Meghan Flynn

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Meghan Flynn

Catching fish is getting tedious as August nears. Matt Modjeski, Department of Natural Resources conservation warden for Monroe County, said August is the dog days of summer and makes fishermen work and search harder for fish with the hot and humid weather. Modjeski believes trout anglers have the most potential for success. “I’ve yet to get out myself, but ... the bit of rain we had was not a gully-washer, so I think the trout streams are running clear,” he said.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Meghan Flynn

Water and air temperatures were warm, but they haven’t deterred the fish or fishermen. Don Roscovius, owner of Rosco’s Live Bait, said area reservoirs were busy Memorial Day weekend. “Even in this really hot weather, a lot of people were out,” he said. “Part of it was the holiday and people being in town, but lots of people were out fishing this weekend. Surprisingly, even with the heat index where it was, the fish were cooperating really well.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Meghan Flynn

All Edward Krieger wants for Christmas this year is for Santa not to come to his house — there’s too much yelling. In response to Edward’s astounding wish, Santa writes back, and thus begins a year-long correspondence between the pair. The Tomah Area Community Theatre production of Santa’s Letters follows the correspondence from beginning to end, said director Steve Jones. “For the following year, basically Eddie and Santa keep corresponding.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Meghan Flynn

Last week the fish were either on or off; it was a thin line between the two. Don Roscovius of Rosco’s Live Bait in Tomah said fishing took a backseat to hunting the past week. “It was pretty slow in the shop for fishing customers. The few that did go out were able to find some bluegills,” he said. “They’re still doing pretty decent on red worms and wax worms.”Roscovius said anglers were “getting some pretty nice gills, just not a whole lot of them.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Meghan Flynn

Preparations for the annual holiday light display at Winnebago Park are set to begin at the end of the month. Mary Jo Hill of the Tomah Holiday Lights Committee said the group has three weeks to complete the setup, which will begin Friday, Oct. 28 at noon. Setup should take approximately two weekends, Hill said. She said the third week will consist of checking cords and making sure everything lights up. More volunteers will make setup faster, Hill said. "The more had the merrier," she said.