Rob Ferrett

It all started with landjäeger. Jesse Brookstein grew up with the sausage in upstate New York. When his career took him to Wisconsin, he told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today ,” he found it all over the place. “I started seeing landjäeger positioned all over bars, ... See more

A young Wisconsin scientist puts her life on hold to work in a kitchen in Antarctica. While there, she gets involved in a scientific mystery that could give her a second chance to reverse one of the lowest points in her life. That’s the launching point of... See more

In polarized times, it can feel like a tall order to bring people together for civil discussion about American history. But a project led by PBS Wisconsin aims to meet that challenge. The America@250 initiative brings Wisconsinites together for community ... See more

When you think of teens producing media, you might think of short-form videos on the latest social media platform. But a group of Wisconsin high school students has been working in an older format. They’re producing a new student newspaper — not as a webs... See more

An effort to dethrone the honey bee as Wisconsin’s official state insect may be gaining ground. A campaign by the Wisconsin Dragonfly Society to put a rare, native dragonfly in its place got support in the Wisconsin Conservation Congress survey last month... See more