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Piggly Wiggly in Peshtigo announces official opening date
PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – A grocery store is opening a new location next week in northern Wisconsin, as it announced its grand opening date. Mursau’s Piggly Wiggly posted on its Facebook page that it will officially be open for business on November 4 at 7 a.m. They wanted to thank everyone for the support during […]
Northern Kentucky Tribune
Joe Heller: Cartoonist’s view of news — Blue wave, Brewers Champs, trick vote, raking
Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-syndicated editorial cartoonist in the nation. His cartoons are reprinted many times in USA Today, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week and The Washington Post. Joe’s cartoons have won numerous distinctions, including 10 Best of Gannett awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club awards and two Honorable mentions for the John Fischetti Award. He lives in Green Bay with his wife, Pamela. He is a regular featured cartoonist for the NKyTribune.
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WFRV Local 5
Local food truck to expand, purchases neighborhood pub in Appleton
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – A familiar neighborhood establishment on Appleton’s east side is getting a new name and concept following a recent change in ownership. 4 Schmidts and Giggles BBQ announced on Facebook that they have officially purchased ‘The Wishing Well,’ pub located on Newberry Street in Appleton. The property will undergo remodeling before reopening […]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Angler catches 9.7-pound smallmouth bass on Green Bay, pending state record
The wind was shifting, easing the chop on the water, and Austin Schiefer of Menasha had just switched rods. What happened next, though, was different in generational terms. Schiefer was fishing Oct. 30 in the Oconto County waters of Green Bay with his friend, Ted Johnson of Waupaca. At 2 p.m. the two were over about 20 feet of water and had been having some success catching fish out of a school of smallmouth bass. And on Schiefer's first cast with the new rig, the boat's electronics showed a "huge blob" rise up from the bottom and strike his lure. Schiefer, 29, made a good hook set, brought the fish to boat side and Johnson netted it. The two men are experienced anglers, members of the Wolf River Bass Club and regular fishing tournament competitors. So they immediately knew it was a very big fish. They also were aware of the Wisconsin record for smallmouth bass. But even the best anglers don't assume their lifetime best is tops in state history. Johnson's jaw dropped as he weighed the still-dripping fish on a hand-held scale. "What is it?" Schiefer asked. "I don't even want to show you in case (the scale)
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Utopian Skin owner grows medical aesthetics business in Green Bay area
Jenny Hermsen of Algoma worked as a jewelry designer and fabricator for over a decade. In that career she worked at local jewelry stores, and as a sales rep, traveled around the eastern part of the country doing trunk sales and diamond reset events. She said she had a love for beauty and creating beautiful things. Now, instead of working with diamonds and gold, she is working her magic on skin as owner of Utopian Skin Medical Aesthetics (www.utopianskin.com). It wasn’t something she had planned earlier in her career, it just happened step by step. After high school, her initial goal was nursing. But when that proved too costly, she went to trade school for jewelry repair and design. She enjoyed her job and traveling, but when she lost someone close to her, she decided to move back to her hometown. After relocating, she worked at a local jewelry store for seven years. Still, she dreamed of being a nurse, and after getting married, was encouraged to enroll at Bellin College. She became a nurse and went to work for Bellin. While working there for more than 10 years, her dream evolved. It started when a co-worker who was a
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Prime Rib Comes With A Sing-Along Piano Bar At This Old-School Wisconsin Steakhouse
Some dinners end when the check arrives. In one corner of Appleton, Wisconsin, the evening often keeps going, because a piano is built right into the bar and the crowd likes to sing along. This steakhouse has been serving steak and prime rib since the 1930s, and the dining room...
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The Charming Little Gift Shop In Small-Town Wisconsin That Will Have You Shopping Like Buddy The Elf
There’s a building in Waupaca, Wisconsin that practically vibrates with good energy, and the Red Mill has been doing it since before your great-great-grandparents were even a thought. If Buddy the Elf ever took a road trip through the Midwest, this is exactly where he’d end up, and he’d...
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WLFI.com
This family runs a distillery in an old fire station
DALE, Wis. (InvestigateTV) — A Wisconsin family runs a distillery in an old fire station along Highway 96 in Dale, with a business designed to support the fire departments that keep them safe. Volunteer firefighter Alex Hopfensperger works at the family business, Old Station 31 Spirits. “Right now we’re...
WBAY Green Bay
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First ever Fox Valley Drum Show brings musicians and collectors to Neenah
NEENAH (WLUK) -- The Fox Valley Drum Show is a one-day event featuring drum collectors, builders, brands and enthusiasts coming together to share the passion for all things drums and percussion. There will be several booths, as well as a small and select number of clinics and workshops throughout the...