Women to Watch: Marilyn Ruffin
byBy Lisa Bauer “THIS IS NOT YOUR DADDY’S Sun Prairie,” says Marilyn Ruffin, who in April was elected as the first African-American school board member—and…
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Women to Watch: Julie Baisa and Kim Curran
byBy Candice Wagener AS CO-COORDINATORS OF MERITER’S Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, Julie Baisa and Kim Curran strive to provide compassionate, one-on-one care and…
Women to Watch: Grisel Tapia
byBy Marni McEntee ON THE WALL of Grisel Tapia’s shared office at the Vera Court Neighborhood Center, a sign reads “I cross my T’s, dot…
Women to Watch: Brenna Holzhauer
byBy Joyce Novacek GROWING UP IN WISCONSIN, Brenna Holzhauer fostered a strong connection with nature from an early age. Now, she shares her love for…
Women to Watch: Kate Sample, Katherine O’Rourke and Mary Landry
byBy Candice Wagener Watching one of her ER patients quickly die from a very preventable cancer, OB/GYN resident Katherine O’Rourke asked Dr. Mary Landry where…
GETTING EXTREME
byBy Emily Leas | Photographed by Josh Witzel THE BOXER ANDREA NELSON “NEVER LET ‘NO’ BE THE REASON YOU STOP.” LET ‘NO’ PUSH YOU…
Diagnosis: “Adultitis”
byBy Kim Krueger | Photographed by Hilary Schave When I meet Kim and Jason Kotecki, they are cozied up in a corner booth at Manna…
Entrepreneurial Spirits
byBy Teri Barr What does it mean to be an entrepreneur? Excitement. Fear. Initiative. Hard work. Risk. Passion. It sounds daunting—and also wildly exciting,…
SOIL SISTERS EARTH MOTHERS
byBy Rachel Werner | Photographed by Josh Witzel indsay Morris Carpenter came to farming for the art of it. During her childhood split…
VOICES CARRY
byBy Emily Leas, Photographed by Josh Witzel “If you don’t leave him, he’s going to kill you.” Christy* didn’t know how her four-year relationship with…