For the 249th time, Americans hauled out the hot dogs and fired up the fireworks for the nation’s big birthday bash.

A Chippewa Falls man is honoring former Milwaukee Brewers announcer Bob Uecker with a unique art tribute this summer.

The American lexicon was once filled with dozens, hundreds of charmingly quaint phrases that have now gone the way of the dodo. A particular favorite was, “There was enough food ...