SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Everyone has a passion — and for Kim Larson, it’s turning blocks of wood into something that dances in the wind. “I blow these up and put them on patterns,” Larson said.

President Emmanuel Macron spent much of the week walking up and down the Seine River making calls and proving that French politics is so much moodier than anyone else’s. He ends the week, of course, ...

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As the 2023/2024 school year draws near, parents are looking at a bigger school supplies bill than ever before. Households are projected to spend $890 this back-to-school season, according to the ...

One of the best sculpture parks in the country features dozens of whimsical metal structures created by a man who never called himself an artist. The late Vollis Simpson, who grew up and lived in the ...

Vollis Simpson (1919–2013) grew up on a North Carolina farm “fixing things before he could read,” writes Boston Weatherford. When an injury in his 60s forced him to close his successful machine-repair ...

Freshly sharpened pencils, a crisp notebook, a pristine backpack — is there anything more satisfying than brand-new school supplies? While stores like Target and Walmart currently have entire sections ...

At age 95, Frank Murn has the unique pastime of making automata –– small, colorful wooden sculptures attached to pieces of wire that move in circular, vertical or horizontal motions. These wooden ...