My dad, John Henry Schaffer, was the youngest of 7 children. He was born on April 19, 1939 on a small family farm in…
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Metalcraft of Mayville Announces Student Scholarship Recipients
by Jim Dittmannby Jim DittmannFor the 2021-2022 school year, Metalcraft of Mayville proudly awarded three $3,000 scholarships (renewable for up to four years), for a total of $12,000…
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Scag Mowers Take on Virtual Grass in Popular New Video Game BY: Tom Oechsner – Senior Brand Manager for Scag Power Equipment Scag Power…
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Niki Johnson Fitting in with the Squares (Self Portrait), 2019 Porcelain Norman Rockwell commemorative plates Exhibition Celebrates MOWA’s 60th Anniversary with Thirty Visionary Women Artists…
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Spent the week at summer camp in northern Wisconsin. Came across these guys while on a little hike. I had never seen this plant…
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When we started our project to capture a killer shot of the Milky Way in 2003, it became obvious that what we needed were dark skies, really dark skies! South-central Wisconsin, with farms and their ubiquitous mercury vapor yard lights, just would not cut it.
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In Flowered Fields – Rafael Francisco Salas
by Jim Dittmannby Jim DittmannThe work of Rafael Francisco Salas @ MOWA Downtown On view thru May 2 Location: MOWA | DTNlocated inside Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel in…
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Features
Poetry: from the book “bringing flowers to the tavern” – page 3
by Jim Dittmannby Jim DittmannMy good friend Mark Uttech created a number of “chap books” of his poetry. We always discussed a collaboration, where I would supplement his…
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Photography by Douglas Edmunds On View – January 30 – thru May 2 – MOWA Ella Fitzgerald, 1983, digital archive print Forty years ago,…
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BEAVER DAM’s PIONEER TRAILBLAZING WOMAN BY: Roger Noll Roger Noll is a local historian. He has written several books, articles, documentaries and given guest…