☀️ New Year, Same Good Vibes ⏩

January, 2 2025

Good Morning, neighbors! ☀️

Thank you for tuning in to another edition of Good Morning, Coulee. We are locked and loaded for today with local happenings, live music, and quick updates!

Well—I came here to start your morning right and chew bubblegum. And I’m all out of bubblegum.

Let’s do it. 👇

🎶 Song of the Day

*If you want to listen along as you read, scroll to the top right of this email and click “Read Online”.

💬 Today’s Thought

Keep your face always towards the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.

-Walt Whitman

📰 Quick Hits

  • Lack of ice and warm winter is impacting local businesses (WXOW)

  • La Crosse celebrates New Years Eve with annual fireworks show (News 8000)

📆 What’s Happenin’

🍻 Alaskan Amber Kick-Off Party @ The St. Bernard Room // Friday, 6pm

$5.50 Pints of Alaskan

Join us Friday, January 3rd, from 6 to 8 PM for a fun-filled evening featuring:

  • Tap Takeover

  • Giveaways

  • Double Entries for the Alaskan Snowboard Giveaway

How to Enter: Receive a QR code for every Alaskan pint purchased. (Must collect 4 QR codes to qualify for the snowboard giveaway. See bartender for details.) 21+ to enter

Grand Giveaway: The Alaskan Snowboard winner will be announced on Friday, January 31st, at 8:30 PM. (Must be present to win.)

✂️ Grand-ish Opening @ Blue Collar Bar & Grill // Friday, 4pm

Come see the newest and coolest bar and entertainment venue in Sparta! We took the beautiful space that was SSW and gave it not only a nice little makeover, but also added more fun things to do like, Sports on T.V.'s, a pool table, dart boards, poker machines, foosball, and of coarse pull tabs! 16 tap lines that include all your classic American beers like Schlitz, High Life, Hamm's, and Rolling Rock just to name a few, but also an impressive line-up European Imported beers like Franziskaner, Krombacher, Delirium Tremens, and many more!

Plus a food menu that includes La Crosse's very own Mama K's Pizzas, in-house smoked wings and pork shanks, hot Bavarian Pretzels the size of a steering wheel, and a slew deep fried goodies. Come say hi and see what we've done to the place!

🌳 Nature Saturdays @ Nature Place La Crosse // Saturday, 9:30am

Join us for a FREE family event at The Nature Place on the 1st Saturday of every month. Meet our Community Programs team, learn about our critters, and create a nature-focused craft. We're excited to meet you and explore the wonders of the natural world together.

🌤 Weather

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The first milestone in our referral program is a birthday shoutout—pretty sweet, right? Play your cards right and there might be a bumper sticker in it for you somewhere down the line. 😉

🏈🏀 Local Sports

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Winona Girls Basketball @ Faribault // 7:30pm

Luther Girls Basketball vs. Cashton // 7:15pm

Onalaska Boys Basketball vs. Luther // 7:15pm

Winona Boys Basketball vs. Faribault // 7:30pm

Luther Girls Basketball vs. Cashton // 7:15pm

Winona Girls Hockey vs. Albert Lea // 7:30pm

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Central Girls Basketball vs. Marshfield // 7:15pm

Holmen Girls Basketball vs. Wausau West // 7:15pm

Onalaska Girls Basketball @ Arcadia // 7:15pm

Aquinas Girls Basketball @ McDonell // 7:15pm

La Crescent Girls Basketball @ Chatfield // 7:15pm

West Salem Boys Basketball @ Arcadia // 7:00pm

Central Boys Basketball vs. Aquinas // 7:15pm

Luther Boys Basketball @ Sparta // 7:15pm

La Crescent Boys Basketball vs. Chatfield // 7:15pm

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Luther Girls Basketball vs. Durand-Arkansaw // 3:30pm

Winona Girls Basketball vs. Plainview // 7:30pm

Logan Boys Basketball vs. Eau Claire // 5:00pm

West Salem Boys Basketball @ Verona // 2:30pm

Central Boys Basketball @ Breck // 3:45pm

La Crescent Boys Basketball @ Maranatha // 3:45pm

🎶 Live Music

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6:00pm // Alpine Inn // Mike McAbee

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5:00pm // Popcorn Tavern // Ross William Perry Trio ($10 Cover)

10pm // Popcorn Tavern // Mayfield Experience

Come back and see us tomorrow morning for a weekend chock full of live music updates!

Have a wonderful Thursday. ❤️💪

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