History

From crime prevention to dementia awareness, the Woman’s Club of Pewaukee has served the region for 120 years. The group’s past president shares more about their work with “Wisconsin Today.”

More than a century after being buried, and decade after being exhumed, a group of Milwaukee County residents are still awaiting a final resting place

The ship is the fifteenth to be delivered to the Navy by the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette.

“There were over 35 prisoner of war camps set up in Wisconsin in 1943,” explains Pam Ekholm of the Wisconsin Historical Society. That included Bayfield, where businessman D.S. Knight made an agreement with the military to bring German prisoners of war to work on local farms and at a bean cannery.

Anna Shechtman talked with “To the Best of Our Knowledge” about the feminist history of crossword puzzles and how crosswords help us share a common language.

One of the most active and effective combat units in the Pacific Theater during World War II had origins right here in the state of Wisconsin.

Trinity Equestrian Center in Eau Claire offers equine therapy to veterans — for free. One man who served in the U.S. Army for 29 years says the center saved his life.

A Cornell native turned filmmaker paid tribute to a small fire department in a new documentary titled “The Best of Us.” Of the 809 fire departments across Wisconsin, more than 75 percent are predominantly run by volunteers.

The Kissers’ new album features songs based on diaries and other historical records from Wisconsin veterans.

Over the last month, health systems around Wisconsin have taken steps to manage their supplies and in some cases reduce their use of IV fluids to conserve the products.