wisconsin farm girl has followed the music along the back roads of the bluffs high above the banks of the Mississippi. As the sun rises on Sunday morning, catching the mist off the alfalfa, a pick-up truck crisscrosses the farmland on its way to morning services. Sunday church, weddings, funerals, private

Imagine leaving your family and job and moving overseas to Milwaukee to fulfill a dream. That’s exactly what Kane Pitman did. Since arriving in Wisconsin, the Australian freelance writer has become one of the few beat reporters for the Milwaukee Bucks. Pitman writes for The Pick and Roll, and has been freelancing for other sites,

The smell of heavy cologne, hairspray, and nervous energy in the air can only mean one thing: it's prom season. As high schoolers across Wisconsin worry about who to ask and what to wear, the dance means something completely different to adults. Author BJ Hollars shares a personal story about prom, parenthood, and The Packers. == Heroics on

We all grieve in different ways. It’s painful. It lingers. It's complicated. In working through her own grief, Nikotris Perkins recently wrote about the heartache of losing her daughter for the storytelling organization Ex Fabula. It was for the StorySlam event, "Damaged Goods" held in March 2019. "I wrote it for that showcase in particular

Now that we've hopefully moved on from winter, Madison comedian Esteban Touma is taking time to reflect on cold weather in Wisconsin.  Born and raised in Ecuador, the state's severe winters have tested him.  But, an even greater challenge for Touma has been acclimating to how much Wisconsinites like to TALK about the weather. == As