FOOD & DRINK
May’s morel gathering mushrooms
In spite of several bleak springs in 2021, 2022 and 2023, picking of wild morel mushrooms remains resilient. Awful was the verb most used by pickers and mushroom buyers to describe those previous years. The morel’s allure escapes elucidation, even rationalization. Taste of the morsel, its appearance, and even the...
Garage sale days bring shoppers to Waunakee
Waunakee's Garage Sale Days drew shoppers to the village for the hundreds of sales throughout the community May 10. Rain put a bit of a damper on the traditional opening day Thursday, but sunny skies brought the sales back onto the yards and driveways and out of the garages on Friday. The sales run through Saturday. Shoppers could find just about anything, including musical instruments, children's and adult clothes, furniture,...
For its first season ever without elephants, Circus World will have a human cannonball
For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season. Circuses have been phasing out elephants for years for a number of reasons, including concerns about the ethics of...
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