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April 2020
100 Mile Garage Sale
April 30 – May 3 2020 Lake Pepin historic river towns and two states clean out their attics, garages and basements to create the most spectacular garage sale around! Bargain hunters can start anywhere along the river road – Minnesota or Wisconsin – rain or shine. Mississippi Valley Partners sponsors the 100-mile Garage Sale that spans all towns along Lake Pepin. Find participating sales from Hastings, MN south on Hwy. 61 to Winona, MN, across the river to Fountain City,…
Find out more »June 2020
Canceled: 57th Annual Durand Fun Fest
FUNFEST 57th Annual Durand Funfest (2nd Weekend following Memorial Day) June 5-7, 2020
Find out more »Canceled: Spring Fresh Art Tour
A bi-annual tour of galleries and artist’s studios in the bluffs and valleys of Pepin & Pierce Counties of Wisconsin. www.freshart.org Free Admission
Find out more »Free Fishing Weekend
Free Fishing Weekends are always held the third full weekend in January and the first full weekend in June. Take advantage of this free opportunity to introduce your friends and family to fishing. All the waters of the state will be open to free fishing; however, all usual regulations will be in force.
Find out more »December 2020
WideSpot Gingerbread Village
CREATE! Whatever your level of experience; all are invited to participate. We are looking for houses, barns, buildings, or anything creative. DISPLAY and COMPETITION! The gingerbread village will be on display in Stockholm at the SideSpot (outdoor area to the east of WideSpot). Please bring creations to WideSpot at 3pm on Saturday, December 19. Gingerbread Village viewing will be from 4-7pm, including a friendly competition for WideSpot swag and the highly coveted BRAGGING rights to the top 3 creations with…
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Imagine the impact of a melting ice-cube about one mile thick and 250 miles wide! That’s exactly the kind of force that shaped Tiffany Wildlife Area about 10,000 years ago, only the ice cube was called the Wisconsin Glacier.
big surprises come in small packages . . . immortalized in literature . . . remarkably pristine environment . . . local waters, unique & exciting history . . . culinary delights rivaling any in the world . . .
Imagine the impact of a melting ice-cube about one mile thick and 250 miles wide! That’s exactly the kind of force that shaped Tiffany Wildlife Area about 10,000 years ago, only the ice cube was called the Wisconsin Glacier.
Pepin County was created by a special act of the Wisconsin Legislature on February 25, 1858; ten years after Wisconsin became a state. Before that, Pepin was part of Dunn County, and before that.