Kim Tschudy is a native of Green County with family roots going back to 1846. Tschudy has been a reporter and writer for over two decades, having published well over 500 articles in three countries. His day job is working at the University of Wisconsin as a maintenance supervisor. For the past 23 years, he's been an adult education instructor at the University of Wisconsin, teaching primarily natural science and history classes. He serves as the president of the New Glarus Depot Preservation and New Glarus Town Hall Preservation Societies. In his spare time, he restores historic buildings in Wisconsin and Iowa.