LEE AND ME: A Clothes Story

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PHIL WIELAND: We're not the happiest, but it could be worse

If you think of the region as something less than paradise on Earth, apparently you are not alone or even in the minority.

New product would monitor cancer cells without a blood draw

MERRILLVILLE | A local and Wisconsin-based biotechnology company are merging efforts to develop a new, non-invasive way of identifying circulating cancer cells in human blood.

Historic preservationist tells history of area parks in new book

In the 1830s, Chicago, though still a village, had aspirations not only to become a city, but one with glorious parks as well.

As Great Lakes plummet, towns try to save harbors

ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) — For more than a century, easy access to Lake Michigan has made Onekama a popular place for summer visitors and a refuge for boaters fleeing dangerous storms. Now the community itself needs a rescue, from slumping lake levels that threaten its precious link to open water.

Ash-dumping Lake Michigan ferry may stay afloat

MILWAUKEE | A Lake Michigan ferry that travels between Wisconsin and Michigan would be allowed to stay afloat even though it dumps 500 tons of coal ash into the lake each season, under a special provision added to a bill pending in Congress.

What travelers need to know about the flu season this year

As flu season approaches, germs are spreading faster than holiday cheer. Traveling through a highly populated place, such as an airport, raises the risk of contracting the seasonal flu.

Region Collegians: Ficken puts a lickin’ on Wisconsin

Sam Ficken has seen the highs and lows of college football.

Five Big Ten school get ready to Bowl

The turnaround at Minnesota has passed a significant milestone. The Gophers are going to a bowl game.

Taliesin West's Frank Lloyd Wright archives moving to New York City

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Nestled in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains, Taliesin West, winter home of the modernist architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has housed thousands of archived sketches, models, manuscripts and personal belongings since his death in 1959.

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3 state AGs in gas recall probe

Attorneys general from Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin are continuing their investigation into the BP gasoline recall and the claims process the company initiated.

Help sought to overturn region's air quality designation

INDIANAPOLIS | The commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is reaching out to Hoosier members of Congress trying to overturn a ruling that Northwest Indiana's air quality does not meet federal standards.

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New Glarus Brewing bottles love for Wisconsin

Mike Sonstrom shows tour members the bottling unit at the Riverside location of New Glarus Brewing Co., on July 13 in New Glarus, Wis. Sales of New Glarus handcrafted beer grew more than 1,000 percent from 2000 through 2011, and sales to retailers are up 23 percent so far this year alone. Sp…

New Glarus Brewing bottles love for Wisconsin

Beers undergo testing in the quality assurance department at the New Glarus Brewing Co. Hilltop facility in New Glarus, Wis.

New Glarus Brewing bottles love for Wisconsin

JANESVILLE, Wis. | Joe Mattes, of Arlington Heights, Ill., makes the 50-mile run across the border to Wisconsin every month to pick up three or four cases of Spotted Cow, his favorite beer.