Editor’s note: This is the second part of this story. The first part was published in the Sept. 3 issue of Agri-View. Jason Maloney and Cindy Dillenschneider with their brave dog Red ventured for an extended trip into Woodland Caribou Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. It’s a 470,000-hectar…
COLUMBUS, Wis. – Exasperating and unpredictable, Ramona Quimby is always surprising her family, friends and teachers in the long-running book series by Beverly Cleary. And now she’s coming to the historic 1934 Columbus Middle School stage, thanks to the Redbud Players.
Sauk and Columbia county governments in south-central Wisconsin are lining up in support of rerouting the proposed 190-mile transmission line in southwest and south-central Wisconsin.
A $1.3 billion project proposed for south-central Wisconsin would install 765,000-volt transmission power lines and terminals, using 175-foot towers, through Crawford, Richland, Sauk, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties.
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Author Rick Birk takes you back in time to 1964 and the inspiring real Hoosiers story of tiny Dodgeville High School, winners of the Wisconsin State Basketball Tournament in the single-division era.
No one who was alive in southwest Wisconsin in 1964 has forgotten where they were or what they were doing when five boys from little Dodgeville, Wisconsin, won the state high school basketball championship. I was milking cows and listening to the barn radio.
Wisconsin’s wild ginseng is protected by the Sept. 1 through Nov. 1 harvesting season and the Guide to Wisconsin Wild Ginseng Regulations. The information and pamphlet, as well as state and federal statutes and laws, are primarily used by harvesters and dealers. But landowners and others who…
Most weeks this column focuses on a single topic. But sometimes it’s a mashup, blending two or more different themes into a perfect puree of prose. I never know what I will dig up or what my fried tiny gray cells will find appealing. At the risk of beating the starch out of the topic, this w…
ONTARIO, Canada – There are more humans on earth than ever before. Most places seem to become more and more crowded. But human population is not evenly distributed. Vast areas of wilderness still exist. There one can go without seeing another human for days at a time – or longer.
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He first appeared during a late Sunday afternoon just before dusk. He was a striking stranger who seemed absolutely at home in the farmhouse yard, though not one of us human inhabitants had ever seen him there before. He acted like he owned the place, like a medieval lord come to inspect his…
Autumn, like no other season, is about harvesting, gathering, acquiring and storing the fruits of spring and summer. The activities of those ventures are sometimes regulated seasons, requiring licenses, permits and authorizations. Also needed might be permissions from property owners to walk…
The sea of fog and mist spread out before me, enveloping the farm valley and extending into the hills across the creek. Foggy mornings in August are commonplace in the Driftless Area, as cooler overnight temperatures match the dew point, creating liquid water droplets suspended in the air.
A suspected China-linked hacking group is exploiting a critical flaw in Broadcom’s VMware vCenter Server, compromising systems in 47 countries. Researchers at German firm QUIRSO counted 361 victim IP addresses, with the United States second-highest at 41. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-59310, s…
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab.
For more than three decades, researchers have tracked ticks, mice, oak trees and other fauna and flora in a New York forest to better understand what makes Lyme disease more likely to spread.
Residents gather Aug. 25 at the Baraboo Sauk County campus in Baraboo, Wisconsin, to share their opinions about the proposed BECI transmission power line, which would cover about 190 miles between Crawford and Rock counties in southwest and south-central Wisconsin.
Wisconsin high school senior Adam Massman dies after injuries he sustained Aug. 20 while playing in a football game.
Brianne Massman described her son Adam as driven and determined. Adam died Aug. 22, 2026, following an injury he suffered in a high school football game.
Adam Massman loved sports, his family and showing cattle. He excelled at whatever he did, his family said, and had a bright future ahead of him.
WAUSAU, Wis. – The Neighbors’ Place of Wausau is aptly named. It partners with the United Way Hunger Coalition of Marathon County, which invests in several food pantries throughout the county in north-central Wisconsin. The mission of The Neighbors’ Place is to provide food and other basics …
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