A new 50-state ranking attempts to list all the U.S. states based on how hard they party. The rankings are based on a variety of metrics including the number of bars per capita, self-reported drinking habits, and college party school rankings. At the very top of the list is a state that you might not …
A Wisconsin farmer decided to plant flowers over 22 acres of land in the hopes of spreading some cheer in a terrible year. Scott Thompson planted more than 2 million sunflowers and countless other flowers across his farmland and welcomes visitors to enjoy the blooming plants. The response has been so positive that Thompson says …
Thrill-seekers be warned: If you’re looking for an adrenaline rush, jumping off the top of a cell phone tower might give you that pulse-quickening buzz you’re lusting after, but it’ll probably be cut short. A 20-year-old Wisconsin man experienced that unfortunate disappointment last week after attempting an illegal BASE jump from a Charter Communications tower, …
Being a high school student is stressful for many reasons, but students at Fond Du Lac High School in Wisconsin now one more thing to worry about as they begin attending classes for the year: a python that broke free from the school’s science lab. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, the snake somehow slipped …
Running from the cops is never a good idea, but one Wisconsin man managed to delay his inevitable capture by over three years by hiding out in his own makeshift bunker built into a hillside. Jeremiah Button’s trial was two weeks away when he disappeared in 2016, leaving a note for his family that said …
Ice fishing is a cherished tradition in the northern U.S. states and I, dear friend, happen to live very near a popular ice fishing destination in Wisconsin. The mighty (and shallow) Lake Winnebago is always packed with sportsmen this time of year and, inevitably, someone drives somewhere they shouldn’t have. This year, one such incident …
Tornados can be absolutely devastating forces of nature, especially when they materialize over a populated area with little warning, but the destruction they bring often fades with time. That doesn’t seem to be the case in northern Wisconsin, where a 40-mile-long scar still remains from a strong tornado which tore through thousands of acres of …
