Ellie here. Thank you to everyone for all of the responses for our Locals Love section! I love hearing all of your recommendations.
Reminder: We will not have a newsletter next Thursday or Friday. For our Locals Love section on Dec. 5, I want to know your favorite Thanksgiving dishes! Do you have a special family recipe that’s been held up for decades? Or are you a classic canned cranberries person? Send in your favorites with photos—and tell me why—to have them featured!
Today’s photo comes from our reader, Lisa P., in Stoughton.
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“I love this photo of Ivy and Willow enjoying the Viking Dog Park near Stoughton on a beautiful fall evening!” (Courtesy of Lisa P.)
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What cute pups! Keep those photo submissions coming. I love featuring them!
On Mondays, we’ve got a new section coming, called the Badger State Buzz, where we’ll have a roundup of events happening throughout our state that week. Know an event I should include? Send it over!
I also appreciate those who have sent in their stories about how you or someone you know has been impacted by the ongoing Wisconsin housing crisis. If you have a story you’d like to share with me, feel free to send it in.
In today’s Locals Love section, readers share their favorite spots to grab a fish fry. Scroll down to see if your spot made the list!
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Where you can get the best fish fry in Wisconsin, according to our readers
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Fish fry from On The House. (Courtesy of Beth O.)
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I asked you all to share your favorite fish fry spots from around the state, and this is what you said:
🐟 On The House, Sheboygan
“My SIL owns a bar called On The House (pun intended) and folks say it is the best fish fry in town.” — Beth O.
🐟 Fibbers Bar and Restaurant, St. Germain
“This Northwoods family-friendly bar offers excellent service with consistently great tasting fresh food especially their fish fry (broiled, baked or lightly breaded deep fried). The perch or walleye are spectacular and always served up perfect! They have choice of potatoes, fresh marbled rye bread and coleslaw. They serve a great fish fry not only on Fridays but one other day during the week. Their Old Fashioneds are a great accompaniment!” — Nancy V.
🐟 Appleton Beer Factory
“If you ever make a stop to Appleton, this is the place to be for fish fry! It is seasoned well and reasonably priced!” — Josh G.
🐟 Elroy Eatery
“Filets are large and fried to perfect!! Voted Best Of for South Central, WI. Located downtown in a vintage building which has been refurbish complete with original wood floors. The head chef is also the owner with great staff members. This is a favorite of locals.” — Dawn L.
Don’t forget to share your favorite Thanksgiving dish—and tell us why—to be featured in our next Locals Love!
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A man dressed as Santa Claus, or perhaps Sinterklaas, stands beside a Christmas tree at Old World Wisconsin as part of the historic site’s Home for the Holidays event. The immersive experience will be offered again in 2025, on Dec. 6-7 and Dec. 13-14 at the Eagle site. (USA Today via Reuters Connect)
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By USA Today via Reuters Connect
Within the essence of Old World Wisconsin’s historical realm, you could readily address the jolly old guy in the red suit as St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Sinterklaas or, mostly simply, Santa.
Whatever he has been called over a stretch of time dating back to the 4th century, the historic figure will be the center of attention at a traditional Christmas breakfast event for the first time in a decade at the Wisconsin Historical Society’s living history campus in Eagle in December.
And Old World Wisconsin’s Breakfast With Santa doesn’t tell the whole story. The historical center will again present its Home for the Holidays immersive experiences, sending attendees to Christmas spirits of the past and holiday legends on consecutive weekends, Dec. 6-7 and Dec. 13-14, according to details provided by WHS.
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Researchers revealed a catastrophic failure rate for Meta’s security features for minors under 16, with nearly two-thirds failing entirely or proving fundamentally broken. Of 47 safety features tested in 2025 alone, researchers assigned 64% an ineffective or discontinued rating.
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By Lucas Henkel
When Rep. Joy L. Goeben (R-Hobart) and other Republican lawmakers introduced legislation earlier this year that would require age verification for accessing websites with content deemed “ harmful to minors,” they said they hoped it would improve the mental health of Wisconsin youth.
However, experts say this legislation violates the First Amendment and sidesteps a larger issue—that Wisconsin lawmakers need to stand up to Big Tech.
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