Mike De Sisti

Longtime dance partners and good friends Betty Hornby and Frank Pachucki continue to dance together even though Frank has suffered health problems and is in assisted living. Read about them in Stingl’s column coming Sunday.

Columnist Jim Stingl takes part in the “AirTran Airways Big Fly Derby” at Helfaer Field. The event featured the Brewers’ Ryan Braun and was sponsored by AirTran, which donated $10,000 to the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee.

Contestants take part in the seventh annual Cricket Spitting Contest on opening day of the Jefferson County Fair in Jefferson.

Summerfest goers get their groove on as they show off their hot (and lukewarm) dance moves. Video by Mike De Sisti

Eagle residents cope with the destruction. Video by Mike De Sisti

Amtrak lounge service attendant Marty Schall has been entertaining passengers for 10 years on the Hiawatha Amtrak train service from Milwaukee to Chicago.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newsroom reacts to reporter Raquel Rutledge’s 2010 Pulitzer prize win of local reporting for her exposé of fraud in Wisconsin’s child-care subsidy system.

Columnist Jim Stingl takes microwaving Peeps to the next level. Watch as he torches, mows, and deep fries the popular Easter candy.

He’s not a famous athlete or a key political figure. He’s isn’t embroiled in controversy or under investigation. He’s 95-year-old Lester Wile. He shares his secrets to a happy marriage, living long, and his thoughts on death.

My 95-year-old neighbor Lester Wile makes me appreciate stuff. I’ll be doing a story on Lester later next month.