Colleen Leahy

Hannah Berner never set out to be a comedian. The 33-year-old stand-up originally had her sights set on tennis. She played all four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduating, Berner gravitated towards making funny videos on social media. From there, she eventually found a passion being on stage and making people laugh. She believes her tennis skills have helped her go from the court to the stage. "Tennis was a lot of pressure.

Many of Anthony Bukoski's characters in the new collection " The Thief of Words " style themselves after fictional antiheroes like Tennessee Williams's Blanche DuBois or Elvis Presley's character Danny Fisher in the movie "King Creole." They listen to Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent and Chuck Berry. Bukoski was born and raised in Superior and lives there today. He said pop figures of the 1950s and '60s play such a big part in his book because he wasn't allowed to enjoy them when he was growing up.

A lawsuit is challenging Wisconsin’s new law banning the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The ban means options are limited to the 39 products currently approved by the FDA. Retailers that sell non-approved items face a fine of $1,000 per day per product. The trade group Wisconsinites For Alternatives to Smoking and Tobacco, or WiscoFAST, is suing the state.