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After 86 years, Rhinelander soldier ID’d and buried at home

After 86 years, Army Cpl. John β€œJack” Ginzl is finally home in Rhinelander. He was buried on Sunday in a public ceremony at Forest Home Cemetery. Ginzl had previously been interred in a military cemetery in Hawaii, in a grave for unidentified soldiers.

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New book highlights the women behind Wisconsin’s first state historic site

The first historic site recognized by the state of Wisconsin has a storied past, told mainly from the perspective of men who owned it. But a new book, β€œAn Elegant Edifice,” tells the stories of the women who lived at Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien and made it what it is.

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After thousands of years, canoes found in Lake Mendota are starting to reveal their secrets

For thousands of years, a cluster of wooden canoes has lain dormant under Madison’s Lake Mendota. Now, thanks to the work of Wisconsin scientists, those ancient vessels are starting to reveal their secrets.

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