Wisconsin Life

Remarkable Journeys

Season 3 Episode 2 | 26m 46s

Meet a group of people who share their Wisconsin Life. Stories include: a football start turned comic book artist, an African veterinarian working in Wisconsin, the drivers who cruise in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, a bus driver who shares the gift of literacy and a writer who waxes eloquent about the Flambeau River.

Aired: 10/07/15

Rating: TV-G

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Funding provided by Alliant Energy, Lowell and Mary Peterson, and Friends of Wisconsin Public Television.

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