Skip to main content

Green life sprouts from small Navarino farm

Luke and Terri Erb’s family business, Erb’s Farm and Flower, offers more than just plants and flowers.

Together with son Ezra Erb, the couple desires to instill in youngsters the love of growing. Erb Farm is a big supporter of the Bonduel School District garden, hosting June summer-school field trips annually.

The busy morning is full of activity.

Wild turkeys seldom follow experts’ playbooks

The magazines and the internet trolls make it sound so easy, but it’s a rare hunt that goes down simply and quickly.

Wild animals are never predictable, and wild turkeys never seem to do what they are supposed to do, according to those experts.

The internet is now full of “what if” hunting scenarios, and a recent one that caught my eye said, “A gobbler hangs up at 50 yards and you have tungsten shot. Do you shoot?”

Boredom encourages new ideas, creative thinking

For many Americans, down time is spent on smartphones, scrolling on social media or interacting with apps.

While this may keep you occupied, it’s taking you away from valuable brain activity achieved only through good old-fashioned boredom. Emplify Health by Bellin is encouraging community members to incorporate time to unplug and be bored to boost healthy brain activity.

Everyday health habits, not perfection, best for children

Health experts are encouraging families to focus less on perfection and more on the everyday habits that shape a child’s long-term health.

For Aspirus Dr. Heather Winesett, those habits tend to come back to the same core areas.

Street food name of the game at Ignacio’s

It’s all about the food and love at Ignacio’s Puebla Street Food, a new Mexican restaurant near downtown Shawano.

Ignacio Ramirez-Juarez’s love for the food he grew up with in Puebla City, Mexico, inspired him to open the restaurant in early March.

“I just follow my heart,” Ramirez-Juarez said. ”When I was a child watching my grandma, my mother, my aunt cooking, that’s my way to cook.”

Community health vital in Shawano, Menominee counties

When people hear the phrase community health, they often think about hospitals, clinics or doctor visits. Those things matter, of course, but community health is much bigger than health care alone.

DLee Photography captures fleeting moments of life

Destiny Hokenstad, owner of DLee Photography, secures special moments of life on film.

With a keen eye for detail and a love for capturing fleeting life-events, Hokenstad specializes in family, maternity, engagement/couples and kids.

Catching life here and now is extremely important to Hokenstad. For 10 years this May, photography has been Hokenstad’s passion and her creative outlet.

Subscribe to Features