Outdoors
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Wisconsin’s best spring & summer festival preview
Throughout the spring and summer, festivals in Wisconsin are for everyone: from film buffs to classic car aficionados, and anyone who likes to eat delicious food.
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Meet Jimmy, Wisconsin’s own weather-predicting groundhog
Move over, Punxsatawney Phil. Sun Prairie is home to its own weather-predicting groundhog and unique Groundhog Day traditions.
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Want to see frozen waterfalls in Wisconsin? Try these 8 gorgeous winter hikes
Bundle up and set out on these winter hikes to waterfalls in Wisconsin.
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Can severe cold cause exploding trees? Kind of. They’re frost cracks
As Wisconsin and much of the upper Midwest prepares for rapidly dropping subzero temperatures, some viral social media posts warn people to watch out for “exploding trees.” The phenomenon, while bizarre-sounding, is real – kind of. Bill McNee, a forest health specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said it’s not uncommon for a…
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Scientists race to protect Lake Superior from invasive mussels
Last August, Lauren Isbell dove around Mott Island Dock at Isle Royale National Park, plucking invasive zebra mussels from the lakebed – sometimes with her fingers, other times with a credit-card sized piece of plastic attached to a lanyard on her wrist. As Isbell removed each mussel, she put it in a parmesan cheese container…
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10 impressive records broken by Wisconsinites
From sports feats, to scientific wonders, to a huge collection of memorabilia, Wisconsinites have shattered plenty of fascinating, and impressive, records.
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Here are some ways you can help winter birds in Wisconsin
Spring bird migration may be awhile away, but there are a range of winter birds in Wisconsin that you can support over the next few months. Goldfinches, sparrows, woodpeckers and chickadees are a few of the species that stick around in Wisconsin through the cold weather. Between the birds’ higher energy needs and the limited…
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Ice fishing in Wisconsin: What to know & where to go
Before you hit the ice, take a look at this guide to ice fishing in Wisconsin and find out what to know and where to go.
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I experienced Door County’s new Christmas Movie Trail
A new movie trail in Door County highlights filming locations for “A Cherry Pie Christmas.”
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Line 5 fight continues as tribe sues U.S. Army Corps
The fight over the Line 5 pipeline continues as the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sues the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
