A pair of health care professionals who took a risk to come back home to Wisconsin had that gamble pay off for both of them.

What can happen to a marriage when a perky labradoodle becomes, literally, a man's best friend and comes uncomfortably close to being his paramour? That's the question explored with great comic effect in the Chequamegon Theatre Association production of “Sylvia,” playing June 14-23 at Ashlan…

Most of the snow is gone so it’s time to brew spring beer. I can brew in the winter but the brewery requires too much energy to keep the yeast happy.  Happy yeast makes great beer so keeping them in the dark (they like dark) and at the right temperature ensures good beer. 

Anyone interested in holding government accountable should applaud a decision this week by the state appeals court about open records.

Carrie Linder,