by Laura Damon-Moore, Maria Tran | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
September 16th is Mildred Fish-Harnack Day, the first of many Wisconsin Public Schools observation days throughout the school year. While most of these days are named for familiar people, events, or holidays—Christopher Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Arbor...
by Victoria Statz | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
If you’ve visited our state capitol in the past few weeks, you may have spotted a fleet of shiny red bikes with silver baskets zipping up and down Madison streets. If so, you’ve witnessed the first wave of a new bicycle-sharing program called B-cycle....
by Sister Esther Heffernan | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
We are in the middle of a crisis. Yet, many of us don’t even know it. When we give any thought to jails or prisons we tend to take them for granted as places to safely put away “bad people.” We may notice the city or county jail as we walk or drive...
by Allison Slavick | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
No one expected the water to be warm enough to swim in, and they hadn’t brought suits or towels. She’d not been in a pool for years, not once since Ben died, and even longer since she’d gone swimming in a lake. Such a fragrant lake, she thought....
by Chris Sampson, Sue Bodily | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
When a customized container management company specializing in packaging two of Wisconsin’s most famous products—cheese and beer—wanted to gauge the performance of one of its best-selling containers, it asked a neighbor for help. Partnering with experts from...
by Jim Fleming | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Jim Fleming began his career with Wisconsin Public Radio in 1968 as a volunteer while completing his undergraduate English degree at UW-Madison. Fleming has made substantial contributions to public radio since then by producing several award-winning projects, such as...
