DriftlessNow.com’s focus is on the nature, geological features, cultures, and people of the Driftless area. In addition, we showcase events that celebrate the pride and diversity that makes the Southwest Wisconsin Driftless region unique.
DriftlessNow.com’s focus is on the nature, geological features, cultures, and people of the Driftless area. In addition, we showcase events that celebrate the pride and diversity that makes the Southwest Wisconsin Driftless region unique.
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Life is full of lessons. Some easy and some hard. Some happy and some sad. One of the hardest is learning about the circle of life.
Meet Owen Louis, an ambitious and determined 9-year-old on a mission. Now I know the title is a bit off from the ordinary cliché of ‘It takes a village to raise a child’, but bear with me.
The two met in upstate New York in the Adirondacks through an internship with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 2012. Both were right out of college with no real job prospects at the time.
Last Saturday, members of Viroqua, surrounding communities and communities beyond, gathered to celebrate the library receiving the “Wisconsin Library of the Year Award”.
On November 21st, the Kickapoo Valley Reserve (KVR) located just outside of LaFarge, Wisconsin, welcomed its new Executive Director, Lynn Kronschnabel.
An offshoot of Fermentation Fest and the Farm/Art Dtour in Sauk County, the Native American Arts Marketplace featured authentic Native art, crafts, storytelling, and food over the first two weekends of this month.
Tucked away just West of Hillsboro, Wisconsin in Vernon County, lies yet another of Wisconsin’s Driftless area’s treasures, the Blue Highway Lodge.
“I can definitely speak to my journey with it, which is I didn't really grow up farming or really spending a lot of time outside except for golfing, which is sort of a different way to interact with nature”, said Brad Wissmuller sitting next to his partner Eleanor Johnson. Brad and Eleanor are the owners of Little Society Farm located in Baraboo, Wisconsin just a stone’s throw from Devil’s Lake State Park.
While there are many bakeries in the Wisconsin Driftless, each has its own story behind them. Whether a new bakery, legacy, or under new ownership, each are unique.
A recent study has found that lead levels in the blood of Wisconsin’s children are more than double the national rate.
The ever-popular Viroqua Night Market has returned to Eckhart Park this summer.
