Brice Prairie, Wisconsin

Though he has spent a quarter century as a VA administrator, Jerry Molnar chose his career because he liked working with his hands.

It was a friend dying in his arms while waiting for an ambulance that spurred Ron Kane to bring emergency services to Brice Prairie back in 1983.

Richard and Sue Prinsen purchased property next to a landfill in the town of Onalaska two decades ago, but they never thought sales troubles would dump on them like this.

Next year's Sunfish Days festival could be a very different festival as organizers prepare to overhaul a community event that has been sliding for several years.