Travel & Visitors Guide - April 29, 2008
I went to Jackson; good bye, that's all she wrote ...
It's not really newsworthy to write about hanging out with four current and former coworkers. But usually, it's not happening in Jackson, Miss.
Tags: jackson, mississippi, fondren

Politics - Sept. 13, 2005
Opinion: Look to Sensenbrenner to explain vote against Katrina aid
U.S. Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner dragged his reputation, and Wisconsin's collective dignity, into disgrace when he voted "no" on the emergency relief appropriation for victims of Katrina.
Tags: Sensenbrenner, Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Louisiana, Biloxi, Mississippi, Bush, FEMA, WisPolitics, Rowen

Sports - Sept. 4, 2005
Fans glimpsed "Brett Favre, Human Being" on Thursday
For well over a decade, Packers fans have been so blinded by the sheer determination -- some would call it, at times, stubbornness -- that they have failed to see the human being within. Alas, it took a tragic hurricane for us to get the picture.
Tags: Favre, Katrina Hurricane, Mississippi, Packers

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 2, 2004
Excursion sails into final weekend
A flotilla of steamboats, steam-engine train and bikers passed by thousands in Wisconsin river towns, as the Grand Excursion moved up the Mississippi for its final weekend. Read about it in Beyond Milwaukee.
Tags: Mississippi, excursion, Chien, Belle, riverboat, flotilla

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 25, 2004
Grand Excursion on Mississippi River cruises past Wisconsin
A flotilla of steamboats, a steam locomotive driven train and dozens of bikers start up the Mississippi River this weekend in Grand Excursion 2004. Read about it from a Wisconsin angle in this Beyond Milwaukee.
Tags: Excursion, Chien, Mississippi, flotilla, steamboat, riverboar, Belle Swain, Cassville

Living - Sept. 5, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 5
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 5 I'm not expecting the "big day": to be any different than any other day with the exception of hooting and hollering about it for about five minutes. Birthdays are like watching your car's odometer approach (in this case) 40,000 miles. It'...
Tags: friends, family, celebrate, mississippi, happiness