Pepin News

A decrepit hand-painted sign, the paint peeling, marked the turnoff for the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House series.

What to know if you go ... Here are resources to inspire and guide an exploration of Laura Ingalls Wilder sites: A good place to begin, with information on festivals and much more, is www.laurasprairiehouse.com. Beyond the standard "The Little House" books , there is "The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic ...

I am trying to find any information about Rev. Jason W. CRANDALL who was featured in an article in the Brookfield N.Y. Courier newspaper dated Wednesday, August 17, 1898.

Crossings at Carnegie and Zumbrotaa s Covered Bridge Endowment Fund are sponsoring a plein air painting event celebrating the 140th birthday of the covered bridge.

Tourism and birding groups touting the Mississippi River as a great place to see birds got another feather in their hat this month when the river valley was named one of the 10 best Midwestern birding trails.

Jailers and inmates are on extreme ends of the legal spectrum, but they worked together Tuesday to save the life of a Pepin County Jail inmate.

The Badger Blacksmiths is holding its annual spring conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at the antique tractor showground at Highways 37 and 85 just south of Eau Claire.

My boys and I unbuckled our sandals and slid down a muddy bank, slipping our feet into the cool waters of Plum Creek - Laura's Plum Creek.

Here's what Jim Tomasetti faced Saturday morning. Lake Pepin was in a wind-whipped froth.

Walleye and sauger on Lake Pepin are growing faster and fatter because the water is warmer.

Noel Robinson and Jon Sharratt pause at a Lake Pepin overlook during the 2008 3-speed tour, for which they rode an antique tandem or "bicycle built for two." The 2009 tour takes off from Red Wing Saturday morning.

The Great River Birding Festival is under way in the Lake Pepin area. Birding by boat is planned Friday through Sunday.

What: About 20 artists at 11 Wisconsin sites near Lake Pepin, showing and selling handmade pottery, jewelry, weavings, traditional German cut-paper designs, paintings, garden fountains and ornaments.

What kind of sparrow is that? Where did that wood duck go? Where are the great blue herons? Migratory Bird Day Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated along the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin Saturday with a variety of events, including a trip on a railroad line through the Tiffany Bottoms along the Chippewa River in Wisconsin, on boat trips ...

The West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board and County Boarda TMs Consortium do hereby provide notice of publication of the Workforce Investment Plan which provides guidance for implementation of the federal Workforce Investment Act in West Central Wisconsin.

The following is a press release from the Minnesota River Watershed Alliance: By Scott Kudelka Each of us has a direct impact on others, especially those who live downstream from us.

The Pepin County Sheriff's Department has identified the victims of a fatal accident Tuesday morning on Highway 85 near the Pepin-Dunn county line.

One person was killed today in a two vehicle crash on the Pepin-Dunn County line.

Dale Royer spent many years building houses in the Lakeville area. But about six years ago, he decided to change his life and moved to the village of Stockholm, on the banks of Lake Pepin in Wisconsin.

What would happen if they gave a flood and no one cared? The mighty Mississippi River in this region rose to its spring crest last week, but few took note.