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St. Patrick’s Day Festivities!

March 7, 2025

For us northerners, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the best holiday’s of the year! The locals wait patiently all year to let their true Irish colors shine and shamelessly party for one wild weekend! The bars will…

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The Backyard Tourist: Summer Fun in Burnett County

As I sit here at the picnic grounds on the north side of Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, I contemplate how lucky I am to live in Burnett County and have…

The Backyard Tourist: Birding Burnett County

My daughter is a junior this year at Grantsburg High School, and she is in Biology 2. This class is always held in the second half of the school year…

The Backyard Tourist: Enjoy the Solitude of Public Lands this Spring

Considering all the craziness of this pandemic; lock-downs, social distancing, working from home, schools closed and kids schooling from home, we all need to find time to get outside and…

Voted Best Fish Fry in Burnett County for 2020

  #1 Fish Fry in Burnett County for 2020 I had the pleasure last Friday night to go to the Best Fish Fry in Burnett County, WI, according to the…

Voted Best Bloody Mary in Burnett County for 2020

#1 Bloody Mary in Burnett County for 2020 The 2020 Top 10 Must Dos in Burnett County Wisconsin have been announced, and I have assigned myself the task of visiting…

Gandy Dancer Days

Gandy Dancer Days: Aug. 9th – Aug.10th Gandy Dancer Days is just around the corner which got me thinking… What exactly IS a Gandy Dancer? By definition, a Gandy Dancer…

Burnett County Fly In

Each year thousands of visitors gather at the Burnett County Airport for the annual Gandy Dancer Fly In. The 2018 event attracted a record-breaking crowd of 3,500 people from all…

June Dairy Month

Happy Dairy Month, Burnett County!  What better way to kick off a northwoods Wisconsin summer than by celebrating National Dairy Month? The tradition started in 1937 as National Milk Month…

Fishing | Burnett County’s 2019 Top Water Experience

You voted, and the winner of the best water experience is the year-round fishing! For fishing enthusiasts, you’ll enjoy our abundant waters as you reel in bass, musky, northern pike, bluegill,…

Black Bear Sightings | Burnett County’s 2019 Top Wildlife Experience

You voted, and the winner of best wildlife experience is the breath-taking black bear sightings! For nature enthusiasts, seeing a black bear in the wild can be one of the…

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