Mary Bergin

Mary Bergin

A freelance travel/food writer in Madison, Mary has won three Lowell Thomas awards, the highest achievement in travel journalism. Her Wisconsin Supper Club Cookbook (Globe Pequot Press) is in its eighth printing.

Our Wisconsin Vanessa Watts cooks, delivers and coordinates Lasagna Love volunteers in parts of central and eastern Wisconsin.
Our Wisconsin Volunteers Make and Deliver Comfort Food for Wisconsin Families in Need

Vaccinations are coming, but hard-hit households will need help for some time to come.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin February 16, 2021 1:04 pm CST
Our Wisconsin In a sign of the times, the statue of legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi has been masked up since early in the coronavirus pandemic.
Our Wisconsin Packers Heritage Trail Shows How a Team From a Little City Built a Big Following

Get ready for the playoffs with a walking tour that includes favorite haunts of Packer legends.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin January 14, 2021 11:51 am CST
Our Wisconsin Some tastes of Christmas are best left to the experts to produce. (Photo by Mary Bergin)
Our Wisconsin Here Are 12 Wisconsin-Based Holiday Treats ‘Yule’ Love

Mary Bergin takes us on another tour of the state, this one rooted in food and drink to enjoy this time of year.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin December 11, 2020 1:04 pm CST
Our Wisconsin Darla Dernovsek submitted this photo of her husband Mike and their dog Sunny on a hike at St. Peter's Dome near Ashland.
Our Wisconsin There’s Much to Be Thankful for in Wisconsin—the Places and the People

Our travel writer offers reminders of what we have and what will still be with us after this most unusual year.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin November 25, 2020 9:11 am CST
Our Wisconsin Greenbush Cemetery was established during the same year that Wisconsin became a state.
Our Wisconsin For Sites with Unconventional History Lessons, Look to Wisconsin’s Dead

Cemeteries provide more than Halloween tales of terror and dead-calm tranquility the rest of the year.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin October 28, 2020 7:00 am CDT

continuing coverage

A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Coronavirus Don’t Be Alarmed By Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause, Wisconsin Health Officials Say
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
Our Wisconsin “Step Right Up! Your Votes, Your Voices” by Erika Nelson
Our Wisconsin IN PHOTOS: Wisconsin Art Gives Voice to 2020’s Politics, Pain, and Potential

Projects provide expression, opportunity, even a boost to tourism.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin October 5, 2020 11:32 am CDT
Our Wisconsin Holy Wisdom Monastery in Dane County. (Photos by Mary Bergin)
Our Wisconsin This Former Monastery in Dane County Might Be the Escape We All Need Right Now

Now a retreat for single or multi-day visits, it offers spiritual solace, natural solitude, and environmental stewardship.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin September 1, 2020 11:30 am CDT