Travel & Visitors Guide - May 6, 2008
Quench your quirk with wacky Wisco destinations
What if this year you revolutionized your definition of vacation, and instead of chilling in the screened-in porch at your parent's cabin, you road tripped to see the world's largest penny or the Mustard Museum?
Tags: kitsch, quirk, weird, travel, wisconsin, minocqua, houdini, mustard museum, mary nohl, mount horeb, woodruff, burlington, birnamwood, Dr. Evermore's Scrap Metal Park

Sports - Nov. 29, 2007
Will a Cheesehead cause heartbreak for Packers?
Dallas quarterback Tony Romo, who grew up rooting for the Packers in Burlington, has made his hometown the epicenter of hype leading up to the big game.
Tags: cowboys, packers, tony romo, burlington, eastern illinois, eric burling vinny testaverde drew bledsoe, brett favre, caron butler, chocolate city, burlington liars club, burlington high school

Travel & Visitors Guide - Oct. 9, 2007
Fall in the orchard
Years ago, we stumbled upon an orchard near the Bong Rec Area and every autumn, we'd make the drive down to get apples, cider and, sometimes, hickory nuts and to get into that fall feeling.
Tags: brightonwoods orchard, apples, hickory nuts, cider, aeppeltreow winery, burlington, bog rec area, kenosha county, rustic road

Travel & Visitors Guide - July 13, 2007
Milwaukee 7: Racine undergoing a renaissance
Racine County sits to the south of Milwaukee County and is the heart of the Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor. The county has more than its share of attractions and benefits for the visitor and those who decide to make it their home or new business location.
Tags: Racine, Burlington, Milwaukee 7, Horlick, Case, S.C. Johnson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wingspread

Sports - Nov. 24, 2006
A memorable meeting with Tony Romo
OMC sports contributor Dennis Krause remembers the day he interviewed Tony Romo at the scouting combine, but it's not because he knew the former Burlington QB was headed for greatness.
Tags: tony romo, dennis krause, burlington, Dallas Cowboys