It’s springtime in Winter, Wis.

Winter, Wis., population 306, located southeast of Hayward, is getting some astronaut love today from its favorite astronaut.

During a pass this morning on the International Space Station, astronaut Jeff Williams got a good shot of his hometown.

A shout out to my home town of Winter, WI. It looks like spring has arrived! Lake Winter & Chippewa River in view. pic.twitter.com/Zdrt0MaJqr

— Jeff Williams (@Astro_Jeff) April 29, 2016

The view is looking to the southeast.

About the blogger

Bob Collins

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Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.