Volume One Staff

Mar. 18, 2020

A Local Urban Community

downtown apartment dwellers form group to get to know their neighbors

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

For the Phoenix Park Urbanites, there are no officers, no bylaws, no structure, really. And if there was, it just wouldn’t be right, says Deb Marshall, the founding member. This social group of people ...

Mar. 9, 2020

Learn More About CSAs at Menomonie Co-Op Event

Lauren Fisher

With each spring comes the opportunity to sign on for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share, and this Menomonie event is here to help you find just the right match. Hit up the Menomonie Market Food Co-op ...

Mar. 9, 2020

Ted’s Pizza to Celebrate 50 Years With Makeover

Lauren Fisher

Downtown Menomonie’s Ted’s Pizza (306 Main St. East), is gearing up to celebrate a half-century in business with a grand interior and exterior renovation. On Jan. 13, the second generation-owned pizza ...

Mar. 9, 2020

Ready-To-Eat Meal Firm Partners With CVTC

Lauren Fisher

Eau Claire residents can grab a healthy, ready-to-go lunch while supporting local postsecondary students courtesy of a partnership between Midwest Meals and Chippewa Valley Technical College ...

Mar. 9, 2020

Donut Sam’s Will Bring House-Made Donuts to Downtown Menomonie

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Menomonie residents are about to have their donut fix sated by a new downtown shop: Donut Sam’s (521 Second St. East). Inspired by their youngest son, 12-year-old Sam, Michael and Tanya Husby are planning...

Mar. 3, 2020

Bands, Bands, Bands: Decadent Cabaret offers lineup of more than 40 acts

Lauren Fisher, photos by Allie Emerson

Two stages, three nights, and more than 40 bands will comprise the 41st Annual Decadent Cabaret. Local bands from every genre and sound will perform March 5-7 at Brickhouse Pub & Grub at the Labor Temple ...

Mar. 3, 2020

'Dabbler in Residence' Will Guide Library Visitors in Art Journaling

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Susan Walsh came to the Volume One office with a Mona Lisa-printed tote full of art journals. Each one was a unique release of Walsh’s thoughts and feelings, magazine clippings, business cards ...

Mar. 1, 2020

Barbecue Basics: Ryan Jean-Baptiste is here to help

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Ryan Jean-Baptiste has been serving up life-saving barbecue in the Chippewa Valley for the past 5 years as the owner of Life Support BBQ – also known as the Hambulance Mobile Food Truck ...

Feb. 24, 2020

CVTC Chef Receives Educator Award

Lauren Fisher

Chef Kevin Brown, a co-creator of Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Culinary Management Program, was named 2019 Educator of the Year by the ...

Feb. 21, 2020

The Cold Can’t Hold Us Back

Altoona’s Frosty Fun Series draws community outside

Lauren Fisher

Altoona’s Frosty Fun series of winter events is underway, inviting locals to don their warmest coats and make the most of the opportunities winter offers. In partnership with the ...

Feb. 20, 2020

Survival Story

Minneapolis-based Eau Claire grad explores Hmong experience on film

Lauren Fisher

From a cinematic perspective, Minneapolis-based filmmaker Bryan Vue found that Gran Torino, the 2008 Clint Eastwood and Bee Vang film in which ...

Feb. 20, 2020

Artists Invited to Muralize Downtown

Lauren Fisher

Sculpture Tour Eau Claire invites artists of all ages and experience levels to submit designs to the first ColorBlock Mural project, which will create a new kind of art gallery in Eau Claire opening in ...

Feb. 19, 2020

Roble Is Back on the Menu but Delivery Only

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Roble, which closed not long after being chosen Best New Restaurant in the 2018 Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll, is back. Operating out of the ...

Jan. 24, 2020

Three CBD Retailers Share Their Thoughts and Practices in a Tricky Market

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Getting into CBD sales comes with all the same challenges of starting up any business, plus the uncertainty of wading into a newly legal industry with evolving regulations and a customer base ...

Jan. 24, 2020

Burnt Wood and Paintwash Make up Nature-Inspired Show

Lauren Fisher

Joyce Cox begins by envisioning the scene she wants to bring into the world. A wood duck. On the water. The environment: rocks and reeds. A deer. She places each element in ...

Jan. 24, 2020

Taking the Plunge: Polar Plunge Combines the Best of Winter and Community

Lauren Fisher, photos by Randi Jo Market

The Polar Plunge, a fundraiser for Wisconsin’s Special Olympics Program, might involve a quick dip in a very cold lake, but it’s a heartwarming experience for ...

Jan. 23, 2020

Wanna Design the New Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest Logo?

Lauren Fisher

It might not yet be spring, but the Chippewa Falls Chamber of Commerce is looking ahead to autumn and all its beer-tasting, brat-savoring, nail-hammering excitement. The organizers of Chippewa ...

Jan. 22, 2020

6 Ways to Get the Most out of Your Wedding Catering

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

You don’t know what you don’t know. With hundreds of details to set in place for a wedding, and each aspect a profession in its own ...

Jan. 22, 2020

5 Things You Must Tell Your Wedding Guests

Lauren Fisher, photos by Andrea Paulseth

The basics are easy: who, what, where, when, and WHY. But don’t forget to make sure your guests are prepared to celebrate with you by making sure all their questions are answered ...

Jan. 22, 2020

Lush, Lavish, Lovely: UW-Stout alumnus florist provides more than flowers

Lauren Fisher

Whether you measure Jennifer Joyce Rentmeester’s experience by the number of years she’s been in the floral industry (22), the number of years she’s run her own floral studio (11), the number of four-page spreads ...