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Serious Artwork in the Baraboo Hills

Todd Persche has been living in the Baraboo Hills for 12 years painting landscapes, botanicals and rural agricultural scenes. He hikes, skis and kayaks throughout the bluffs photographing outstanding natural areas for his subject matter. Environmental themes are always an undercurrent in his work. He frames his paintings using reclaimed barn ...

Roy Orbison Honored

Someone once said that all news was local. So since it's Saturday, let's push that shall we? Actually it's out of a nice conversation I had some time ago with Tanja Crouch of Barbara Orbison Productions/Roy Orbison Music, that i received this press release. From her office somewhere in Nashville, ...

When It Comes To Spring, Who Can You Trust?

This whole groundhog thing got me thinking. I mean, I certainly want to know when spring will arrive but on the other hand, I spent a good hour on the "Jimmy the Groundhog" telephone hot-line before I finally got through. Who's got that kind of time? Besides the national weather ...

Movie Gallery Meets Falling Down

Local Commentary - So, I walked into our local dvd rental shop, Movie Gallery, and was suddenly an unwilling witness to a verbal clash between a customer and a member of the counter staff, each channeling a different Hollywood character. The salesman was one of the seagulls in Finding Nemo ...

Welcome to the heart of Wisconsin and the NEW Skillet Creek Journal! Here at the journal we invite you to look at our part of Wisconsin a little differently. We offer community & travel information leaning toward nature, outdoor recreation and the arts. We will help you explore the wonders of central Wisconsin from Wisconsin Dells to Spring Green and beyond from our base camp here in the Baraboo hills. We’ll share vacation ideas, tips, community information, camping & lodging ideas much more. We’re not far away if you need help or have a question. Post your questions to our Facebook for quick answers.. If you looking for some fresh reading check out our Bookmarks updated throughout the day on Delicious.

Lodging takes many forms; hotels, lake front vacation homes, rustic cabins, economy motels to high-end luxury bed and breakfast Inns. There’s something for everyone. Our focus at Skillet Creek is on family owned establishments.

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The Baraboo hills area offers a wide variety of campgrounds for every taste including state & county parks as well as private camprounds. Some are rustic, some offer cabins, and some offer full hook-ups, paved pads and WiFi.

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From the sauk County Fair to the Faire on the Square we have your 2010 events information right here. We don’t cover every event, just the really fun ones! Did we mention the Cow Chip Toss? We’ll come back to that one…

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Hey, We love Water Parks, but there’s much more to our part of the state. There’s farm markets, museums, historic tours, antique shops, bike trails and so much more. We’ve picked out many of our favorites to share.

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Of course here at Skillet Creek, we’re all about the great outdoors. The big secret is that beyond just Devil’s Lake State Park, our area has hundreds of acres of public land just waiting for you to explore.

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We live in the heart of a thriving arts community. Just mention Spring Green and your thinking “The Arts”. Now add the Fall Art Tour, The River Arts Center, all the local galleries and shops and you’ve got a lot to keep an art lover busy!