Recent traumatic events are troubling people of faith who are trying to make sense of them.
I don’t know if we are in end times, but I do believe we are in a time that calls for radical grace.
While there’s no evidence you can get COVID-19 from water, the virus can linger on surfaces. This leads experts to believe you should avoid fo…
What you might call “the dog days of summer” might be something more menacing for a person prone to migraines.
The clock is ticking.
Family gatherings on Zoom and FaceTime. Online orders from grocery stores and pharmacies. Telehealth appointments with physicians.
Though they can't transmit the virus that leads to COVID-19, mosquitoes can pass along several other diseases such as West Nile Virus.
A burger would be on my short list for best last meal on Earth. Not just any meat slinger’s burger, but a perfectly seasoned, chargrilled patt…
Some folks, well, some folks just like taking matters into their own hands.
If coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stay-at-home restrictions are easing in your community, you might wonder how to visit public places and…
Businesses and universities across the globe are opting to have employees work from home and students partake in “remote learning” in an attem…
Mark and Dana Klaus love Christmas. Big time.
Time for another ghoulishly good time as the approach of Halloween brings out goblins and gore galore. Haunted houses aren’t the only option f…
Henry Ford didn’t invent the automobile, but he gets credit for putting the world on wheels and Detroit on the map as a leader in car manufacturing.
As most U.S. teens were just learning to drive, 15-year-old Marcel Biro was a world away, navigating culinary school.
Q: My wife is expecting our first child. My parents are divorced and both remarried; her mom died when my wife was a teenager and her dad rema…
Q: My younger brother—we are both adults—calls me by an old name—one I was given at birth, have loathed since age 3 and have not willingly use…
As weather cools and beaches close, there is little reason to stay home and be bored. Check out these enticements for close-to-home travel.
Have you ever hunted for just the right pieces of furniture on a limited budget? That is the situation I was in recently, but it turned out to…
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In a modest residential area—near farmland, railroad tracks and tall grain-storage silos—is an almost-full parking lot at 5:30 p.m. on an aver…
Q: Over a decade, my salary has tripled (I’m quite well-paid now), my work hours and responsibilities have increased, and—because I’m so frequ…
We are high above ground and just below the signature “G” that looms 40 feet tall and 60 feet wide. No point in Green Bay is loftier, and what…
Q: During extended family get-togethers with my side of the family, there is one person who does 95 percent of the talking. When I ask someone…
Q: My husband of 15 years has two sisters who live two and four hours away. Sadly, both parents died five years ago. We try to keep the family…
In 2016, opioids were involved in more than 42,000 deaths in the United States. On average, 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose.
Editor’s note: Carolyn is away. This column first appeared on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, 2004.
Lisa Blount often receives love letters, usually written by people she doesn’t know.
It’s one thing to ride the river and quite another to let it lull you to sleep.
No manmade monument in the United States is taller than Gateway Arch at the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis, and big-time renovations …
Q: Three years ago, our then-2-year-old daughter was in an incident while visiting my family for the first time without us, which resulted in …
I’m tired of reading about revivals in years gone by.
A too-clear view: That’s what you see from the second-floor bathroom window of a former boarding house on Mulberry Street near downtown Memphis.
Q: My mother-in-law has spent much of her life accumulating collectibles, heirlooms and furniture with the rationale that she will give them t…
Tale of Two Cities? That’s London and Paris, via Charles Dickens.
Q: I have been involved in our high school parent club for eight years. Each year we put out notices that parents are needed to coordinate eve…
Tacked to the ceiling is a tarp and winter leftovers. That includes cutouts of penguin with a scarf and stocking cap, shiny evergreens and sno…
The school year is right around the corner. Be sure to include vaccines on your back-to-school checklist.
Q: My brother turned 50—although he looks younger—several months ago. Along with the usual card and gift, I wished him a wonderful 50th on soc…
It’s nearly 2 p.m. as I cross railroad tracks that snake along the Mississippi River. A locomotive whistle wails shortly after I reach a pier …
Q: I have been dating my boyfriend for about a year and a half. Things have been going well, but recently he began expressing to me that he wa…
Thirty cents per bushel. That’s how much Janet Meredith says it costs to move grain to New Orleans from where we stand, 80 feet above ground a…
What determines our identity as Christians, who we truly are?
Much of Itasca State Park, 125 miles northwest of Minneapolis, feels secluded on a 90-degree Saturday afternoon.
Q: My boyfriend and I are both avid readers, and he recently finished a book by a well-known author with a very distinct writing style. He dec…
Q: My daughter recently remarried, creating a new family with a wonderful man, her young son and his two children.
While many Rock County residents take advantage of the warm weather and enjoy the outdoors, the Rock County Public Health Department encourage…
On my desk is a growing stack of recently released books, and I crave time to delve into them. The arrival of summer should make that easier. …
Q: My wife and I are both hardworking professionals. We have a 3-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter. We do our best to divide duties fairl…
One of the prettiest waterfront walks in Wisconsin is the 21 miles around Geneva Lake, and now a new, free phone app helps explain what to exp…
Q: I have a friend/neighbor who I see five days a week because we exercise together. One thing that annoys me is she always manages to slip so…
A few months ago while traveling out of state, our family took part in a fossil hunt.
Summer is an easy season for fun and fantasy, but Minnesota’s Mall of America in Bloomington knows how to trump it up all year.
Fish oil supplements might ease depression in some people. Some studies in adults suggest that omega-3 fatty acids might help treat mild to mo…
You see them counted on food labels and now on restaurant menus. But do you know what calories are?
Q: I have a friend I have known since high school who has recently been in recovery for drinking. He is about six weeks into an outpatient sys…
The U.S. suicide rate is increasing in almost every state, according a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suic…
A better life: That is what Old World immigrants sought when leaving European homelands and taking a treacherous ocean voyage 100 years ago. T…
SeaWorld officials have announced United States military veterans and up to three guests can receive free admission to its theme parks through…
Red-and-white checkered tablecloths, the sound of burgers sizzling, and long warm nights. As the official start of summer approaches, we are d…
Q: Our 9-year-old daughter feels we favor her 6-year-old brother. She feels he gets more attention and love from us when this is assuredly not…
Menopause symptoms are not just for midlife anymore, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published this month in the Journal of the North Ame…
About 65 scenic miles separate two Wisconsin restaurants that serve pasta, brick-oven pizza and wine from around the world. The classy Italian…
Q: My best friend, “Gail,” and I have grown apart the past few years. It’s no one’s fault; we just don’t have anything in common anymore. She’…
The panorama is rarely less than stunning at Riverview Terrace Cafe, inside the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center near Spring Green. Diners ar…
Q: I just got a Facebook friend request from an old classmate. This woman was my main tormentor in eighth grade, and while I managed to steer …
In a time in history with claims of fake news, leaders who reflect mankind’s lowest nature, a list of ecological issues, governments that set …
Culver’s, kingpin in the frozen custard world, introduces six new flavors this year. That hasn’t happened since 2012, and all of the Prairie d…
It is officially summer and with the warm weather comes the Fourth of July.
Weekly “Roads Traveled” columns began in 2002. These syndicated articles, archived at roadstraveled.com, are the result of anonymous travel, i…
Q: My mom died when I was 10 and my sister “Abby” was 6. My dad did the best he could, but life was hard. I tried to make it up to him by help…
As we age, our bodies don’t perform as well as they once did, and vision is no exception.
Nothing beats barbecues, block parties and al fresco dining. For your family’s safety and for the sake of your grill, here are some pointers o…
Q: I was recently out to dinner to celebrate with a close friend who has been treated for breast cancer and has received a clean bill of healt…
Two Wisconsin cities—Lake Geneva and Wisconsin Dells— made a TripAdvisor list of the 20 best vacation destinations for parents and their teena…
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Q: One of my daughter’s new middle school friends is from a family that is clearly struggling. The girl is loved, but parents are divorced and…
Horse lovers know May brings the grace and thrill of high-stakes thoroughbred racing. It all began with the Kentucky Derby in Louisville—which…
East of the river: That’s where most of downtown Milwaukee’s modern-day growth and revitalization have occurred, but one massive exception is …
More than 400 people report being bitten by an animal in Rock County each year, requiring follow-up by law enforcement, health care providers,…
