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Professional eater returns home to Wisconsin after global food tour

September 12, 2023 - 11:35am

Katina DeJarnett, a Milwaukee resident, is known to her 640,000 YouTube followers as Katina Eats Kilos. In August, she returned to Wisconsin after a global food eating tour.

'A bit friendly': New book analyzes common Midwestern phrases, patterns

July 19, 2023 - 5:20am

The author of "A Guide to Midwestern Conversation" analyzes quips and phrases that Wisconsinites and other Midwesterners use all the time.

Wisconsin seventh grader makes it to National Spelling Bee semifinals

June 1, 2023 - 6:15am

Madison seventh grader Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya advanced to the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. After correctly spelling "ctenidium," he was eliminated in the seventh round of play

This Green Bay philosophy professor set a record for consecutive runaway games on 'Jeopardy!'

May 22, 2023 - 3:00pm

Philosophy professor Ben Chan is making an impressive run on the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!" Last week, Chan set a record for the most consecutive runaway games.

After Mario crushes in theaters, professor delves into what makes a successful video game movie adaptation

April 14, 2023 - 3:05pm

Plenty of videos games become movies or TV shows, but they have widely varying levels of success. A UW-Green Bay professor delves into how these efforts can sink or swim after "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" had a successful opening weekend.

Origins of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' rooted in childhood memories of Wisconsin TV

November 5, 2022 - 5:50am

Joel Hodgson, a Wisconsin native and creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000, recently appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s "The Morning Show" to discuss how the show has endured — and how local Wisconsin television programming inspired him to pair "puppets and cheesy movies."

Middleton-based video game workers create first union at big US game maker

May 23, 2022 - 3:20pm

Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company.

We buzz hard: Evansville High School sends 2 teams to national quiz bowl championship

April 21, 2022 - 4:40pm

Eight students from Evansville High School will compete in the national quiz bowl championship this weekend. The two teams are the only Wisconsin teams competing in the small schools division and their strategy is simple: get to the buzzer first.

'We’ve got to get gaming out of our blood': Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy

April 5, 2022 - 6:00am

Economic pain from COVID-19's temporary shutdown of casinos in early 2020 still lingers for the Ho-Chunk Nation, forcing layoffs and cuts to services. Although the tribe has found little success with past diversification efforts, some officials see promise for the future — whether in development on land held in a...

March Madness set to bring thousands of people — including the Badgers — to Milwaukee

March 18, 2022 - 6:15am

Eight college teams are descending on Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum as games for March Madness get underway. The Wisconsin Badgers will take part in a game against Colgate late Friday in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

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Professional eater returns home to Wisconsin after global food tour

'A bit friendly': New book analyzes common Midwestern phrases, patterns

Wisconsin seventh grader makes it to National Spelling Bee semifinals

This Green Bay philosophy professor set a record for consecutive runaway games on 'Jeopardy!'

After Mario crushes in theaters, professor delves into what makes a successful video game movie adaptation

Origins of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' rooted in childhood memories of Wisconsin TV

Middleton-based video game workers create first union at big US game maker

We buzz hard: Evansville High School sends 2 teams to national quiz bowl championship

'We’ve got to get gaming out of our blood': Pandemic shock pushes Wisconsin tribes to diversify economy

March Madness set to bring thousands of people — including the Badgers — to Milwaukee

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