Wisconsin has 72 Counties, 190 Cities, 1,246 Towns, and 414 Villages. It takes A LOT of people—more than 70,000 Wisconsinites—to do the nitty-gritty work that keeps our communities ticking. Jon Mark Bolthouse is one of them. I am a lifelong library user, but I didn’t come to the idea of being a librarian until I
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Wisconsin has 72 Counties, 190 Cities, 1,246 Towns, and 414 Villages. It takes A LOT of people–more than 70,000 Wisconsinites–to do the nitty-gritty work that keeps our communities ticking. Curtis Wayka is one of them. I was born and raised on the Menominee reservation. I’ll probably be here forever. When I was twenty-eight, I took the
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Wisconsin has 72 Counties, 190 Cities, 1,246 Towns, and 414 Villages. It takes A LOT of people–more than 70,000 Wisconsinites–to do the nitty-gritty work that keeps our communities ticking. Warren Howard is one of them. As a young guy, my dad was self-employed repairing electric motors; he was one of those hands-on kind of guys.
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I was born in rural central Minnesota and raised during the Great Depression. I attended a small country school. Photos courtesy of Jerry Viste The school had a small library which consisted of one small bookshelf. One day when I was in the fifth grade, I was sitting quietly at my desk, not doing anything,
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I was born in 1942 when Lois was quite a popular name. Photo courtesy of Dawn Davis My name is Lois Potratz and I belong to a Lois Club chapter in Wisconsin. It was founded in Minnesota, I think in 1979, but grew to have chapters all over the country. Half the states in the
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I grew up going up north. We lived in Sheboygan and vacationed near Three Lakes on the Chain of Lakes. Photos courtesy of Nick Vander Puy When I was ten years old, one of my uncles said, ‘There’s a powwow at Lac du Flambeau on Thursday night and we’re gonna go. But I have to
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“My parents have been poll workers in Oak Creek since they retired several years ago. I couldn’t stand the thought of them working at the polls in April, as the pandemic was just beginning, and there was so much uncertainty about how COVID-19 affects older adults. Photo courtesy of Heather Walder Another family member was
Wisconsin has 72 Counties, 190 Cities, 1,246 Towns, and 414 Villages. It takes A LOT of people–more than 70,000 Wisconsinites–to do the nitty-gritty work that keeps our communities ticking. Celestine Jeffreys is one of them. It was my first day on the job as the mayor’s Chief of Staff. I literally just put my purse down
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