☀️🎉 Good Friday Morning, Coulee

Well, we did it.

We made it to Friday—and we did it together.

It is truly a privilege to be here with you once again this morning. To say thank you for blocking off a small slice of your morning to my ramblings—I have prepared an absolutely packed newsletter for you today.

So take off your snow boots, grab a hot chocolate, and settle in. This is a Friday edition of Good Morning, Coulee ☀️🔥

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🎶 Song of the Day

I’ve been resisting making the song of the day into just millennial musical nostalgia time—but I’m giving up. You are lucky that I lasted this long.

That’s right. It’s gonna be The Killers every single day from here on out. Just kidding—not every day. But today, it’s definitely going to be The Killers.

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

If you make music and want to be featured here ☝️, give me a shout!

💬 Today’s Thought

😋🥖 #ThatLooks Good

Today on #ThatLooksGood, I am extremely excited to highlight a local sourdough bakery. But honestly—this small bakery punches way above its weight class.

Wild Child Homemade is an all sourdough cottage bakery offering pick up in Onalaska and FREE local delivery to Onalaska, Holmen, La Crosse, La Crescent and West Salem on Fridays.

Guys, this is not even half of what this amazing local baker has to offer. If you want to understand why I’m so excited that I found them, visit the site.

Every month, they have specials. And this month, those specials are about as Christmas-y as you’d expect.

The December menu includes gingerbread cinnamon rolls with an eggnog icing, cranberry cinnamon rolls with a white chocolate icing, and a peppermint chocolate loaf, as well as all your staple loaves and cinnamon rolls.

Here’s the thing, guys. Katie, the owner, is taking orders right now for pickup and delivery on the 23rd and pickup as late as Christmas Eve. Yeah, you could order cranberry cinnamon rolls today and have them all ready to go for your Christmas morning next week.

AND—Good Morning, Coulee readers can get 10% off on the website by entering code MORNING10 at checkout. ☀️

👆 This placement is NOT sponsored. I will always let you know when a placement is a paid-for posting. If you want to submit something to #ThatLooksGood, email me!

👥 Community Spotlight: Keep Company Coworking Space

I’ve been trying to figure out a way to work this in the newsletter for a while—so I’m just going to shoehorn it in here—partly because I want this place to grab some attention so badly.

I am a remote worker. And working from home is great—but sometimes, I need somewhere to go that is representative of a real office setting. Our city isn’t big enough to have a WeWork—but you know what we do have? A charming, affordable, and easily accessible coworking space in La Crescent that seemingly nobody knows about.

It’s $49/month, keeps typical business hours, has desks, a conference table, printers, fast WiFi, and countless brochures on activities in the area (since it shares a space with the La Crescent Chamber of Commerce). Also, it’s a 3 minute walk to my favorite coffee shop, Affogato Lane.

And this is not just for remote workers. There are small businesses that have a membership to Keep Company for use of printers, meeting space, and their other needs.

SO—if you are looking for a place like this, it does exist.

You can learn more about membership on their website—or set up a free tour!

📰 Quick Hits

• City of La Crosse declares snow emergency, alternate side parking is in effect (WXOW)

• Community members honored with Iverson Freking Ecumenical Recognition Award (News 8000)

• Coulee Christian High School breaks ground on new gymnasium (La Crosse Tribune)

• Tomah pastor wins big on 'The Price is Right' (News 8000)

☀️📰 A Bit of Good News

The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of La Crosse County hosted a Holiday, Ho, Ho, Ho Down in partnership with the City of Onalaska Park and Rec on Tuesday with activities and lunch for older adults to ring in the festive season! Over 60 people attended! (Facebook)

Yep, that’s the good stuff. ☀️

🤷‍♂️ This & That

Visit Winona posted this very cool photo from the snowfall yesterday:

👉 La Crosse SOUP is accepting applications for community improvement grants. Have an idea that will help our area? Pitch it »

📆 What’s Happenin’

Getting ready for the weekend? Here’s what’s going on in and around La Crosse:

🍿 A NIGHTMARISHLY GOOD TIME @ Popcorn Tavern

🧘🍻 POSES AND PINTS @ Pearl Street Brewery // Grounded Maple Yoga and Wellness

$11. Yoga and a pint. All skill levels welcome. Bring your own mat or rent one there.

Saturday @ 11am!

☕️ FREE SHIRT DAY @ 7Brew

To celebrate their opening, 7Brew is giving away a free t-shirt with any order of a large drink. Saturday from 5:30am-11:00pm at their Mormon Coulee Road location.

🥦🤝 WINTER FARMERS MARKET @ The Main

From 10am-1pm, the Cameron Park Farmers Market will be having their winter version of the market at The Main - An Event Space

🌤 Weather

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🏈🏀 Local Sports

12/19

Onalaska Girls Basketball @ Holmen // L 35-50

West Salem Girls Basketball @ Westby // 7:00pm

Central Boys Basketball vs. DeForest // 6:30pm

Onalaska Boys Basketball vs. Holmen // L 68-75

Luther Girls Basketball vs. Black River Falls // 7:00pm

La Crescent Boys Hockey @ Kasson // 7:00pm

Winona Boys Hockey vs. Albert Lea // 7:00pm

Winona Girls Hockey @ Albert Lea // 7:15pm

12/20

Winona Girls Basketball @ Mankato // 7:30pm

Central Girls Basketball @ Sparta // 7:15pm

Logan Boys Basketball @ Ellsworth // 6:30pm

Logan Girls Basketball @ Tomah // 7:15pm

La Crescent Girls Basketball vs. Lewiston // 7:15pm

West Salem Boys Basketball vs. Tomah // 7:00pm

Aquinas Boys Basketball @ Arcadia // 7:00pm

La Crescent Boys Basketball @ Lewiston // 7:15pm

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

12/21

Logan Boys Basketball @ Prescott // 4:45pm

West Salem Boys Basketball @ Hudson // 12:00pm

Winona Girls Hockey vs. Fairmont // 12:00pm

Winona Boys Hockey @ Fairmont // 1:00pm

La Crescent Boys Hockey @ Waseca // 1:00pm

🎶🎤 Live Music Sponsor This Section

👀 psst…we are looking for a corporate sponsor for this section. interested? click the link above 👆

Here’s our summary of live music events in and around La Crosse. Having something to add to this list? Email us!

12/20

6:00pm // Hatchery Lounge // Bryce Thomaschefsky Trio

7:00pm // Brick Sip Haus (Tomah) // Mike James and the Jazz Foundation

7:00pm // Little Bird Plants (Viroqua) // Loosey Stone

7:00pm // Elks Club (Decorah) // Various Performers

7:00pm // Stratford Heritage Barn // Empowerhouse Trio (not free)

7:00pm // Onalaska American Legion Post 336 // Larry’s Drifters

8:00pm // Smokey’s Bar and Grill // The B-SideS

8:00pm // HD Tavern // Noah Ertz

9:00pm // Popcorn Tavern // Texas Toast

12/21

11:00am // Eagle’s Club // The Cody’s

1:00pm // Dewey’s Side Street Saloon // Open Jam

1:00pm // Oolala Consign Shop // Sounds of the Season with Barry & Sherri

12:00pm // La Crosse Bierhaus // Rich Pinski

2:00pm // Tomah Cash Store // Blaine Hackett sings holiday tunes (proceeds to charity)

6:30pm // Franciscan Spirituality Center and English Lutheran Church // Singing Bowls Experience

6:30pm // The Freighthouse Restaurant // Saner & Gibbons

7:00pm // The St. Bernard Room // Zeke Fitz

8:00pm // Muddy Waters Bar // Blondie Blue

8:00pm // Robin’s Nest // After Hours Classic Rock Band

9:00pm // HD Tavern // Brett Westgrove

10:00pm // Popcorn Tavern // A Nightmarishly Good Time

Thank you for reading ☀️

Have a wonderful weekend. We’ll see you on Monday ☕️

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