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From the Great River Road to Eau Claire, the western half of the state offers much for travelers.

Head west to explore three overlooked Wisconsin travel spots Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Video: Aerial view from a drone of the Mississippi River and Great River Road Replay Video UP NEXT If you want a little taste of the mountains on a getaway, you have to head west. But not as far as you think.  "Who says Wisconsin doesn’t have mountains?” my mom marveled as we traveled down Highway 14 along the bluffs that tower above the Mississippi River.   We were...

WISCONSIN — This is Wisconsin mountain biking, where rolling hills make for intense off-road adventures and single-track trails are built to demand bike-handling skills. Both beginners and seasoned single track experts will find a playground in the woods that is just right for their skill level. Here are a few top destinations for mountain bike trail action. WinMan Trails This network of single track trails near Winchester covers 1,300 acres of private and public land just across the bo...

Leopold Conservation Award winner tells his story At Tainter Creek Watershed Council meeting TAINTER CREEK WATERSHED - Jack Herricks family began farming their rural Cashton farm in 1912. The farm sits at the headwaters of Brush Creek, a Kickapoo River tributary that joins with the river near Ontario. Originally, the family farmed 124 acres and milked 34 cows. Today, Herricks farms 1,120 acres, rents another 470 acres, and milks 600 cows. “I started farming...

March 25: Years Ago… ‘Years Ago’ is a compilation of newsy tidbits as published in the Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout on this week ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or sixty years ago. TEN YEARS AGO MARCH 24, 2011 – Kickapoo Earth Day will take place April 22 and 23 on the banks of the Kickapoo River in Readstown. The organizing committee invites artists and other exhibitors to be a part of the weekend, which this year has the theme Indigenous Ties to the L...

February 18: News from around the Driftless Area ‘News from Around the Driftless Area’ is a compilation showcasing the excellent work and interesting tidbits from the community journalists sprinkled throughout our area. VIROQUA –The NRCS and engineering teams working on the Watershed Study of Coon Creek and West Fork Kickapoo watersheds to help LaCrosse, Monroe and Vernon counties determine what to do with the five flood control dams that breached in the 2018 flood event a...

Barnes’ message is flood resilience and ag opportunities are priorities Monroe County RAINFALL MONITORS like these will be deployed in the Kickapoo and Little LaCrosse River water-sheds in Monroe County this spring. The devices have been purchased through a fundraising effort and donations from the community, and will allow almost real-time notifications in a flooding situation. MONROE COUNTY - Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes retu...

January 7: Years Ago… ‘Years Ago’ is a compilation of newsy tidbits as published in the Crawford County Independent & Kickapoo Scout on this week ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or sixty years ago. TEN YEARS AGO JANUARY 6, 2011 – Sheri Schwert dances with the angles during a performance of “Anything Goes’ at North Crawford Schools… Bids by the Fischl Construction Corporation to build new public works and EMS buildings in Gays Mills were approved by the village bo...

Following a discussion in which almost 40 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Vernon County Land Conservation committee and staff members, and almost 20 interested citizens discussed recent manure-related fish kills in Vernon County, the Land Conservation Committee made a big decision. Land Conservation Committee member Rod Ofte moved, and Kelli Mitchell seconded, a motion to form a committee to collaborate with Monroe County on revisions and updates to both county’s manure storage ...

Counties to collaborate on update to manure storage ordinance Vernon and Monroe VERNON AND MONROE - Following a discussion in which almost 40 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Vernon County Land Conservation committee and staff members, and almost 20 interested citizens discussed recent manure-related fish kills in Vernon County, the Land Conservation Committee made a big decision. Vernon County Land Conservation Committee member Rod Ofte moved, and ...