A son of Chippewa Falls was mourned after the attack. Later, he was all but forgotten. A local teacher and students are making sure that doesn’t happen again.
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?
There is an alarming number of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) in the state. Wisconsin, like much of North America, is only beginning to tackle this silent crisis. To start, the state created a task force hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ). Its mission: addressing the rates of “abduction, homicide, violence, and trafficking of Indigenous women in Wisconsin.”
Buy a Milwaukee-made Festivus pole, air your grievances at Great Lakes Distillery, or see an "unadorned and lustrous" decoration at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Spiritualism peaked in the mid-19th century, but the belief in communicating with the dead persisted much longer here.
Lake Michigan sanctuary holds 36 wrecks, with another 60 undiscovered.
