Festival Guide - July 15, 2008
Washington County Fair: July 22-27
Celebrating its 150th anniversary this summer, the Washington County Fair is billed as "133 acres of fun." Headliners this year include country star Phil Vassar, Blues Traveler, Styx (pictured) and Boston.
Tags: washington county fair, west bend, styx, boston, blues traveler

Bars & Clubs - May 9, 2008
"New" Lithia Beer debuts today in West Bend
Lithia Beer makes its public debut today, Friday, May 9, at the Riverside Brewery in West Bend.
Tags: lithia beer, lithia company, riverside brewery, west bend

Travel & Visitors Guide - Jan. 15, 2008
This sucks: Political gridlock hurts highways
The increase in population and motor vehicle traffic in Milwaukee's suburbs coincides with the continuing deterioration of the current system, hurts efforts to improve infrastructure.
Tags: freeways, richfield, germantown, west bend, grafton, cedarburg, jackson, road construction, highway, marquette interchange

Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 12, 2008
Museum of Wisconsin Art quietly promotes the state’s finest works
Just 40 miles northwest of Milwaukee, the Museum of Wisconsin Art is quietly going about its business featuring some of the best works of art our state has ever produced.
Tags: museum of wisconsin art, mwa, carl von marr, early wisconsin regional art, The Flagellants, west bend, frank lloyd wright

Marketplace - Dec. 25, 2007
Do you remember? The beer that made West Bend thirsty
In the 1940s and '50s, Lithia Brewery in West Bend unveiled a popular Christmas brew.
Tags: lithia beer, west bend, brewery