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Addiction and opioid abuse is a serious problem nationally as well as here in Wisconsin. In 36 states, drug overdoses have become more common causes of…

Issues such as homicide, motor vehicle deaths and infant mortality often fill the news, but addiction has taken more lives overall. In fact, both…

Do you ever wonder what would happen if you drove past your exit on the highway, instead of going home to make dinner after work? Or what your destination…

From time to time, Lake Effect essayist Jonathan West likes to weigh in on what's going on in the world. Often, it's pontificating on some of the simpler…

There are some movies people just love to quote. For many of them, the film mirrors something in real life, but some movies are just so eminently quotable…

Cellist Robert Cohen has been on tour over the summer with the Milwaukee-based Fine Arts Quartet. While many people may think the life of a touring…

A new state recreational area – called Sauk Prairie – is slowly taking shape in south central Wisconsin, south of Baraboo. Planning has been slow,…

Although it has been 14 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the fear those attacks engendered in us as a nation has lingered.It shows up in the way we…

The music the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based band, The Stray Birds, plays owes a lot to a distinctly American tradition. But dig deeper and you'll find…

Baby Boomers have been called the sandwich generation, often caring for their children and aging parents at the same time. Many people struggle to find…