MENOMONIE – A cast of local actors will bring Orlando, by Sarah Ruhl, adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf, to life in the open air at Menomonie’s Brewery Nønic on the evenings of August...
Space aliens are always good for the start of a story. Even if they come in the form of teenagers running through cornfields wearing green and purple bodysuits.
Yes, I saw these adolescent aliens on...
Join us for a magical evening under the summer sky as we gather to watch the chimney swifts return to roost!
Thursday, August 13
5-9 pm (until the swifts go in)
E4616 Cty Rd C, Downsville
◆ Captain...
VISITOR SPEEDS ON MAIN STREET
Harry Rogers, sent to Menomonie by a Detroit automobile firm to overhaul a motor car owned by A.R. Wilson of The Stout Institute, later tested out the car on Main Street....
You may not have seen many monarch butterflies yet this season, but the odds are good that the numbers will increase dramatically over the next several weeks.
This is because the female monarchs have...
To celebrate National Civic Health Month in August, you’re invited to join Wisconsin’s 2026 Civic Health Challenge, organized by the Civic Health of Wisconsin Initiative.
The Civic Health Challenge...
This week’s interviewee—Thomas Leventhal—contacted me after reading my desperate plea from last week and volunteered himself as the subject of my column. (He noted that he’d also had a little bit...
MHS Grads: Rachel Ropella - Class of 2016
This week I had the opportunity to interview Menomonie graduate Rachel Ropella. Due to Rachel’s extremely busy schedule at her place of employment, The Guthrie...
Dear Readers,
“Why is there no article this week?” you ask.
While I have been sending out invitations and calling potential interviewees (you have no idea what a dreaded task this is when you...
Planning to take in a local outdoor event, watch a ballgame at Wakanda Park, walk the Red Cedar Trail or play a rousing game of pickleball or tennis this week? The Mayo Clinic Health System provides tips...
This week’s interview is with David Cowles. I have never met David, so we conducted this interview via emails and texts. It’s always interesting to meet new people, whether in person or online.
Looking...
