Travel & Visitors Guide - May 15, 2009
Historic bar adds roadhouse concerts
Leo & Leona's, the historic bar in southwest Wisconsin, has come all the way back. Early this month String Ties, a popular regional band, played the kickoff concert in the bar's renovated roadhouse hall.
Tags: leo and leona's, la crosse, roadhouse, mike ditka, cheese league

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 26, 2009
Promoting Wisconsin areas through sports
The La Crosse Area Sports Commission was formed a couple years ago, but kicked off its events phase with a February banquet honoring athletes and sports figures. Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew was the main speaker.
Tags: la crosse sports commission, tourism, la crosse

Travel & Visitors Guide - Feb. 15, 2009
Doc Powell had strong state ties
Some readers might recognize Doc Powell as a contemporary jazz and R&B guitarist. Those with more of a sense of history will probably be familiar with the name as the "blood brother" of Buffalo Bill Cody and through Wild West tales.
Tags: dr. frank powell, doc powell, la crosse, wild west

Bars & Clubs - Jan. 14, 2009
Wisconsin beer drinkers: a new Old Style is coming
Old Style, the legendary Midwestern beer, will return to its roots next month with a complete overhaul featuring a return to the time-honored German brewing tradition of authentic Kraeusening.
Tags: Old Style, Kraeusening, La Crosse, God's Country, Wrigley, Pabst, Schlitz, Stroh's, 30-pack

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 6, 2008
Pearl Street Brewery expands reputation
Beer drinkers in western Wisconsin have long known about Downtown Brown and Pearl Street Brewery (PSB). But, the La Crosse-based brewer was a well-kept secret outside the area. That has started to change.
Tags: pearl street brewery, psb, la crosse, beer, downtown brown, old skeezer, world beer championships, joseph katchever, hop hoe down, fall harvesting of the hop

Living - Sept. 22, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 19 & 20
It's has arrived... and I couldn't feel LESS 40.With four of my best friends in tow, we boarded a 55' houseboat, partied on Crater Island, played on a Jet Ski, and slid down a water slide then right into our on-deck hot tub.  This is 40!  Bring it on.I was the second youngest of our bro...
Tags: 40, boating, hot tub, slide, wine, friends, La Crosse