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Grammy-nominated artist Skylar Grey releasing new album about growing up in Wisconsin
So I was just realizing that people mostly just know the story of what I went through and the songs that I wrote and everything after I left Wisconsin, from my Los Angeles move when I was 17 forward, working with Eminem and all that. That’s just not the core of who I am. So…
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‘The fossils won’t be going to Kenosha anymore’: Unique fossil hunting program at liberal arts college ends
On Jan. 4, the Carthage Institute of Paleontology shuttered, ending a long-standing agreement between the college and Kenosha Public Museums.
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Wisconsin bassist Mark Hembree reflects on career with bluegrass legend
The Mark Hembree Band is well-known in Wisconsin’s bluegrass music scene. Its upright bass playing leader, Mark Hembree of Oconomowoc, has been playing music professionally for decades.…
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Milwaukee author’s debut novel inspired by horror films, Wisconsin winters
Film professor Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece brings her deep knowledge of horror movies to the page with “Poltergeist,” an apocalyptic horror novel set in a melting Arctic.
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Johnson calls capture of Maduro ‘undeniably good,’ opposes new war powers resolution
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson called the U.S. military’s recent operation in Venezuela an “incredible success” shortly before voting against a resolution that would require Congress to…
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From mushrooms to makeup, Twin Ports ‘Nice Girls’ marketplace builds women-run businesses
Nice Girls of the North is a women’s collective hosting a monthly marketplace of eclectic creative wares, whose members help each other by sharing business tips and…
