NORTHWEST REGION

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Aug. 2 Milltown – Dairyland Garden Tractor Pull Aug. 4-7 Port Wing – Plein Air Painting Festival Aug. 5-6 Chetek – Crazy Days Aug. 5-6 Chetek – Lake Fest Aug. 6 Almena – Almena Fun Days Aug. 6 Amery – Half Marathon & 5K Aug. 6 Ashland – Kids Fishing Party Aug. 6 Spooner – Jack Pine Savage Days Aug. 9-11 Chetek – Wine Walk Aug. 11-14 Hayward – Sawyer Co. Fair Aug. 11-14 Iron River – Bayfield Co. Fair Aug. 12-14 Hayward to Cable – Art Crawl Aug. 13 Cameron – Past Reflections Car Show Aug. 13 Ashland – Car Show Aug. 13 Cornucopia – Cornucopia Day Aug. 13 Luck – Fireman’s Corn Feed Aug. 13-14 Chetek – Water Mania Aug. 13-14 Lewis – Charles E. Lewis Days Aug. 14 Turtle Lake – Vintage Cars & Crafts in the Park Aug. 14 Bayfield – Artrageous Aug. 18-21 Marengo – Ashland County Fair Aug. 19-21 Butternut – Butternut Community Fair Aug. 19-21 Rice Lake – Gem and Mineral Show Aug. 20 Cushing – Cushing Fun Day Aug. 20 Seeley – Pre-Fat Mountain Bike Races Aug. 20 Chetek – Pontoon Olympix Aug. 20 Birchwood – Timber Bay Fest Aug. 20 Cushing – Fun Day & Adult Soap Box Derby Aug. 20-21 Clayton – Moon Lake Threshing Bee Aug. 27 St. Croix Falls – Falls Music Festival Aug. 27 Iron River – Car Show and Swap Meet Aug. 27-28 St. Croix Falls – Rockin’ Ribfest Sept. 2-4 Exeland – Trout Festival Sept. 2-4 Shell Lake – Town and Country Days Sept. 3 Clayton – Truck/Tractor Pull Sept. 3 Balsam Lake – Corn-on-the-Curb Days Sept/ 3-5 Glidden – Community Fair Sept. 8-10 Hayward – Lake Chippewa Flowage Musky Hunt Sept. 8-10 Rice Lake – PRCA Bulls vs Broncs Riding Event Sept. 9-11 Osceola – Community Fair Sept. 10 Ashland – Mural Fest & Classic Car Show Sept. 10 Chetek – Harvest Festival Sept. 10 Osceola – Wheels & Wings Sept. 10-11 Cornucopia—Art Crawl Sept. 11-12 Bayfield – Festival of the Arts Sept. 15-18 Amery – Fall Festival & Tractor Show Sept. 16 Amery – Quilt Guild Fall Festival Show Sept. 16-18 Red Cliff – Red Cliff Cultural Days Celebration Sept. 17 Luck – Tractor & Truck Pull Sept. 17 Butternut -- Oktoberfest Sept. 17 Hayward & Cable -- Chequamegon MTB Festival Sept. 17-18 Highbridge – Aged Iron & Threshing Show Sept. 17-18 Amery – Quilt Guild Show Sept. 23-24 Cable – Fall Fest Sept. 23-25 Cable – Tour de Chequamegon Sept. 24 Cushing – River Road-87-Ramble Sept. 24 Clam Lake – Elk Fest Sept. 24 Mellen – Copper Falls State Park Festival Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Hayward – Muskies Inc. Fall Fishing Tournament

Don’t Miss the Cable Area Fall Fest

CABLE – All the best things that you love about autumn will be on display at the annual Cable Area Fall Fest on Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24 in Cable. Early fall brings cooler temperatures, perfect for a road trip!

It’s Colorama time, so many of the trees will be in beautiful hues of gold, red, and orange colors, courtesy of Mother Nature. The locals are kicking it up a notch by lining the roads and streets with cornstalks, hay bales and pumpkins. There will be live music, a car/ motorcycle/truck show, arts and crafts vendors, and food vendors.

Activities kick off Friday with a fall harvest dessert contest at 3 p.m. You can sign up to be an “official” judge by contacting the Chamber of Commerce. The late afternoon and evening offerings include a Northwoods-style fish fry at 5 p.m., the beer and wine garden starting

Photo by Julia Friermood - Country Roads Photography

Photo by Julia Friermood - Country Roads Photography

at 4 p.m. (Saturday, too), and live music by Ghost the Coyote and The Tinglers – bring your dancing shoes!

Saturday kicks off with a pumpkin pecan pancake breakfast at 7:30 a.m., arts and crafts show at 9 a.m., the vehicle show at 9 a.m. and live music all day on the chamber deck. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., there’ll be bounce houses and carnival games for kids. Stop by the Badger Football Fall Fest Huddle at the Lions’ tent starting at 10 a.m. The wine and cheese tasting event will be at 5 p.m. in the Community Center.

You can pick up seasonal harvests at the farmer’s market. The food court features many different cuisines. A tent showcases local restaurants’ best-selling pies, burgers, turkey legs and more. Watch the chefs whip up some of their delectable dishes and give them a taste.

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Almena Fun Days Now a One Day Affair

ALMENA -- What has been a two-day affair in Almena is now a single day event as the Community Club hosts its annual Fun Days event on Saturday, Aug. 6.

Among the fun offerings is a tractor pull. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the pull begins at 11 a.m. The Western Wisconsin Truck Pullers Association will host the evening event. Trucks will be registered starting at 5 p.m., and the pull starts at 7 p.m. About 100 to 125 hooks are expected in each of the two pulling events. Gate admission is $10 per person.

Besides the pulling events, the Fun Days celebration will include a kids sanctioned pedal tractor pull, 4 p.m. at Shadyside Park, craft and vendor show all day at the ball field, and a menu including burgers, brats, hot dogs, cheese curds, French fries, ice cream and beverages. Proceeds will benefit the Community Club, Almena Area Fire District, and the Sacred Heart Church Knights of Columbus chapter.

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RICE LAKE – Mark the calendar and get advance tickets to the “Cadillac of Rodeos” when the Barron County fairgrounds in Rice Lake hosts the Barron County Pro Rodeo Event on Sept. 8, 9 & 10. The new “Pink Ladies Night” will be on Thursday, Sept. 8.

Gates open at 4:30 p.m. on the 9th & 10th with pre-shows starting at 6 p.m. and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rodeos at 7 p.m. Watch the thrilling action as the broncs and bulls catch loads of air as they try to throw the riders. From chasing the calves and wrestling steers, to the comedy of the rodeo clown, the shows will be packed with family entertainment.

The opening ceremony will include the military jets flyover. Miss Rodeo Wisconsin Jessica Moor will be in attendance. The preshows line-up will feature the Hometown Heroes Youth Equestrian Drill Team, followed by the Jr. Bucking Bull Riders from Mississippi. The latter group will be making their first rodeo appearance.

The rodeo schedule includes the band “8 Seconds” at 5:30 p.m. under the grandstand on Thursday night. The One Arm Bandit Show will entertain during the rodeo intermission and so much more.

Lightning-fast barrel racing comes your way also on Thursday when the talented riders in the Women Professional Rodeo Association’s Great Lakes Circuit compete starting at 7 p.m. The competitors are looking to qualify for their divisional circuit finals, circuit finals, and the National Finals Rodeo.

For more information, including tickets, visit barroncountyprorodeo.com or call 715-403-5162. Northwest Region

SAWYER COUNTY – It’s summertime – hazy and lazy days – and tailor made for tubing the St. Croix or Namekagon rivers, which together offer 252 miles of clean water gliding past a lush green landscape. The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway provides a wealth of scenic views and is a haven for wildlife.

Imagine floating the day away along the gentle current and riffles of this scenic river way! Witness the beauty and tranquility along these Northwoods rivers as dragonflies swirl about on the breeze above you and native fish swim below. Travel at the pace of the river current for a wonderful day on the waters of these pristine rivers.

If you decide to enjoy tubing you should wear a bathing suit or quick drying shorts and shirt. Old sneakers, aqua socks, or river sandals will protect your feet from rocks. A towel and dry change of clothes packed in a plastic bag come in handy at the journey’s end and you can put your wet suit in the bag. Protect yourself from the sun with a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses and sunscreen. Don’t be one of those who leave the river with a severe case of sunburn. Bring along food and water, too. Don’t forget your sense of adventure as you travel at the pace of nature for the day.

Remember: No glass beverage containers, and carry out your trash. Though it appears as if anyone can do it, tubing is recommended only for people who are able to swim. For the non-swimmer, life jackets are essential.

Many outfitters along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway rent tubes, as well as canoes and kayaks. Contact them for rates, locations served, and reservations.

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Don’t Miss a Highlight of the Summer – a Lumberjack Show

HAYWARD – It was 41years ago that Fred Scheer and his brother, Robert, created a new form of family entertainment, a lumberjack show, for northern Wisconsin visitors.

The two brothers and their four sisters had spent numerous summers as kids balancing and rolling on the logs on Lake Hayward in the bay of North Wisconsin Lumber Company. Their summer fun trained them to become fierce competitors in the logrolling event (birling) of the Lumberjack World Championships (LWC) held in Hayward every July.

The young Scheers expanded their activities and became skillful at the boom run and pole climbing, as well as other events that were part of the LWC. In 1981, the two brothers established the original Scheer’s Lumberjack Show and used their lumberjack skills to entertain area tourists.

More than a demonstration, the show features a competition between two lumberjack teams as they do 10 different events, including logrolling, pole climbing and crosscut saw. Cheering the teams on gets the crowd involved in the show and down-home humor has everybody chuckling.

The original venue for the show in 1981 was a small dock on the shore of Lake Hayward, behind what was then Windmill Square. The show’s lumberjacks delighted small crowds and it soon became apparent the production needed more space. With encouragement from Tony Wise, the legendary Hayward promoter, Fred and Robert Scheer moved the show to its present location, Lumberjack Village. After that the Woodruff location opened up.

Fred is now the sole owner of Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Shows and the Lumberjack Village. Training young athletes to be lumberjacks is still a fulfilling role for Fred.

Through the years many lumberjacks have come, performed and moved on to other careers. Numerous world champion logrollers, pole climbers and boom-runners had their start as apprentices in Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show and the cast has always included world champion lumberjacks. A world champion log roller himself, Fred occasionally delights audiences by personally participating in a show.

For all the years Scheer’s Lumberjack Shows has been in Hayward, it continues to draw crowds. One might say that a visit to northern Wisconsin isn’t complete without seeing a Scheer’s Lumberjack Show.

HAYWARD – Now in its 37th year, the Hayward Fall Festival sponsored by the Hayward Chamber this year on Saturday, Sept. 24 celebrates the changing of the seasons with fine art & craft booths, food vendors, kids activities, and live music in downtown Hayward. Thousands of people from all over help the locals celebrate colorama time during this event.

There will be events taking place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Hayward, including sidewalk sales and a farmers market. The artisans and craftspeople will be showcasing their original handmade works. There will be many activities and games throughout the day, especially for kids. They can decorate mini pumpkins near the main stage.

Check out the brat and brew tent offering a selection of beer and non-alcoholic drink options. New this year will be a 3-on-3 basketball tournament hosted by the Hayward Girls Basketball Association.

Live music will be performed by Jennifer Reisch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and by Sage Leary from 2-5 p.m. on the main stage. The scarecrow contest is back this year and festival-goers can vote for their favorite scarecrow throughout the day. For more information, visit haywardareachamber.com/fall-festival or call 715-634-8662.