The smart kitchen has come a long way. We've seen smart beer-making bots, Wi-Fi connected Instant Pots and food recognizing ovens. Now, a company called Fromaggio wants to bring a smart cheese-making ...

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsinites have always been crazy for cheese curds, and no one knows that better than its newest Master Cheesemaker certified in cheese curds. Ryan LaGrander joins an elite group as ...

Ryan LaGrander, his father, Randy, and grandfather, Dannie, were three-generation cheesemakers at LaGrander’s Hillside Dairy, shown in a photo a few years ago. Dannie and his wife, Lorraine, bought ...

After emigrating from the Netherlands to Thorp, Wisconsin, where her then-husband had started a 350-cow dairy farm, Penterman was seeking a career path in her new Midwestern home. During one sleepless ...