Travel & Visitors Guide - Jan. 13, 2009
Minnesotans shouldn't throw stones from their glass houses
An alert reader e-mailed us this afternoon about a column on citypages.com, a Minneapolis alternative weekly newspaper and Web site. The series of articles is entitled "What's Wrong with Wisconsin?" and points out various "news of the weird" style tidbits that went down in America's Dairyland.
Tags: minnesota, news of the weird, minneapolis, citypages.com

Sports - Sept. 29, 2008
Bucks offer free tickets to Oct. 6 exhibition game
The Bucks are offering fans four free upper level tickets to their preseason game against Minnesota at 7 p.m. next Monday, Oct. 6 at the Bradley Center. Fans can obtain tickets beginning Monday at the Bradley Center box office, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during the week and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, online at bucks.com.
Tags: bucks, bradley center, minnesota, exhibition game, free tickets

Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 19, 2006
Senator Franken?
According to the New York Times, comedian/radio talk show host Al Franken is planning a run for U.S. Senate from the state of Minnesota.
Tags: Franken, SNL, democrat, minnesota

Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 8, 2005
Great River Bluffs Park offers great views of Wisconsin
Great River Bluffs Park actually sits in Minnesota, but it offers some of the most spectacular views of Wisconsin in the region. Read about it in Beyond Milwaukee.
Tags: Great River Bluffs Park, lacrosse, Trempelau, Mississippi River, minnesota, hennepin

Sports - Oct. 19, 2005
Vikings' "Tice-tanic" is taking on water
Is the recent flap about the Vikings naughty three-hour cruise overblown? Yes, says Steve Czban. On the other hand, this story is sports radio comedy gold that needs to be mined for every nugget she'll surrender.
Tags: vikings, tice, minnesota

Movies & TV - May 31, 2005
"Milwaukee, Minnesota" offers little besides glimpse of home
Make no mistake, "Milwaukee, Minnesota" is no homage to Wisconsin. That's clear in the opening minutes when a voiceover says, "Wisconsin is one big endless cavity; a perpetually rotten tooth." That's the pot calling the kettle black.
Tags: Milwaukee, Minnesota, Quaid, Dern, Mindel, Garrity, Kinnickinnic, Goldmann's

Dining - April 29, 2005
Couple brings Minnesota coffee franchise to Pewaukee
Todd and Lisa Williams were looking for a business opportunity when they came across the Dunn Bros. Coffee franchise. Originally a Minnesota chain, this husband and wife team liked the way Dunn focuses on in-store roasting and a sense of community.
Tags: coffee, pewaukee, minnesota, dunn bros.