Football Fans find True Love

If you are a single Green Bay Packer fan, looking for someone to share your love of the green and gold, now you can find your true love online.  GreenBayPackerLovers.com is a new dating website for true cheeseheads looking for their soul mate.  Check out this article on Fox Sports with more insight.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It's a tale as old as time: Green Bay Packers fan goes on a date, finds their soul mate, only to discover that their perfect match is not a Packers fan (or worse yet, a Chicago Bears or Minnesota Vikings fan), immediately calls off the date, returns home still looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right.

That happens, right?

Well, if it does, it doesn't have to anymore. That's because there's now a dating site exclusively for Green Bay Packers fans. Wait, what? Believe it or not, it's true.

Full Story The dating game: Packers fans now have website to find true love

Only in Wisconsin.

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Going Green

St Patrick's Day is just around the corner - and events abound across Wisconsin this weekend and next Monday.  Here is a list of a few - find one near you and celebrate Irish spirit.

Friday March 14th:

Shamrocks & Shenanigans 9 - Irish music at the Plymouth Arts Center 7:30PM

Saturday March 15th:

St Patrick's Day Parade and Celebration - Downtown Praire du Chien 10AM

St Patrick's Day Celebration - 4th Annual St. Patrick's 5k Shamwalk/run at the Siren School 10AM and the 36th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Downtown Siren 2PM

St Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown Sturgeon Bay 11:30AM.

St Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown Racine Noon.

7th Annual St. Patrick’s Day parade - Downtown La Crosse Noon - more events all day long.

St Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown Milwaukee Noon.

St Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown Fond du Lac 3PM.

St Urho/St Patrick's Day Celebration - Brantwood Community Center 4:30PM

Northern Gael - a concert featuring Ross Sutter, Laura MacKenzie and Danielle Enblom at the Phipps Center for the Arts 7:30PM

Monday March 17th:

Irishman's Walk - Walk from Family Video to the 52 Stafford for an Irish party in Plymouth 10:30AM

St Patty's Day Celebration - Downtown River Falls 4PM

St Patrick's Day Parade - Downtown Monroe 5:17PM

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Frozen Tozen Winter Fest

It's cold outside, and they are celebrating in Boulder Junction. It's the 6th Annual Frozen Tozen Winter Fest Saturday February 22nd.  Come enjoy an ice fishing tournament, ice golf, snowshoeing activities and more family fun beginning at 11AM on Boulder Lake.

See their Facebook event page 6th Annual Frozen Tozen Winter Fest

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Will Winter End???

Groundhog day is just around the corner on Sunday February 2nd.  Will Wisconsin's own Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie predict an early spring or six more weeks of winter?  You can see his prediction live 6:50AM - sunrise - at Downtown Cannery Square Plaza.

Check out Jimmy's Facebook page Jimmy the Groundhog

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Free Fishing Weekend

January 18th and 19th is the Winter Free Fishing Weekend in Wisconsin!  Fish on any lake or river with out a license or trout stamp.  All other fishing rules, such as size and number of fish, apply.

Visit the Wisconsin DNR website for all the details Free Fishing Weekend

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Why live in Wisconsin?

We love it here in Wisconsin. But some folks outside our state don't know much about our home and why it is a great place to live.

Check out this blog post from Estately - see if you don't agree these are some of the best things about Wisconsin! 29 Reasons You Should Live In Wisconsin

Good luck hunters - Whitetail Deer Gun Season runs Saturday November 23rd through December 1st.

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Wisconsin Halloween Fun

Get your spook on!  Wisconsin's premier site for haunted houses, Haunted Wisconsin, your complete Halloween entertainment guide.  This site includes listings of haunted houses by city, pumpkin patches and trick-or-treat times along with decorating ideas, sound effects, recipes and much, much more. 

All the Halloween fun you could want is at HauntedWisconsin.com

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Upcoming Fall Festivals

Looking for a fun filled Saturday filled with the wonders of autumn?  Check out these family friendly events on September 21st and plan for a great day.

The 54th Annual Colorama in St Germain includes a farmers market, craft show, and pumpkin painting. It's "the Original Colorama" held at St Germain Community Park 9AM to 3PM. See event poster Colorama

Cranberry Colorama  9AMto 3PM at the Manitowish Waters Community Center is a celebration of all things cranberry. Enjoy a "Taste of Harvest" from 11AM-2PM and then a free cranberry marsh tour or free fall color pontoon ride and more. See event info here Cranberry Colorama

The Changing Colors Ride and Oktoberfest is a chance to ride your bicycle through the beautiful fall trees.  Held at Soo Line Park in Amery from 2PM to Dusk there are games, music and stargazing. Group bike ride or hike at 3PM on Stower 7 Lakes Trail. Details here Changing Colors Ride

Another fun bicycle ride is the 14th Annual Lakes and Leaves Bike Ride. It begins and ends at Summit Lake Park in Summit Lake with four route lengths: 6, 18, 38 and 76 miles. Register here Lakes and Leaves Bike Ride

Enjoy the colors of the trees from a steam train.  The Fall Festival at the Lumberjack Special Steam Train and Camp Five Museum Complex in Laona includes Green Treasure Forest Tour, pumpkin patch, music, games, face painting, a marshmallow roast and fresh apple cider.  This event is held September 21st and September 28th.  Get more info on their website Lumberjack Special Steam Train

Fall hunting season is here!  Find a great wooded acreage at BuyWisconsinLand.com

Escape to Wisconsin

Planning a trip in Wisconsin and want to see what's happening around the area?  Check out our County Tourism and Wisconsin Tourism links on our BuyWisconsinLand.com Tourism and Local Government Page.  You can also find County and State Government links as well as a list of Wisconsin State symbols.

Have a fun filled 4th of July weekend from all of us at BuyWisconsinLand.com

Wisconsin Archaeology

Are you curious about the lives of Native American tribes who lived here before this was Wisconsin?

Head to the Horicon Marsh International Education Center May 4th and 5th 10AM-3PM to experience Dirty Kettle and friends at a Buckskin encampment.  Hear stories, check out a teepee, try some fry bread, learn to throw a tomahawk, grind some corn, make a corn husk doll and much more.

For event information visit the Rock River Archaeological Society blog events page Archaeological Weekend - May 4 and 5

For directions to Horicon Marsh check out the Wisconsin DNR website Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area

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Fun In Wisconsin

Trying to plan a great getaway in Wisconsin, but not sure where to start?

Check out Fun In Wisconsin online magazine, with information on hotels and resorts, golf courses, attractions and more all across the state.  They even have a link for contests to win exciting Wisconsin prizes. Find a new place to visit her Fun In Wisconsin

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