On December 6, 2012, producer/videographer John Blandino toured a logging site with Jeff Daleiden, Heidi Daleiden, Tom Thompson, and Duane Myers of the Ericson Logging Company in Minong, WI. Learn how trees are harvested and logs are marketed in northern Wisconsin.

WisconsinEye visited the headquarters of Hallman Lindsay Paints in Sun Prairie on August 15, 2011, to learn about this history of the company, and how they make and distribute their products.

Milwaukee is well known as a beer and brat town, but entrepreneur Debbie Gale sees a growing appetite for something sweeter. In this edition of Made in Wisconsin, Host Mark Siegrist, and Videographer John Schroeder, visit Milwaukee Cupcake Company in the city’s Historic Third Ward. That’s where they learn what it takes to build a gourmet bakery from scratch.

Christine Lindner, the 63rd Alice in Dairyland, visited the WisconsinEye Studios on December 2, 2010 to talk about various Wisconsin-made products and gift ideas that are part of the "Something Special From Wisconsin" program.

José Ortiz has been a barber in Milwaukee since 1960. In this long career, Ortiz has owned several barber shops, and found his role in the community as an activist and a politician. Mark Seigrist spends a half hour speaking with José in his shop, "José's Barber Extraordinaire," in this edition of Made in Wisconsin. 

WisconsinEye's Mark Seigrist visited Kevin Grabowski, Project Manager at Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc. in New Berlin on September 30, 2010. Conrad Schmitt Studios makes and restores stain glass windows, mosaics and sculptures.

As part of WisconsinEye’s series, "Made in Wisconsin," videographer Paul Schmidt and producer Matthew Peters visited the Johnson Creek Enterprises, LLC in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin on July 07, 2010. Johnson Creek Enterprises, LLC produces Johnson Creek Original Smoke Juice, the key ingredient used in electronic cigarettes. WisconsinEye interviewed CEO Christian Berkey about how the product is made, the differences between traditional cigarettes and electronic cigarettes, the smoking ban in Wisconsin, and the future of Johnson Creek Original Smoke Juice. The tour also included the lab where the smoke juice is mixed, bottled, and sealed for distribution and a demonstration of how to use an electronic cigarette.

As part of WisconsinEye’s series, "Made in Wisconsin," videographer John Schroeder visited the Sassy Cow Creamery in Columbus, Wisconsin on December 14, 2009. The Creamery is a farmstead milk bottling business that opened its doors in 2008 on the Baerwolf family farm. WisconsinEye interviewed owner James Baerwolf about the creamery and dairy farming practices in Wisconsin, then toured the creamery to learn about the process of making and bottling Sassy Cow Creamery milk.

WisconsinEye spent the day with Tera Johnson at Wisconsin Specialty Protein in Reedsburg, Wisconsin on October 30, 2009. It’s here where Tera financed, built, and now operates a 14 million dollar award-winning “green building” whey processing plant. The plant was built to capture the added value found in whey produced by organic and rBST free milk and cheese producers here in Wisconsin. Prior to Wisconsin Specialty Protein, this whey was mixed with traditional whey and then processed for the general whey market. Now it can be processed as organic or rBST free whey and sold as bulk to the organic food industry or packaged into Tera’s own branded dietary supplement called Tera’s Whey. Join us as we learn more about Tera, the business she started and the plant she has built.

The Babcock Dairy Plant, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is a multi-product research, testing, and production facility that provides milk, cheese, and ice cream to the UW Madison campus and community. Babcock Dairy Plant Manager Bill Klein showed WisconsinEye's camera how Babcock produces and packages their products on October 12, 2009.

As part of WisconsinEye’s series, "Made in Wisconsin," producer Meredith Clanfield and videographer Paul Schmidt visited Wisconsin Wagon Company in Janesville, Wisconsin on September 21, 2009. Wisconsin Wagon Company, a wagon and toy manufacturing company since the early 1900s, began as a carriage manufacturing company in the late 1800s. WisconsinEye cameras followed the assembly of the classic Janesville Coaster wagon. Owner Karen Ferguson and fellow employees John Dooley and John Sarnow provided a behind the scenes look at how the wagons are made and a history of the company.

As part of WisconsinEye's series "Made in Wisconsin," videographer Paul Schmidt visited Carma Laboratories, Inc, makers of Carmex lip balm, in Franklin, Wisconsin on September 1, 2009. Carma Laboratories is a third generation family owned business. Paul Woelbing, President of Carma Laboratories, led a tour of the manufacturing facility, where Carmex jars, squeeze tubes and other Carmex products are made.

WisconsinEye visited Wild Rose Fish Hatchery in Wild Rose Wisconsin on August 14, 2009. Wild Rose Fish Hatchery stocks Wisconsin waters with fish for anglers and to combat invasive species. Wild Rose is currently producing brown trout, Chinook and Coho salmon. When the coldwater facilities are completed in 2009, Wild Rose plans to resume production of northern pike, walleye, lake sturgeon, tiger and great lakes spotted musky. Joan Voigt, Assistant Naturalist Guide for Wild Rose Hatchery spoke about the hatchery and showed us around the facilities.

As part of WisconsinEye's series "Made in Wisconsin," videographer Paul Schmidt visited Orion Energy Systems in Manitowoc, Wisconsin on July 30, 2009. Orion manufactures a multitude of energy-efficiency technologies such as the Compact Modular™ high-intensity fluorescent (HIF) lighting system, InteLite® control platform, and Apollo® Light Pipe. Orion President and CEO Neal Verfuerth spoke about the company and led a tour of Orion's manufacturing and testing facility.

As part of WisconsinEye's series "Made in Wisconsin," videographer John Schroeder visited a Kohler Co. manufacturing facility in Kohler, Wisconsin on July 15, 2009. Kohler Co. is a family owned business dating back to 1873. During the visit, WisconsinEye cameras followed the assembly of a toilet being manufactured. Cindy Howley, manager, Design Center at Kohler Co. provided an overview and history of the company, Dan Lawrence, supervisor, vitreous products, led a tour of the steps involved in creating a Kohler Co. toilet, and Shane Judd, water conservation manager, provided information on water conservation.