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“A New Day – Imagine a World Transformed” is the season title of six October-to-March concerts coming soon to Green Valley.

Most homeowners want their landscape filled with plants that provide beauty and durability. Following is a short list of a few plants that can be described as tough or even

Wayne Valliere is an artist and award-winning birchbark canoe builder with the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe. But this summer, he’s not only building canoes. He’s

Thousands of children come to the Northwoods each year to participate in organized summer camps. While many camps are storied with long histories, there

5:14 Full hides of brown and black leather are draped over a cart and wheeled by a worker from place to place in the maze-like Weinbrenner Shoe Company factory in Merrill. “Not everybody realizes what goes into making the shoe. I always tell people, if you get a chance to tour a shoe factory, take it,” says Rick Hass, who oversees floor operations at the company. The factory, which produces premium shoes and boots sold under the Thorogood brand, dates to 1936. It has low ceilings, some dark corners, and worker after worker focused on their task. Some solve a sort of puzzle, operating mach...