Sports Runners head inside for InStep Icebreaker marathon By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers - Jan. 15, 2009 2:14 p.m. The forecast calls for nearly perfect conditions -- 55 degrees and no wind -- when nearly 100 runners take part in the inaugural InStep Icebreaker indoor marathon Saturday morning at the Pettit Center. Organizers are billing the event as the "largest indoor marathon in the world," and participants will circle the track roughly 95 times. ...

Sports Pettit Center hosts indoor marathon on Jan. 17 By Drew Olson - Aug. 18, 2008 5:19 a.m. A marathon in West Allis? In January? That's right: the InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon will take place on the 443-meter running track that encircles the Olympic Ice Oval. ...

Travel & Visitors Guide A conversation with a State Fair livestock judge By Andrew Wagner - Aug. 10, 2008 5:27 a.m. There are hundreds of animals at the Wisconsin State Fair and all of them will compete in a show. OnMilwaukee.com Reporter Andrew Wagner sat down with a livestock judge to learn how these shows work. ...

Travel & Visitors Guide When the lights go out at Wisconsin State Fair Park By Andrew Wagner - Aug. 9, 2008 5:32 a.m. The Midway lights are off. The last patron has left the grounds. Action at Wisconsin State Fair Park is just getting started. ...

Sports Milwaukee's Wilke, Unser claimed Indy victory in '68 By David Linden, Special to OnMilwaukee.com - May 26, 2008 5:05 a.m. Milwaukee-based car owner Robert Wilke, who was president of what is now Leader Paper Products, visited Victory Lane 40 years ago and changed his sport in the process. ...

Sports Blogs Indulging my inner smart aleck at State Fair By Drew Olson - Aug. 14, 2009 4:35 p.m. Hours after the Brewers made sweeping changes, I happened across the team's merchandise trailer at State Fair. ...

Festival Guide Blogs Get the goods at State Fair By Maureen Post - Aug. 6, 2009 11:03 a.m. A combination of copious amounts of fatty food, top-notch people watching, pitchmen pushing gadgets and of course, more farm animals than you can handle, I'm always game for at least a couple hours at the Fair each year. ...

Music Briefs Night Ranger, Cracker join State Fair music lineup By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers - May 12, 2009 7:51 a.m. Wisconsin State Fair officials announced the lineup for the Cousins Subs Amphitheater today and it features Abba (a tribute, anyway), Asia, bodybuilders, Blue Oyster Cult, Cracker and Night Ranger. ...

Music Briefs Dokken, Springfield join State Fair lineup By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers - May 11, 2009 8:15 a.m. Officials at the Wisconsin State Fair filled their two remaining headliner slots for the Time Warner Cable Main Stage today and the theme was immediately evident: Flashback Friday. ...

Music Blogs Could Cracker be a headliner at State Fair? By Drew Olson - May 7, 2009 6:21 a.m. The band Cracker, currently touring behind the CD "Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey," has booked a show for Aug. 14 at the Wisconsin State Fair. The date, which is listed on the band's official Web site, has not been confirmed by State Fair officials. ...

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