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Today on Good Morning, Coulee:
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📋 Title: Retail District Manager
📍 Location: La Crescent, MN (Minnesota Cannabis Services)
💰 Pay: $100,000 per year
⏰ Type: Full-time
📝 Summary: Minnesota Cannabis Services is hiring a District Manager to oversee four or more dispensary locations across La Crescent, Rochester, Albert Lea, and Austin. You'll coach General Managers, own district P&L, conduct store visits, and serve as the link between corporate strategy and frontline execution. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of progressive retail leadership including 3+ years of multi-unit management experience.
📋 Title: Store Manager
📍 Location: La Crosse, WI (Great Big Outlet – La Crosse Technology)
💰 Pay: $45,550–$54,856 per year
⏰ Type: Full-time
📝 Summary: The Great Big Outlet, La Crosse Technology's specialty retail store, is looking for an entrepreneurial Store Manager to fully own the operation — from merchandising, pricing, and promotions to social media, inventory, and community engagement. It's a small team (1–2 employees) with big autonomy, backed by a strong corporate team. A great fit for a self-starter with retail leadership or small business experience who thrives on both the creative and operational sides of running a store.
📋 Title: Help Desk Supervisor
📍 Location: Winona, MN – Hybrid (The Watkins Company)
💰 Pay: $60,000–$72,000 per year
⏰ Type: Full-time (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
📝 Summary: The Watkins Company — the iconic natural products brand behind the world-famous Vanilla Extract — is hiring a Help Desk Supervisor to lead daily IT Service Desk operations. You'll manage a team of support specialists, serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues, oversee IT asset management, and partner cross-functionally to keep systems secure and running smoothly. A great opportunity for an experienced IT leader at a well-established Winona institution.
📚 Baby Storytime // Wed, Apr 8 // 12:00PM–12:30PM // La Crosse Public Library Main, Main Level Auditorium (Auditorium A) // Event Link ➡️
Designed for ages birth-9 months, this 20-minute storytime features simple stories, songs, rhymes, and a lot of interactive fun!
💰 $5,000 Jackpot + Multiple Kitchen Gadgets. // Wed, Apr 8 // 6:00PM–8:15PM // City of Onalaska Omni Center // Event Link ➡️
Join Beer By Bike Brigade for a bingo night with a chance to win a $5,000 jackpot and various kitchen gadgets. Enjoy food by Radisson, a cash bar, and a $10 raffle with great prizes.
🌮 Birria Taco Night with War Pigs & 3 Floyds! // Wed, Apr 8 // 5:00PM–8:00PM // Fork & Fable Crafthouse // Event Link ➡️
Join Fork & Fable Crafthouse for a delicious Birria Taco Night featuring beers from War Pigs and 3 Floyds! Mark Harrison, one of the hardest working beer guys in the world, will be showcasing his unique brews.
💖 Charity Bingo!!! // Wed, Apr 8 // 7:00PM–8:30PM // 608 Brewing Company // Event Link ➡️
Every month a different local nonprofit is chosen to receive the bingo card money. This month, it's the La Crosse Lightning Lacrosse Club. Prizes include swag, gift cards, and beers from 608 Brewing and other local businesses.
🎷 Free and Easy Band // Thu, Apr 9 // 7:30PM–9:30PM // Marie W. Heider Center for the Arts // Event Link ➡️
Get ready to groove with Free and Easy Band! Enjoy an incredible night of funk, R&B, disco, and 90s hits with their electrifying horn section.
🍓 Onalaska WI Last Chance for Florida Strawberry Sale // Thu, Apr 9 // 7:15PM–7:30PM // Onalaska American Legion Post 336 // Event Link ➡️
Last chance to buy Florida strawberries and South Dakota honey from The Fruit Truck!
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Friday, April 10
5:00 PM // Birchpoint Distillery // Live music with Andy Hughes + food with Wisco Grazin' Co! // FREE
5:00 PM // Grounded Patio Cafe // Ryan Hanifl & Sammy Allen [LIVE] at GPC // FREE
5:30 PM // Footjoy Farm and Brewing // Elise Becker // FREE
5:30 PM // Wieser Park Pavilion // 2026 Summer Concert Series Kick-Off Event // FREE
6:30 PM // LaCrosse Moose Lodge // Karaoke with Derek Olson // FREE
7:00 PM // Cat Daddy's Bar & Grill // Madlee! // FREE
7:00 PM // Old Main Cultural Center // Chad Cagle // $10
8:00 PM // Alpine Inn // Joe Stamm Band // FREE
8:00 PM // Robin's Nest // HEAVY METAL BIRTHDAY BASH w/ CASTER VOLOR // FREE
8:00 PM // No Name Bar // IV & the Strange Band, Clownvis and King Sickabilly // $24.95
8:00 PM // Genzies // Y2K Surge live at Genzies! // FREE
8:00 PM // Whiskey River Bar & Grill // The Dweebs // FREE
9:00 PM // Legends // 3Beards debuts at Legend's Nightclub // FREE
9:00 PM // Popcorn Tavern // Shoeless Revolution // $10
Saturday, April 11
2:00 PM // The Tavern // Kevin Dohse and Jsy Hoffman // FREE
2:00 PM // Trempealeau Hotel // Moonflowers // $5
5:30 PM // Sweet Beats Jazz & Dessert Lounge // Under Paris Skies // FREE
7:00 PM // Viterbo Fine Arts Center // Hollywood Treasures with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra // $48
7:30 PM // Leo & Leona's Roadhouse and Tavern // Howard "Guitar" Luedtke and Blue Max // $20
7:30 PM // Features Fieldhouse // A Hard Day's Night - A Tribute to The Beatles // $25
8:00 PM // HD Tavern // Dylan Martinson // FREE
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