LOCAL BUSINESS - Up North News

May 2025 24

It’s Official: Kwik Trip Voted America’s #1 Gas Station

By Christina Lorey | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Christina Lorey

USA Today readers have spoken — and crowned our Wisconsin-based chain the country’s best in TWO categories!

May 2025 15

7 locally-owned Wisconsin coffee shops where your dollars make a difference

By Christina Lorey | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Christina Lorey

Sure, Starbucks is fast, but grabbing a cup of coffee from a locally-owned small business is a simple way to make your dollar go further.

Apr 2025 7

Let’s talk about Culver’s political donations

By Christina Lorey | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Christina Lorey

Custard & Campaign Contributions: What Culver’s political donations over the years reveal about the company.

Apr 2025 7

Unbeatable Butter: Meet the sisters giving Wisconsin’s favorite spread the spotlight it deserves

By Christina Lorey | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Christina Lorey

Wisconsin is filled with beer & cheese lovers. But a pair of Columbus sisters are committed to putting another kind of dairy on the map: artisan butter.

Mar 2025 20

Take advantage of the 12 best senior discounts in Madison

By Britteny Dee | LOCAL BUSINESS, EVERGREEN, Britteny Dee

Take advantage of these senior discounts in Madison to save on transportation, entertainment, clothing, and more.

Take advantage of the 12 best senior discounts in Madison

Mar 2025 18

Inside Wisconsin’s largest used book warehouse

By Christina Lorey | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Christina Lorey

Leave it to a small town to hide one of the state’s biggest gems.

Driftless Books and Music, located in Viroqua (population 4,300) is Wisconsin’s largest used bookseller, and it’s located in an unexpected place: a historic warehouse.

Mar 2025 13

Wisconsin’s oldest gay bar has closed

By Claire Mainprize | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Claire Mainprize

This Is It, the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Wisconsin, has closed its doors for good. Here’s why the business couldn’t survive.

Mar 2025 10

The best bookstore you’ve never heard of: Republic of Letters in Mineral Point

By Laura Anne Bird | LOCAL BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, Laura Anne Bird

Keith and Leslie Damaso have loved reading their whole lives, but their hometown of Mineral Point no longer had a bookstore... so they decided to open one.