Keeping The Circle
By Lisa Bauer LAST YEAR VINDIA ROBINSON helped change the trajectory of a classmate’s life, and it wasn’t the first time. After that classmate, a…
Living History in Dubuque
By Kaitlyn Novotony | Photos Courtesy Dubuque Area Convention & Visitors Bureau DUBUQUE MAY BE THE OLDEST TOWN in Iowa, but thanks to a massive city…
Good Taste
FAVE LOCAL COCKTAIL JOINT: GIB’S. “I know I can get something more unconventional there.” –Thor Messer, of Merchant AFTER A HOT SWEATY NIGHT IN THE KITCHEN, I’M DRINKING… “A draft of GERMAN…
RURAL CHIC
By Rachel Werner | Photos Courtesy BMae Photography RURAL PRIDE BEAMS from sisters and The Midwest Girl owners Marissa Dressler and Marah Odgers. Born 12 years…
The Tastemakers
By Kailey Bender | Photographed by Kaia Calhoun After a decade of working in various restaurant-industry roles, Melanie Nelson was overcome with an idea she couldn’t shake….
A CLEANSE TO CURE YOU
By Rachel Werner | Photographed by Sunny Frantz NO ALCOHOL, BREAD, CAFFEINE, CHEESE OR CHOCOLATE for one week. That may sound like a small slice of…
THE FREEDOM OF ESSENTIALISM
By Shelby Deering When Darcy Luoma, a nationally-acclaimed speaker and professional life coach, asked an audience if they’d heard of essentialism, very few hands…
A WEEK AT THE LAKE
By Livia King | Photo courtesy Ben Zeske/The Beacons of Minocqua IT’S SUMMER—AND IN WISCONSIN, THAT MEANS WE HEAD NORTH, to slow days, pine trees and…
HELPING CANCER SURVIVORS HEAL
By Livia King Women recovering from breast cancer need help healing emotionally as well as physically, and the Breast Cancer Recovery organization offers several…
HEALING HOPE
By Marni McEntee INSIDE AN UNASSUMING BUILDING on busy East Washington Avenue, The Rainbow Project’s staff has created a universe of healing for families affected by abuse, neglect,…