Appleton
- History
How a Wisconsin Water Wheel Beat the World to the Electric Age
The lights flickered inside a small wood-frame building in Appleton on Sept. 30, 1882. This was not a minor event. It was the moment Wisconsin took the lead…
- News
David T. Prosser Jr., Public Servant, 1942-2024
A Legacy in Wisconsin Politics and Law Born on Christmas Eve 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, David Thomas Prosser Jr. has left an indelible mark on the political…
- History
Remembering German POW Camps in America’s Dairyland
Did you know? During World War II, as Wisconsin farmers left for the front lines, an unexpected labor force filled the void in the state’s fields and…
