Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Fred and Reggie meet an ailing man who keeps pigeons, and try to convince him to move out of his condemned building while helping with his health. Four young doctors move into Nonnatus House to learn from the midwives. 

Poetry magazine has published most major poets of the last century and given many of them early breaks, from T.S. Eliot to Gwendolyn Brooks, Ocean Vuong, and Danez Smith. "Chicago," excerpts from Claudia Rankine's Citizen, and "anyone lived in a pretty how town" were first published in its pages. 

Heather Cherone first appeared on WTTW as a high school senior and editor of her school newspaper. Now the veteran of The Daily Line and DNAinfo Chicago is joining WTTW News as a digital reporter covering City Hall.

The retired French detective Julien Baptiste is asked to help search for a missing girl while staying with his daughter in Amsterdam. The case embroils him in the work of a dangerous Romanian gang and leads through Amsterdam's red-light district.

Lois tries to determine her future after Harry returns to England with a Polish boy in tow, while Harry's prospects become more uncertain. Kasia fights to survive through enormous loss in Warsaw, and Nancy tries to get information through German censorship.

The midwives organize a fashion show to raise money for an incubator while Nurse Crane seeks to help a recent immigrant ashamed of her condition and Lucille works at the hospital with a rude, racist woman. 

A British translator falls in love with a Polish waitress in Warsaw despite a girlfriend back home, while World War II looms. The waitress's father and brother go to defend Danzig, and an American journalist warns that Germany is about to invade Poland.

Sister Julienne tries to help an independent-minded, pregnant prostitute. The hardworking mother of a pregnant woman suffers from a mysterious illness. And the relationship between Sergeant Woolf and Miss Higgins gets complicated. 

April, 1945—75 years ago—saw major events in the ending of World War II in Europe, from the deaths of three of the most prominent antagonists of the era to the meeting of American and Soviet troops in Germany and an early beginning of the UN.

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting shutdown can be difficult for parents and scary for children. PBS KIDS has a series of fun videos to teach kids healthy habits, featuring Daniel Tiger, Sid the Science Kid, and more!

DuPage county, outside Chicago, took part in Jonas Salk's polio vaccine trials in 1954, a successful nationwide experiment that led to the virtual end of a terrifying disease and was called "one of the greatest events in the history of medicine." 

Dr. Turner searches for the source of a diphtheria outbreak in Poplar while a woman in a complicated situation suffers regrest after feeling like she had no option but to abandon a baby in a trashcan, in the return episode of Call the Midwife.

Cooking and baking more while self-isolating at home? We have plenty of food shows for you to stream, from new programs premiering now to old favorites, featuring everyone from Chicagoans to celebrity chefs both teaching recipes and sharing their passion.

A second season of Pinkalicious & Peterrific launches March 30, along with new games. Dorothea Gillima, the executive producer of the series as well as of Molly of Denali, discusses what her job entails and how the shows can keep kids occupied and learning while schools are closed.  

America's Test Kitchen has launched a new, free "Kitchen Classroom," with daily recipes and food-related activities and quizzes to keep you and your children occupied and learning while schools are closed.