Brian

While listening to one of our radio stations this morning, (95.7 THE ROCK) I heard a very spontaneous conversation that cannot be overstated. Brian, Jean and Scott Shaw are LONG time Mid-West Family employees and they practice what they preach. I thank them for all they do for Mid-West Family and all of the other […]

We’ve all seen the stories of people losing their minds about having to follow Covid-19 safety precautions. A quick YouTube search will take you down a hole of insane behavior of those for and against. All of it troubling. Pizza Doctors in La Crosse, shared an interaction that recently happened at their restaurant (see below)

A little over a week ago, Mid-West Family conducted an online survey of people in the La Crosse area. Just shy of 700 people responded with their opinions on a variety of topics relating to our current Covid-19 situation and their outlook for the next few months. Let’s start with how people are currently feeling

This past weekend my family took a walk through Ecker’s Apple Farm.   It was the first time it really felt like summer was over.  The leaves are starting to change, the temps have dropped and the apples are ripe!  Fall is always bittersweet.  You hate to see summer come to a close but fall is

No tapping of the Golden Keg this year? No Maple Leaf or Torchlight Parade? No “Swing Crew” on the stage in the main tent with 3k of your closest friends? Nope. It sure will be strange. But if you think people aren’t going to find other ways to “Fest” you’d be way wrong. My social

This weekend I received text messages from several of our staff sharing the awful news that a long-time listener and friend of the station had passed away. His name was Jim Wemette. I’m not sure that anyone owned more 95.7 The Rock T-Shirts than Jimmy. He went to every concert, party, festival, you name it.

Local businesses and other supporters of Scouting participated in the 17th Annual Golfing for Scouting Golf Tournament Mon. Aug 17 at the La Crosse Golf & Country Club.   This year golf teams were joined by former UW Badger, Green Bay Packer, and Detroit Lion Jared Abbrederis as a celebrity golfer.  Over $37,000 dollars were raised

I took a walk to Riverside Park the other day to see the new band shell. It. Is. AWESOME! A lot of people worked tirelessly on this project and the community thanks you! One of them is Terry Bauer who was recognized as “Valley View Rotary Rotarian of the Year”! Well deserved Terry! We appreciate