What to know about August’s Full Blue Moon, the first Supermoon of the year
Discover everything you need to know about August’s Full Blue Moon, the first Supermoon of 2024.
Aug
2024
5
LOCAL NEWS
Jul
2024
19
Your flight was canceled by the technology outage. What do you do next?
Air travelers became the face of the widespread technology outage Friday as they posted pictures on social media of crowds of people stranded at airports in Europe and the United States.
Apr
2024
10
Your 2024 guide to hummingbird season in Wisconsin
Learn all about ruby-throated hummingbirds and the do's and don'ts of attracting them to your garden this spring.
Mar
2024
19
School, suffrage, and… seatbelts? Wisconsin’s famous firsts
On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin became America’s 30th state. And we’ve been outdrinking the rest ever since (kidding, of course… that’s far from our only contribution!)
Here are some other notable Wisconsin firsts.
Jan
2024
23
Everything you need to know about Real ID in Wisconsin
What it is, when you’ll need it, and why that could change (again).
Dec
2023
7
Wisconsin’s most popular stories of 2023
We’re celebrating “The Best of UpNorthNews"–our most-read stories of the year across a variety of hyper-local, hyper-specific categories.
Dec
2023
5
This Caledonia family turned their holiday light show into a children’s book
The book follows Sofia and her brother Jax, who stumble across Evy, a pine tree that feels different from the other trees in his forest. Throughout the story, the siblings teach Evy how to shine in her own way. Families can stop by Santa’s Workshop after driving through the light display to pick up a copy and listen to Santa read it aloud!
Nov
2023
30
Local papers are disappearing. What’s next?
Since 2005, more than 2,500 newspapers across the US have closed. That's left some 70 million Americans with either no local news organization or only one. You see the problem, but what's the fix?
Nov
2023
6
Jewish Wisconsinites react to the concerning rise in antisemitic attacks
While there haven’t been any major incidents in the state, the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas has created a hostile environment in the Badger State–and a dangerous one across the US. “We always have a police presence at any sort of...
Nov
2023
4
Should Daylight Saving Time get the boot? Our followers have mixed opinions.
Time to set your clocks back an hour—Daylight Saving ends this weekend! There's a growing push from states to end the twice-a-year “spring forward, fall back” ritual, and while Wisconsin lawmakers haven’t written their own legislation to push clocks forward...
