PBS Wisconsin

12/26/2025

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 "Here & Now" journalists point to coverage of politics, policies, people and issues that have shaped communities around Wisconsin over their past 12 months of reporting.

The connections between international affairs and national issues to daily life at the state and local levels shaped the news landscape across Wisconsin in 2025. Over the course of the ...

12/26/2025

What's the status of WisconsinEye's efforts to find funding? Here & Now's Frederica Freyberg talks to the nonprofit's CEO Jon Henkes.

12/26/2025

Happy Kwanzaa from all of us at PBS Wisconsin!

12/26/2025

One of our favorite stories from last night’s Wisconsin Life gave us a chance to meet Wanda White, who came out of retirement to teach welding to students who want to learn basic techniques.

Fuse together more Wisconsin Life full episodes and segments at pbswisconsin.org/wilife and on the free PBS app! New episodes premiere 7 p.m. each Thursday on PBS Wisconsin through January!

12/26/2025

Stream an all-new Wisconsin Life now, right here on Facebook!

At Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in Neenah, host Angela Fitzgerald delves into the collection of historic paperweights, Germanic glass and contemporary exhibits. She visits the archives and creates in their glass studio.

Visit pbswisconsin.org/wilife and the free PBS app to watch more complete episodes and stories!

12/25/2025

Visit the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in Neenah, where Executive Director Amy Moorefield explains how free admission has been part of their founding mission since 1959. Participate in Art Activity Day by creating glass butterflies with Studio Manager Taylor Moeller-Roy.

Tune in to an all-new Wisconsin Life at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, on PBS Wisconsin! Unwrap more complete episodes and segments at pbswisconsin.org/wilife and on the free PBS app.

12/24/2025

The Memory Project promotes understanding and kindness between children around the world through sharing handmade, heartfelt portraits as special memories to children in orphanages.

See how high school students create one-of-a-kind memories for children across the globe in a new episode of Wisconsin Life at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25, on PBS Wisconsin!

Find more segments and episodes at pbswisconsin.org/wilife and on the free PBS app!

12/23/2025

Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 The rising cost of health care is among the biggest worries for Americans, and insurance coverage for prescription drugs has been decreasing as their prices have been increasing, via PBS NewsHour.

As medication costs rise, decreasing insurance coverage has deadly consequences.

12/23/2025

Wisconsin was the first state to let some incarcerated people work in the community, allowing them to save money and pay for room and board, but more than a century later, prisoners say there aren't nearly enough of these jobs to go around, and prison officials say they don't keep count, reports Wisconsin Watch.

This story was produced and originally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. Most of the jobs available to Wisconsin prisoners are paid not in dollars, but cents. Minimum ...

12/23/2025

What does it take to create the world's tallest glass tree? Find out in the new episode of Wisconsin Life at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 25!

Jason Mack Glass teams up with Yerkes Observatory to create a one-of-a-kind holiday experience.

Tune in to more Wisconsin Life full episodes and segments at pbswisconsin.org/wilife and on the free PBS app!

12/23/2025

Why is former state Dept. of Administration Sec. Joel Brennan running for governor of Wisconsin in 2026? Here & Now's Zac Schultz talks to the Democratic candidate.