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Melinda's Garden Moment: Creative Plant Combination
Melinda's Garden Moment: Creative Plant Combination
Increase your garden's bloom power and an interest with simple combinations and plant selections.More >>
Increase your garden's bloom power and an interest with simple combinations and plant selections.More >>
Melinda's Garden: Attracting Hummingbirds to the Garden
Melinda's Garden: Attracting Hummingbirds to the Garden
Bring in the hummingbirds and brighten your landscape with colorful plants.More >>
Bring in the hummingbirds and brighten your landscape with colorful plants.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Garden for all 5 senses
Melinda's Garden Moment: Garden for all 5 senses
A colorful landscape is a thing of beauty to enjoy with your eyes, but it should also appeal to your other senses.More >>
A colorful landscape is a thing of beauty to enjoy with your eyes, but it should also appeal to your other senses.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Edible Ornamental Landscape
Melinda's Garden Moment: Edible Ornamental Landscape
A beautiful landscape can feed your body as well as your mind and spirit when you include some edible ornamental plants.More >>
A beautiful landscape can feed your body as well as your mind and spirit when you include some edible ornamental plants.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Strawberry Pot Hanging Basket
Melinda's Garden Moment: Strawberry Pot Hanging Basket
Add a bit of nutrition and beauty to your patio, deck, or balcony with a pot of strawberries.More >>
Add a bit of nutrition and beauty to your patio, deck, or balcony with a pot of strawberries.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Vegetable Gardens
Melinda's Garden Moment: Vegetable Gardens
Extend your season and planting space for more fresh from the garden flavor.More >>
Extend your season and planting space for more fresh from the garden flavor.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Spring Flowering Perennials
Melinda's Garden Moment: Spring Flowering Perennials
Add color to your spring garden with a variety of plants.More >>
Add color to your spring garden with a variety of plants.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Controlling the Garlic Mustard
Melinda's Garden Moment: Controlling the Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard is taking over our woodlands and landscapes at a rapid rate as it crowds out native beauties like trillium, spring beauty and trout lilies.More >>
Garlic mustard is taking over our woodlands and landscapes at a rapid rate as it crowds out native beauties like trillium, spring beauty and trout lilies.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moment: Look out for Creeping Charlie
Melinda's Garden Moment: Look out for Creeping Charlie
It's fragrant, produces flowers in spring, and adapts well to sun or shade. We're talking about Creeping Charlie, also known as ground ivy. This is a weed most gardeners are trying to eliminate from their lawns.More >>
It's fragrant, produces flowers in spring, and adapts well to sun or shade. We're talking about Creeping Charlie, also known as ground ivy. This is a weed most gardeners are trying to eliminate from their lawns.More >>
Melinda's Garden Moments: Living Centerpieces
Melinda's Garden Moments: Living Centerpieces
Melinda Myers is teaching us how to create a living centerpiece using plants suited to small containers, the growing conditions and your decor.More >>

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Bob Lindmeier
Bob Lindmeier
Bob Lindmeier has 30 years of experience in forecasting Wisconsin's weather. You can see his forecast weekdays on 27 News at 5, 6 and 10.More >>
27 Storm Track Chief Meteorologist Bob Lindmeier has 30 years of experience in forecasting Wisconsin's weather.More >>
Brian Olson
Brian Olson
Brian's accurate weather forecasts can be seen on 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin each weekday morning from 4:30 - 7:00 a.m.
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27 Storm Track Meteorologist Brian has been honored with three Washington DC Emmy Awards, was the 2003 recipient of the National Weather Association's Public Education Award, and has earned a Seal of Approval from both the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society.More >>
Laurie Mercurio
Laurie Mercurio
Laurie's accurate weather forecasts can be seen on 27 News weekends. Her forecasts can also be heard on local radio stations.More >>
27 Storm Track Meteorologist Laurie Mercurio has always been interested in weather; even becoming a broadcast meteorologist occurred to her at an early age.More >>
Ben Burkel
Ben Burkel
Ben Burkel has always had an interest in the weather, and joined WKOW as the Wake Up Wisconsin Weekend meteorologist at the end of 2012More >>
Ben Burkel is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and joined WKOW as the Wake Up Wisconsin Weekend meteorologist.More >>

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Obama administration to add 10,000 hybrids to government fleet
Obama administration to add 10,000 hybrids to government fleet
President Barack Obama may not achieve his goal of 1 million plug-in electric cars on U.S. roads by the end of 2015. But his administration continues to try to green the U.S. vehicle fleet.
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President Barack Obama may not achieve his goal of 1 million plug-in electric cars on U.S. roads by the end of 2015. But his administration continues to try to green the U.S. vehicle fleet.More >>
Americans are driving less, have been since 2005
Americans are driving less, have been since 2005
There's a far more effective way of reducing pollution and dependency on oil than buying more efficient cars or going electric: Driving less.More >>
There's a far more effective way of reducing pollution and dependency on oil than buying more efficient cars or going electric: Driving less.More >>
Tips for better green cleaning
Tips for better green cleaning
Green cleaning is so popular. Every blogger is posting their "totally ah-may-zinggg" homemade cleaner recipe that involves three magical ingredients.More >>
Green cleaning is so popular. Every blogger is posting their "totally ah-may-zinggg" homemade cleaner recipe that involves three magical ingredients.More >>
12 uses for takeout containers
12 uses for takeout containers
From gardening to household storage, plastic, paper, and Styrofoam takeout containers offer a myriad of household uses.More >>
From gardening to household storage, plastic, paper, and Styrofoam takeout containers offer a myriad of household uses.More >>
Household uses for rubbing alcohol
Household uses for rubbing alcohol
Although it's not perfect for every cleaning job, rubbing alcohol is a fairly cheap and relatively environmentally-friendly solution to some tough cleaning challenges.More >>
Although it's not perfect for every cleaning job, rubbing alcohol is a fairly cheap and relatively environmentally-friendly solution to some tough cleaning challenges.More >>
Ten ways to upcycle an old T-shirt
Ten ways to upcycle an old T-shirt
T-shirts come and go. It's also pretty easy to acquire them without meaning to.More >>
T-shirts come and go. It's also pretty easy to acquire them without meaning to.More >>
10 clever uses for burned-out light bulbs
10 clever uses for burned-out light bulbs
I'm slowly making the switch over to energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (which last, I think, roughly 800 years), replacing each old incandescent bulb as it expires.More >>
I'm slowly making the switch over to energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (which last, I think, roughly 800 years), replacing each old incandescent bulb as it expires.More >>
What is the best way to e-cycle your electronics?
What is the best way to e-cycle your electronics?
Most of us couldn't imagine living without our computers, iPods, cell phones and other electronic gadgets. But what happens to all the old electronics we no longer want?More >>
Most of us couldn't imagine living without our computers, iPods, cell phones and other electronic gadgets. But what happens to all the old electronics we no longer want?More >>
Conservation with kids
Conservation with kids
Check out these tips from eco-minded moms on encouraging conservation and reducing waste among the younger set.More >>
Check out these tips from eco-minded moms on encouraging conservation and reducing waste among the younger set.More >>
2013 green car buyers guide: Hybrids, diesels and plug-ins
2013 green car buyers guide
With gas prices high and new fuel-economy standards in effect, automakers are rolling out new green cars of every type. Here are the ones you should be looking at.More >>
With gas prices high and new fuel-economy standards in effect, automakers are rolling out new green cars of every type. Here are the ones you should be looking at.More >>

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5 germ hot spots you aren't cleaning
5 germ hot spots you aren't cleaning
Here are five germ hot spots you're probably missing when you clean, and the most powerful tools to add to your cleaning arsenal today.More >>
Here are five germ hot spots you're probably missing when you clean, and the most powerful tools to add to your cleaning arsenal today.More >>
6 things you think add value to your home - but really don't
6 things you think add value to your home - but really don't
Certain projects, such as adding a well thought-out family room can be a wise investment, as they do add to the value of the home. Other projects, however, allow little opportunity to recover the costs when it's time to sell.More >>
Certain projects, such as adding a well thought-out family room can be a wise investment, as they do add to the value of the home. Other projects, however, allow little opportunity to recover the costs when it's time to sell.More >>
Summer gardening guide
Summer gardening guide
Summer is the time to freshen up the garden, pay careful attention to maintenance and enjoy the fruits of your labor.More >>
Summer is the time to freshen up the garden, pay careful attention to maintenance and enjoy the fruits of your labor.More >>
7 Mother's Day gifts for DIY moms
7 Mother's Day gifts for DIY moms
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If you or your mom are DIY enthusiasts, here are seven Mother's Day gift ideas that she'll love.More >>
10 tips for organizing closets
10 tips for organizing closets
If your average, bummer of a closet is ready for an overhaul, use these cheap and easy tips to whip it into shape.More >>
If your average, bummer of a closet is ready for an overhaul, use these cheap and easy tips to whip it into shape.More >>
10 kitchen gadgets you probably don't need
10 kitchen gadgets you probably don't need
There are many kitchen gadgets out there that claim to make your life simpler, but there might already be something in your kitchen that can do the same job.More >>
There are many kitchen gadgets out there that claim to make your life simpler, but there might already be something in your kitchen that can do the same job.More >>
Tips for better green cleaning
Tips for better green cleaning
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Green cleaning is so popular. Every blogger is posting their "totally ah-may-zinggg" homemade cleaner recipe that involves three magical ingredients.More >>
Three new ways to decorate Easter eggs
Three new ways to decorate Easter eggs
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Eggs have really come a long way, from shells that contain albumen and yolk, to a blog-worthy craft.More >>
Expert tips for spring-cleaning your bathroom
Expert tips for spring-cleaning your bathroom
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Although spring-cleaning may have become a thing of the past, germs haven't.More >>
St. Patrick’s Day history, traditions & facts
St. Patrick’s Day history, traditions & facts
It's the day when being Irish or even just attempting a lyrical brogue will make you an honorary member of the Emerald Isle.More >>
It's the day when being Irish or even just attempting a lyrical brogue will make you an honorary member of the Emerald Isle.More >>

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