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

Travel & Visitors Guide - Feb. 24, 2008
Historic tavern gets second life
One of the most historic, and unique, taverns in Wisconsin has re-opened after a few months of being closed.
Tags: leo and leona's, newburg corners, la crosse, leo cavadini, leona cavadini, larryfest

Travel & Visitors Guide - Oct. 21, 2007
Nation's biggest baseball tour biz based in Wisconsin
Jay Buckley's Baseball Tours is the nation's oldest and largest national baseball tour business. Buckley is finishing his 25th season. The business is based right here in Wisconsin, in La Crosse.
Tags: Jay Buckley's Baseball Tours, stadiums, Miller Park, La Crosse

Sports - May 6, 2007
La Crosse may land NBA D-League franchise
Minor-league basketball could return to the city of La Crosse as the Arkansas Rimrockers of the NBA D-League consider a move.
Tags: d-league, arkanasas rimrockers, la crosse

Sports - March 11, 2007
Division III tourney snubs state schools
The men's basketball teams from UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse should be participating in the Division III tournament. Because of bias and a flawed system, they are stuck at home thinking about what might have been.
Tags: wiac, snub, division III, la crosse, stevens point, oshkosh

Bars & Clubs - Jan. 29, 2007
Wisconsin's best bars (outside of Metro Milwaukee)
When you're traveling around Wisconsin, and you need a cold one, not just any corner tap will do. There are hundreds of great bars in our state, but outside of Metro Milwaukee. Here are some of the best.
Tags: la crosse, janesville, green bay, wausaukee, fish creek

Sports - Oct. 12, 2006
Whitewater heads for showdown against La Crosse
Unbeaten UW-Whitewater will face a stiff test on Saturday afternoon when the unbeaten La Crosse Eagles visit Perkins Stadium.
Tags: wiac, showdown, whitewater, la crosse, beaver

Bars & Clubs - Sept. 14, 2006
Wisconsin loses a tavern treasure
One of the most historic, and unique, taverns in Wisconsin will close after more than 100 years. Leo and Leona’s in tiny Newburg Corners, on Hwy. 33 near La Crosse, has been in business since 1898. Farmers, travelers from urban areas and sports figures have all hoisted one, or more, in the place.
Tags: La Crosse, Newburg Corners, Leo and Leona's, Cavadini

Sports - Aug. 24, 2006
UW-Whitewater has the look of a winner
After finishing second in the Div. III playoffs last year, UW-Whitewater's football team enters 2006 hoping to scale new heights for retiring coach Bob Berezowitz.
Tags: berezowitz, whitewater, wiac, la crosse, football preview

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 10, 2006
DARE aims to restore Driftless Area
An effort is underway to restore the waterways of the Driftless Area, a 24,000-sq. mile region with unique and prehistoric landforms and geological features that includes southwest Wisconsin.
Tags: DARE, La Crosse, Driftless Area

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 16, 2005
La Crosse Oktoberfest celebrates 45th year
You can find more than one Oktoberfest celebration in Wisconsin, but La Crosse can boast of having one of the longest running when its 45th consecutive fest starts Sept. 30. Read about it in Beyond Milwaukee.
Tags: Oktoberfest, German, beer, La Crosse, Munich, Bavaria