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All in Wisconsin Driftless Life
Always thought heaven must look something like the Rockies. Almost heaven? It is heaven. This time I thought I’d check out Northwest Montana. Haven’t been back in a while and never seen it all.
Over the last two years, 70 Coon Creek Watershed residents shared more than 60 hours of stories about the Coon Creek Watershed as part of the Coon Creek Community Watershed Council’s Learning to Make Running Water Walk Oral Narrative Project. Madison-based artist Gabrielle Whisler has listened to nearly all of them.
Often referred to as the radio station of the Driftless, WDRT has been on air since 2010. As a community radio station, WDRT is, for the most part, a volunteer-based station. This past weekend, the station celebrated community by holding their first ‘Block Party’.
Everyone has a story. They are all different and personal, none of them more important to this world than another. Over the years, I have been entrusted by many to tell their stories. It is always my honor. This is Jacob Erwin’s story, a journey of change, discovery, and healing.
Having spent years learning sort as an understudy of the late Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk) artist and sculptor Harry Whitehorse, Gene Delcourt is determined to make sure that Whitehorse’s work and life are never forgotten. Delcourt, half Abenaki and half Filipino, is a wood sculptor who developed the idea for an annual event to honor and memorialize Whitehorse’s life and impact on the art community worldwide.
For Toby Lee and Joan Greendeer-Lee, practicing forest management in the Coon Creek Watershed is all about creating thriving woodlands for the next generation. Greendeer-Lee and Lee are looking forward to sharing more about their forestry practices as hosts of the Coon Creek Community Watershed Council’s first field visit of Summer 2024, which they will hold on their Coon Valley tree farm June 5th.
Many have served our country in the military, whether volunteering or having been drafted. When people join the military, all take a sacred oath giving themselves to the service of the country becoming GIs (Government Issue). Not to be cliché, all gave some, but some gave all.
I imagine most, if not all of our readership has heard the term “forever home” used when it comes to pets, whether a rescue or surrender. The number of cats and dogs alone that do not have a home is staggering. But what about exotic pets?
I met the Lovelys back in 2019 when covering the Vernon County Dairy breakfast at the Dale and Brenda Torgerson Farm. While the Lovelys were performing, I stood for a while listening to them sing. There was something about them singing together that just made me feel good and smile.
My wife, Barb, and I recently enjoyed an eight-day Viking River Cruise on the
Danube river, with ports of call in five countries: Hungary, Croatia, Serbia,
Bulgaria, and Romania.
Mention Iowa and people think of factory farms or the presidential caucus siege. Luckily there’s more to the Hawkeye state. The Northeast corner of Iowa is located in the Driftless and well worth a visit.
Ever taken a drive down US Highway 14 in the Driftless? If you have, and driven the stretch between Mazomanie and Black Earth Wisconsin, you undoubtedly passed a unique and iconic establishment called Rookies Food and Spirits.
