13 articles on "wisconsin"

10 Wisconsin Summer Vacation Destinations Away from the Crowd

1. BarabooFun for the whole family! Learn about the fifteen species of cranes at the International Crane Foundation and the history of trains at Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Ride an elephant and feed camels at Circus World. Let your imaginations run...

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News Release: Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam

News Release: Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam by: LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX, WISCONSIN — Did you know that since 1969, the United States has lost 85 percent of its dairy farms. And did you know that since 1969, Wisconsin has lost nearly 7...

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The quiet sport snowshoeing in Wisconsin

The woods and fields tremble with the special kind of hush only a thick layer of white Wisconsin snow brings. Trees stretch thin, dark branches as high into the crystalline sky as possible. Rounded white hummocks soften the ground as far as the eye c...

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Whatever Happened to Christmas

Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving?Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well."When I was growing up on our dairy farm forty years ago, the stores didn't put up Christmas displays until the day a...

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Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon

The Madison area is host to the Ironman Wisconsin triathlon with more than 1,800 elite athletes from around the world are expected to participate. The rush of excitement is building as September 7th is fast approaching. Record attendance is expected ...

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So You'd Like to. . .Learn More About Living on a Farm

Forty years ago when I was a little girl growing up on our dairy farm in west central Wisconsin, I thought everyone lived on a farm. Then again, many of my kindergarten classmates lived on farms, too, so maybe I wasn’t completely off base.Later on,...

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Wisconsin Friday night fish fry – 10 of the best

Fish fries – a Wisconsin samplerIn the course of collecting folktales in Wisconsin for almost thirty years, I have sampled over a thousand fish fries. I found them in upscale private clubs and in spots that were bare bones rustic. There are thousan...

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News Release Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam

October 2004For Immediate Release…Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows RoamCOLFAX, WISCONSIN — Did you know that since 1969, the United States has lost 85 percent of its dairy farms. And did you know that since 1969, Wisconsin has lost nearly 70 p...

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Whatever Happened to Christmas?

Whatever Happened to Christmas? by: LeAnn R. Ralph Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving? Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well. "When I was growing up on our dairy farm forty years ago, the st...

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Wisconsin Medicaid Cost Reductions - A Little Bit Of Good News On Government Spending

It does not happen often but every once in a while we come across an instance of a government entity actually reducing its costs and inefficiency when it comes to spending taxpayer money. A short article by Ryan Tracy in the August 23, 2010 issue of ...

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