Warm-weather native Barbara Vo had no doubt she’d embrace the cold winters of Wisconsin, but for her new employer, Green Bay-based Somerville Inc., it took some convincing.

For 12 hours a day during the workweek, Zach Walhovd operates heavy construction machinery.

Larry Michael grew up idolizing the heroes in classic 1950s western movies.

Mike Ellery and his wife, Loretta, are almost 60 years old, but their hobby sometimes makes them feel like a couple of punk skateboard kids.

Ken DePratt didn’t plan to fill his basement with Japanese cat-eye marbles and Wild Bill Hickok cap guns. It just happened.

When Joe Herr lost his 4-year-old son to complications from pneumonia in 2002, the pain was almost too much to bear.

Sometimes, Nick Kerzner can’t resist the urge to ride his motorcycle to work.

Dean Herriges took interest in amateur radio as a teenager but didn’t pick up the hobby until much later in life.

She first stepped onto a stage at age 4 to belt out “I’m a Little Teapot” at a resort in northern Wisconsin.

Bill Wandsnider learned to make kayaks so he’d have something to talk about, but now he can’t get people to stop talking to him.