Fall Color Report reports fall colors

Good news, leaf fans. Eau Claire County is currently amongst the most autumn-esque counties in all of Wisconsin – with an estimated Go Look at the Awesome Trees Cuz It Only Gets Browner from Here Time (our phrase, not theirs) around the third ...

Horseshoes ahoy! State Tournament looms ...

With all the Kubb-centric thinking around Eau Claire, we're apt to forget other lawn games that hold prominence in this fair city of ours. Namely, horseshoes. Taking place at Carson Park on Labor Day weekend (September 2-3), the Eau Claire ...

Wisconsin drops to #6 best state for bicycling

The Wisconsin Bicycle Federation informs us that the great state of Wisconsin has dropped to sixth place in the League of American Bicyclists’ 5th annual rating of the bicycle friendly states. "Sixth out of fifty" sounds none too shabby, but we ...

Two-Wheelin’ Winter: Frosty Bike Survival

With this winter’s warmer weather and largely ice-free roadways, I’m betting more of you are biking around town than usual. With that in mind, check out these winter biking tips we posted a few years back ...

Welcome to the “Kubb Capital of North America”

Whilst traveling abroad (say, to Tomah or Rice Lake), Eau Clairians can now tell people that they're from “Eau Claire, the Kubb Capital of North America.” And when people respond with a blank stare, we can tell them all about the game of kubb ...

UPDATED: Travel Wisconsin annoys Michigan

As you may have heard, Travel Wisconsin’s been busy pissing off the lower half of Michigan by using a Wisconsin-shaped mitten in their winter tourism campaign. See, like Wisconsin, the bottom part of Michigan is also kind of vaguely shaped like a ...

ESPN fails geography, thinks Wisconsin is in Minnesota

To be fair, geography is probably not a required course in most graphic design programs. But also to be fair, a professional graphic designer working for, say, the largest sports news corporation to ever exist in the known universe should probably...

Bike commuting increases across Wisconsin

Bicycle commuting is becoming more popular in the cities throughout Wisconsin. According to the League of American Bicyclists Madison, it has increased commuter ridership by 188% since 2000

A vending machine for bikes

Those who like to travel on two, un-motorized wheels may be tired of bicycles taking a back seat to cars in the world of transportation. Well, the cyclist’s equivalent to a gas station has arrived to Minneapolis … in the form of a vending machine.