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>> WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL RED CEDAR RIVER VALLEY.
I'M YOUR HOST, JIMMY P.
AND THIS IS FOX 25/48 "FEATURES" RICE LAKE.
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>> AS WE TRAVEL TO RICE LAKE, UP U.S. 53
TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN, OUR FIRST GUEST IS THE FIRST
PLACE YOU SEE, LINK FORD.
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>> WELCOME INTO OUR FIRST GUEST HERE IN RICE LAKE,
LINK FORD.
THIS IS ROY.
>> HI, JAMES, HOW ARE YOU?
>> WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'VE BEEN IN THE AREA -- A PLAQUE ON THE WALL --
50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
THAT WAS A WHILE AGO.
>> OVER 60 YEARS NOW.
1952 THE LINK FAMILY CAME TO RICE LAKE AND THEY HAD A
FURNITURE STORE, AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP,
AND YOU MAY KNOW THEM NOW, THEY'RE IN THE
BEEF JERKY BUSINESS.
JACK LINK'S BEEF JERKY.
>> IT'S RARE TO SEE THIS.
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WE HAVE
GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IT IS RARE TO SEE A BULLETIN BOARD UP WHERE YOU HAVE
THANK YOU NOTES WRITTEN BY FAMILIES OF THINGS I SAW.
I SAW SOME UP THERE ON YOUR BULLETIN BOARD.
>> THAT COMES FROM HAVING A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE, JAMES.
WE CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE SOLUTIONS EXPERTS IN THE CAR
BUSINESS AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHETHER YOU ARE BUYING
CAR, SERVICING A CAR, MAYBE NEED SOME BODY WORK,
WE HAVE ALL THOSE SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND SO WE'RE
SOLUTIONS EXPERTS.
WE HELP YOU INTO THE CAR THAT YOU NEED.
WE'LL ASSIST YOU WITH REPAIR,
WHETHER IT BE BODY SHOP OR SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
>> AND YOU HAVE A HUGE BODY SHOP.
WE WENT THROUGH THERE AND LOOKED IN THERE.
THERE ARE -- HOW MANY BAYS ARE IN THERE?
THAT'S HUGE.
>> SEVEN BAYS IN THE BODY SHOP AND ONE MAJOR PAINT
BOOTH AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WE
HAVE 15 BAYS.
WE'RE VERY BUSY BACK THERE.
OPEN UNTIL 8:00 DURING THE WEEK AND 4:00 ON SATURDAYS.
>> WOW.
WE'RE UP HERE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN,
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS UP HERE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, IS CAMPING AND GOING OUT THERE
AND YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR THAT.
I SAW ANOTHER UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS PLACE.
YOU GUYS HAVE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND CAMPERS
OUT THERE.
>> WE CERTAINLY DO.
WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS FOR CAMPERS IN MINONG,
RICE LAKE, AND CHIPPEWA FALLS.
THE RICE LAKE LOCATION WE'VE GOT A GREAT SELECTION OF
CAMPERS THAT HAS GONE OVER WELL.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE CAMPER BUSINESS IN RICE LAKE FOR
FOUR YEARS.
IT HAS GONE TREMENDOUS.
GREAT CUSTOMER BASE.
WONDERFUL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND A GREAT SELECTION OF
WHETHER YOU WANT FIFTH TOYS, HAULERS, PULL BEHINDS,
MOTOR HOMES.
WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE.
>> SO YOU HAVE ALL THE RECREATION COVERED,
THE FAMILY VEHICLES AND THEN YOU HAVE ALSO GOT WORK
TRUCKS OUT THERE, TOO.
PEOPLE FOR BUSINESSES.
>> WE CERTAINLY DO.
THE CONTRACTORS AND ELECTRICIANS ARE OUR MAJOR
FOCAL POINT OF OUR BUSINESS AND WE DO A FINE JOB OF
STOCKING THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW, ROY.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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>> WELCOME BACK TO FOX 25/48 "FEATURES"
RICE LAKE.
NOW WE VISIT AN OLD FRIEND AT A NEW LOCATION UP HERE IN
RICE LAKE.
THE NORSKE NOOK.
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>> WELCOME INSIDE THE NORSKE NOOK AT RICE LAKE AND
WE'RE HERE WITH CINDY.
>> HELLO.
>> AND STACY.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> WE VISITED YOU GUYS BEFORE IN OSSEO,
THE ORIGINAL LOCATION.
HERE WE ARE IN RICE LAKE, AND THIS IS ONE OF YOUR
NEWER LOCATIONS, NOT THE NEWEST,
BUT ONE OF THE NEWER ONES.
WHEN DID THIS ONE START?
>> 1995.
18 YEARS AGO.
NOT REAL NEW ANYMORE.
>> I GUESS, YEAH, TIME FLIES.
THIS PLACE, WE NOTICED FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT THE DESIGN
OF THE BUILDING HERE LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE ONE ACROSS THE
STREET IN OSSEO.
THAT'S INTENTIONAL, I ASSUME?
>> THE DORMERS ARE TO A MORE SCANDINAVIAN THEME.
>> THAT'S A NORWEGIAN THING FOR THE ARCHITECTURE.
HERE IS A QUESTION THAT WE WERE GOING TO ASK BEFORE.
IS THERE A STORY BEHIND THE NAME NORSKE NOOK?
>> THERE IS.
THE ORIGINAL OWNER AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION WAS A
LITTLE COFFEE HOUSE, NOW OUR GIFT SHOP.
THERE WAS A CORNER BOOTH AND ALL THE NORWEGIAN FARMERS
WOULD SIT IN THAT CORNER AND HAVE COFFEE EVERY MORNING IN
THE NORSKE NOOK.
>> IT ACTUALLY MEANS CORNER.
>> THE NOOK, LIKE A NOOK.
AND THERE WAS A -- NORWEGIAN FARMERS EVERY MORNING
HAVING COFFEE.
>> WHEN WE WERE IN OSSEO WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOOD AND
THE PIES, AND IS THERE ANYTHING DIFFERENT HERE,
OR DO WE GET THE SAME GREAT PIES HERE AS WELL?
>> EVERY RESTAURANT HAS THEIR OWN BAKERY
AND THEIR OWN BAKERS.
ALL THE RECIPES ARE THE SAME,
BUT BECAUSE EACH CRUST IS HAND ROLLED AND HANDMADE,
EVERY PIE IS UNIQUE BY THE BAKER WHO MAKES IT.
YOU'LL FIND SOME UNIQUENESS IN EACH PLACE,
BUT IT IS THE SAME RECIPES.
WE TRY VERY HARD TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT.
THIS IS OUR REGULAR STRAWBERRY.
THIS IS THE PIE THAT WHEN IT'S SLICED,
YOU HAVE A POUND OF PIE PER SLICE.
THIS IS OUR STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE.
AMAZING, HAVING CREAM CHEESE ON THE BOTTOM WITH JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA FLAVOR.
BUT THERE IS NOT A STRAWBERRY PIE IN THIS
BUILDING -- OKAY, IT'S ON ZERO.
>> I NOTICE THE BLUE RIBBONS ARE UP HERE AS WELL.
SO THEY ARE THE SAME AWARD-WINNING RECIPES.
>> YES, WE HAVE 33 NOW.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS RESTAURANT SPECIFICALLY?
IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO THIS RESTAURANT THAT YOU
CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE?
>> YOU'LL FIND IT AT ALL THE NORSKE NOOKS.
THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE NORSKE NOOK PEOPLE
WON'T FIND IN ANY OTHER RESTAURANTS.
FOR INSTANCE, OUR LEFSE WRAPS.
THIS ONE IS OUR DENVER LEFSE WRAP WITH IN HASH BROWNS,
SCRAMBLED EGGS, A DENVER MIX WRAPPED IN LEFSE WITH
HOLLANDAISE SAUCE.
THIS IS THE BLT CLUB WRAP.
IT IS WRAPPED IN LEFSE INSTEAD OF A TORTILLA
OR BREAD.
HERE IS OUR LEFSE MEAL WRAPPED FILLED WITH HOMEMADE
MASHED POTATOES, BEEF ROAST, AND HOMEMADE GRAVY ON TOP.
>> ALL THESE RECIPES ARE IN THAT BOOK OUT FRONT,
MOST OF THEM?
>> THAT'S ORIGINAL NORSKE NOOK OWNER, HELEN,
THE FOUNDER.
SHE WROTE THAT BOOK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF HER PERSONAL FARM RECIPES
IN THERE.
SOME OF THE PIES AND COOKIES,
SINCE 1990 WHEN JERRY TOOK OVER,
WE HAVE MORE THAN QUADRUPLED THE RECIPES AND WE'RE
WORKING ON A NEW COOKBOOK AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE HOLIDAYS WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT.
>> WOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT
OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
33 AWARDS FOR THESE PIES.
UP HERE IN RICE LAKE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT ALL THE SAME STUFF YOU
CAN GET.
YOU HAVE TO COME VISIT IT FOR YOURSELF.
THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW, CINDY, THANKS, STACY.
>> THANK YOU.
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>> I'M SITTING DOWN FOR PIE HERE WITH THE
COFFEE LADIES AT NORSKE NOOK.
IT'S SO BIG I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET A PIECE OF IT.
SHE SAID THAT YOU GUYS WERE THE REGULARS,
THAT YOU ARE HERE -- >> ALMOST EVERY DAY.
>> -- WHEN YOU OPEN UP.
FOR HOW MANY YEARS?
>> WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR -- WE'RE THE TOAST LADIES AND
WE'VE BEEN COMING ABOUT -- THEY OPENED IN 1995.
WE PROBABLY STARTED IN 1998.
>> YOU'VE BEEN HERE EVERY DAY.
>> BASICALLY.
>> WELL, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
>> EXCEPT SUNDAY.
>> WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHURCH.
I DON'T GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
>> YOU DO.
>> I GO ON SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY.
>> WE ALSO CALL IT OUR THERAPY GROUP.
IT IS CHEAPER THAN PROZAC.
WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND WE SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS.
>> I SAW THE SIGN OUT THERE PIE FIXES EVERYTHING.
AND I BELIEVE IT WITH PIE LIKE THIS.
>> WE EVEN GET MAIL HERE.
IT COMES TO THE COFFEE LADIES, NORSKE NOOK,
RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN.
>> I'VE EVEN LEARNED TO LIKE NORWEGIAN FOOD.
I'M GERMAN AND SWISS.
I CAME FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IN POLARIS,
BUT I'VE LEARNED TO LIKE NORWEGIAN FOOD.
>> WE HAD NORWEGIAN FOOD IN LANESBORO.
A BIG NORWEGIAN AREA, LUTEFISK, LEFSE.
LEFSE I'M ALWAYS FINE WITH.
LUTEFISK?
>> I'M WITH YOU.
I'M NOT A FAN.
>> THOSE THREE LIKE IT.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH EATING IT.
>> IT'S BEEN GREAT TALKING WITH YOU GUYS.
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
THEY'RE HERE EVERY DAY.
SEND LETTERS TO THE COFFEE LADIES AT NORSKE NOOK,
RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN.
[LAUGHTER]
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>> THE CURRENT CITY PARK WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1901 AND IS
ONE OF MANY BEAUTIFUL PARKS IN RICE LAKE.
IN 2012 THE PARK'S NAME WAS CHANGED TO VETERANS MEMORIAL
PARK AND NOW IS HOME TO A MEMORIAL FOR ALL OF OUR
VETERANS, SOME BY NAME.
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>> THE BAND SHELL IN MEMORIAL PARK WAS BUILT IN
1986 AND IS THE SITE OF MANY EVENTS,
INCLUDING THURSDAY EVENING CONCERTS DURING THE SUMMER.
MEMORIAL PARK IS UTILIZED AS A PARK FOR PICNICKING.
NATURAL FEATURES INCLUDE ROLLING TOPOGRAPHY WITH
ACCESS TO RICE LAKE AND ADJACENT PARKLAND.
THE WOODED LAND IS NEXT TO NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL
AREAS AND LAKE-RELATED ACTIVITIES.
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>> WE'RE HERE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN
RICE LAKE WITH KAREN.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW, KAREN.
>> THANK YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE COME TO THE AREA FOR RICE LAKE TO SEE,
TO ENJOY.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS AQUA FEST.
WE'RE WORKING ON FLOATS FOR AQUA FEST.
IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SOME NATIONAL CONCERTS THAT WILL HAPPEN
NEXT THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
THE PARADE.
WE HAVE AN ART IN THE PARK EVENT WHERE THERE ARE A LOT
OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTS AND WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT BRINGS IN
PIE AND SELLS IT.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING KNOWN FOR PIE AROUND HERE BETWEEN
THAT AND NORSKE NOOK.
>> IS THAT ART AT THE PARK GOING TO BE THE CITY PARK
VETERANS MEMORIAL?
>> YES.
>> WE WERE JUST DOWN THERE AND MENTIONED YOU GUYS HAVE
THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERTS AND YOU GUYS JUST STARTED THAT
UP, RIGHT?
>> LAST NIGHT WE KICKED OFF OUR MUSIC IN THE PARK FOR
THE SEASON.
NORTHWINDS BRASS BAND WAS THE GROUP THAT PLAYED.
IT WAS A LITTLE CHILLY LAST NIGHT.
BUT THERE WAS ABOUT 50 DIEHARD PEOPLE WHO CAME.
>> 50?
WOW.
>> I WAS SURPRISED.
NOT EVERYBODY WAS SITTING IN THE BAND SHELL.
THEY WERE SITTING IN THEIR CARS ACROSS THE STREET
AND LISTENING.
>> A NICE SPACE THAT PROJECTS TO THE AREA.
IS THAT A NEW THING THIS YEAR?
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROBABLY FOR 27 YEARS.
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE.
>> YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THE
MUSIC IN THE PARK?
>> WE DO.
WE HAVE 10 CONCERTS, FIVE WITH OUR LOCAL MUNICIPAL BAND.
AND THEN THE OTHER FIVE ARE GUEST BANDS THAT WE BRING IN
FROM -- THEY ALL DONATE THEIR TIME.
>> IS THERE A CHARGE FOR PEOPLE TO GO THERE?
>> NO, FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
>> THEY JUST SHOW UP.
THAT'S AWESOME, FREE MUSIC IN THE PARK.
RIGHT THERE ON THE LAKE.
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT --
YOU MENTIONED AQUA FEST.
TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
>> WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM THIS WEEKEND KICKING OFF
WITH FAMILY FUN DAY IN THE PARKS.
LOTS OF GAMES AND PRIZES THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THERE
IF IT DOESN'T GET RAINED OUT.
THE LIBRARY IS DOING AN EVENT IN THE EVENING.
THERE IS A CAR SHOW, BIKE SHOW.
THE COLOR SPLASH RUN RACE IS NEW FOR OUR AREA.
THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING.
>> WHAT IS THAT THEN?
>> A RUNNING RACE, 5K LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS,
BUT THEY HAVE THIS POWDER THAT AS YOU RUN BY THE
KILOMETER MARKS THEY THROW THE POWDER AT YOU SO YOU END
UP ALL COLORED.
>> ALL COLORED DEPENDING ON WHICH POINT YOU GOT TO.
>> YEP.
>> THAT SHOULD BE KIND OF FUN.
I'LL TRY TO GET THERE WITH MY CAMERA AND TRY NOT TO GET
COVERED WITH COLOR WITH THE CAMERA BUT
GET SOME PICTURES.
I THINK THAT WILL BE KIND OF COOL.
THAT'S THE KICKOFF WEEKEND AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
THERE IS AQUA BUG HUNT.
THERE IS A BUG HIDDEN OUT SOMEWHERE AND THEY'LL BE OUT
LOOKING FOR THEM.
CLUES START TODAY.
>> ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE CITY THAT
DRAWS PEOPLE HERE?
>> OTHER EVENTS?
WE HOST THE COUNTY FAIR.
THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
IN JULY WE HAVE THE FAIR FOR A WEEK.
THERE IS LOTS OF SMALLER EVENTS.
WE HAVE A WINE FEST THAT THE MEN'S CLUB DOES IN THE FALL.
WE DO A HOLIDAY PARADE OUTSIDE AT THE END OF
NOVEMBER, FIRST PART OF DECEMBER.
>> IN THE COLD, HUH?
>> YES, IN THE COLD.
IT'S COLD.
THEY LIMIT IT TO 40 UNITS.
THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S ABOUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN STAND IT SOMETIMES.
>> SURE, IT CAN BE REALLY COLD.
>> ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WAITING OUT HERE.
>> A BIG EVENT COMING IN JULY THAT WILL DRAW
LOTS OF PEOPLE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
>> THIS YEAR BARRON COUNTY WILL BE HOSTING THE
FARM TECHNOLOGY DAYS.
THEY EXPECT 60,000 PEOPLE TO BE HERE,
10,000 PEOPLE A DAY.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE DOWN BY THE DALLAS AREA,
WHICH IS SOUTH OF BARRON ABOUT 25 MILES FROM RICE LAKE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE CITY OF TENTS THAT WILL POP UP.
THERE IS GOING TO BE SIX FOOD TENTS.
WE'RE HOSTING ONE OURSELVES.
AND THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME FOR ME
BUT IT SHOULD BE EXCITING.
IT WILL BE FARM EQUIPMENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE -- THE CHAMBER WILL HAVE A BOOTH
AND OTHER BOOTHS BESIDES THERE.
>> WHAT IS THE CENTERPIECE?
WHAT DO THEY DO AT THE FARM TECHNOLOGY?
SHOW NEW THINGS COMING OUT?
>> IT'S UPDATING.
WHAT'S THE NEWEST THING ON FARM EQUIPMENT OR -- IT'S
VERY AG BASED BUT THEN WE DRAW IN THE TOURISM.
THERE WILL BE ALL OF THE CHAMBERS AND SO ON FROM THE
COUNTY WILL BE THERE IN ONE BOOTH.
THE CHAMBER, WE'RE HAVING OUR OWN BOOTH.
THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
IT WILL BE A HUGE EVENT.
>> THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW AND TALKING TO US ABOUT
RICE LAKE.
>> GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE, THIS IS GREAT.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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>> WE'VE ENJOYED OUR VISIT TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN
AND RICE LAKE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS,
SPECTACULAR LAKE VIEWS AND PLEASANT COMPANY.