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Wisconsin Dells "In The News"

Find out what's being said about Wisconsin Dells in the news with information on waterparks, resorts, hotels, attractions and more.

"WISN 12 Takes Home Emmy's Top Honor"
November 9, 2009
WISN 12 received the top Emmy from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Saturday, Nov. 7. 12 News was awarded the Emmy for "Spot Coverage and Breaking News" of the "Spring Washout, (more...)
 - WISN 12
http://www.wisn.com/news/21563988/detail.html
Featuring: Lake Delton

 

"Away for the holidays"
November 1, 2009
Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday is a family affair, with plenty of fine food and good cheer. (more...)
 - Post-Tribune
http://bit.ly/1r46GX
Featuring: Kaminski Bros. Chophouse at Chula Vista Resort, MagiQuest, Rick Wilcox Magic Theater, Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort, Wizard Quest, Wollersheim Winery and more.

 

"Wisconsin Dells On Tap"
October 18, 2009
The Wisconsin Dells are home to many things. There are the beautiful sandstone cliffs. There is the freshly refilled and restocked Lake Delton. And then, for beer connoisseurs, there is the Wisconsin Dells on Tap Beerfest. (more...)
 - Examiner.com
http://bit.ly/2YXRJC
Featuring: Wisconsin Dells On Tap

 

"Photo project aims to draw attention to Dells' natural beauty"
October 16, 2009
Debbie Kinder wants to introduce visitors to this area's original attractions. Not to the adventure-themed waterparks, the trinket-filled shops and scores of restaurants, but to the rocky formations that caught the eye of her great-grandfather shortly after the Civil War. (more...)
 - Wisconsin State Journal
http://bit.ly/2hIKHn
Featuring: H.H. Bennett Studio

 

"Autumn Harvest Fest hits all the high points of the season"
October 10, 2009
If you're a pragmatic traveler, you just keep coming back to the Wisconsin Dells. If it's all about maximizing your time, your dollars and your value, this is your destination (more...)
 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
http://bit.ly/3iqNrh
Featuring: Autumn Harvest Fest, Dells Boat Tours, Cold Water Canyon Golf Club, Country Keg Bar & Grill, Great Wolf Lodge, High Rock Café, Rhapsody Resort & Spa on Lake Delton, Trappers Turn Golf Club, Wild Rock Golf Club, Wisconsin Dells On Tap and more.

 

"Tourism asks for funds"
October 3, 2009
The state Assembly’s Committee on Tourism, Recreation and State Properties heard pleas for more money for the state’s Department of Tourism to use to promote tourism in Wisconsin (more...)
 - Wisconsin Dells Events
http://www.wiscnews.com/wde/news/465414
Featuring: Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau

 

"Camping a popular recession vacation"
October 2, 2009
When the economy gets tough, vacationing Americans apparently tighten the belts and head for the great outdoors. (more...)
 - The Cap Times
http://bit.ly/uVZVc
Featuring: Tommy Bartlett Show, Yogi Bear's Camp-Resort & Water Playground

 

"Wisconsin Dells: Manmade Fun Amid Natural Beauty"
September 18, 2009
The first visitors to the Wisconsin Dells came by canoe more than 150 years ago and marveled at the bluffs of tawny, wafer-like sandstone along the Wisconsin River. Soon entrepreneurs started giving rowboat tours and by 1873 the first steamboats (more...)
 - Leisure Group Travel.com
http://www.leisuregrouptravel.com/lgt-archives/online-exclusives/wisconsin-dells-manmade-fun-amid-natural-beauty091809.html
Featuring: Chula Vista Resort, Circus World Museum, Dells Army Ducks, Great Wolf Lodge, Kalahari Resort Waterparks, Original Wisconsin Ducks, Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort and more.

 

"The Dells for Adults"
September 13, 2009
Wisconsin Dells has long been synonymous with family vacations, but the Dells without kids? That's like a fish out of waterpark. (more...)
 - Wisconsin State Journal
http://host.madison.com/entertainment/city_life/article_d9631ebe-9edf-11de-98ee-001cc4c002e0.html#2
Featuring: Cold Water Canyon Golf Course, Del-Bar, Ho-Chunk Casino, Sundara Inn & Spa, Tanger Outlet Center, Trappers Turn Golf Club, Wild Rock Golf Club and more.

 

"U.S. wraps up record summer lows"
September 10, 2009
The USA's summer was cooler than average in 2009, for only the second time this decade, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (more...)
 - USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2009-09-10-summer_N.htm
Featuring: Noah's Ark Waterpark

 

"In the water park capital of the world, there are hundreds of ways to get wet"
August 26, 2009
Funnel rides. Bowl drops. Water coasters. It seems there are hundreds of ways to get wet and, occasionally, a little dizzy in the small town that bills itself as the water park capital of the world. (more...)
 - The Canadian Press
http://travel.canoe.ca/Travel/News/2009/08/24/10591551-cp.html
Featuring: Great Wolf Lodge, Kalahari Resort Waterparks, Noah's Ark Waterpark, Polynesian Resort Hotel & Suites, Riverview Park and Waterworld and more.

 

"Woodside Ranch - a dude ranch in Wisconsin"
August 25, 2009
Do your kids LOVE horses? Would they love to stay at a Dude Ranch? Yes, remarkably, there is a Dude Ranch in Wisconsin. Woodside Ranch is located in Mauston, which is 15 minutes north of Wisconsin Dells. (more...)
 - examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/x-18580-Madison-Parenting-Tweens-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Woodside-Ranch--a-dude-ranch-in-Wisconsin
Featuring: Woodside Ranch

 

"Ducks, cranes and dogs among this family’s Wisconsin Dells favorites"
August 25, 2009
My creeping cynicism about what lay in store for us in Wisconsin Dells was quickly dispelled by my son’s voice chirping to his younger sister from the backseat: “Oh man, this is going to be so exciting!” (more...)
 - Orbitz
http://www.orbitz.com/blog/2009/08/ducks-cranes-and-dogs-among-this-familys-wisconsin-dells-favorites/
Featuring: Cheese Factory, Chula Vista Resort, International Crane Foundation, Kalahari Resort Waterparks, Original Wisconsin Ducks and Rail Dog.

 

"Bigger not better for Tourdot Winery"
August 22, 2009
Just north of this water-centric, bustling tourist haven, Jim Tourdot has created a quiet escape from the waterparks, souvenir shops and hurried crowds. (more...)
 - Wisconsin State Journal
http://bit.ly/2BR6QB
Featuring: Tourdot Winery

 

"Dells' MagiQuest casts spell over young players"
July 25, 2009
It's not the size of your wand, it's how you use it. At least that's the basic premise behind MagiQuest, a live-action electronic gaming adventure unveiled here late this month at Great Wolf Lodge. (more...)
 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/features/technology/51584677.html
Featuring: Great Wolf Lodge

 

"Campers don't have to sacrifice the creature comforts"
July 10, 2009
At the Battlefield KOA Campground here, you can catch up on e-mail at your campsite, take in an evening movie on a 9-foot inflatable outdoor screen, (more...)
 - USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-07-09-camping-revival_N.htm
Featuring: Yogi Bear's Jellystone Camp-Resort & Water Playground

 

"High Rock Café worth a stop at Dells"
June 27, 2009
Tradition can be as important as sunscreen on vacation. On a trip to Wisconsin Dells, whether it's the second time or the 22nd, visitors want to ride the Ducks or the boats, (more...)
 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/features/dining/49206857.html
Featuring: High Rock Café

 

"New Habitat Opens at the International Crane Foundation"
June 26, 2009
This past Saturday, the International Crane Foundation (ICF) unveiled a new 15-acre Spirit of Africa habitat at its headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin. (more...)
 - away.com
http://blogs.away.com/travel/2009/06/visiting-the-international-crane-foundation-in-wisconsin.html
Featuring: International Crane Foundation

 

"Dells keeps adding to the fun"
June 13, 2009
Really. Doesn't it seem that there's already enough to do in the Wisconsin Dells? With nearly two dozen waterparks, the variety of Wisconsin River tours, arcades (more...)
 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/features/travel/47882872.html
Featuring: Sundara Inn & Spa , Kalahari Resort Waterparks, Chula Vista Resort, Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort and more.

 

"Lake Delton waters are back"
June 9, 2009
The last time Bobbie Kochendorfer's family saw Lake Delton was about a year ago -- after the earth gave way and gravity drained the lakewaters into the Wisconsin River. (more...)
 - Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-lake-delton-09-jun09,0,1990208.story
Featuring: Lake Delton, Original Wisconsin Ducks and Tommy Bartlett Show.

 

"Dells ready to welcome back Lake Delton"
June 8, 2009
A year after torrential rains caused Lake Delton to drain away, local resorts and businesses are celebrating the restoration of the central feature in the Wisconsin Dells resort area. (more...)
 - Chicago Breaking News Center
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/06/wisconsin-dells-area-ready-to-welcome-back-lake-delton.html?&obref=obnetwork
Featuring: Lake Delton, Original Wisconsin Ducks and Tommy Bartlett Show.

 

"Breaking the ice: Meeting planners warm up to winter meetings"
June 2009
The threat of a snowstorm did not deter Denise Smith and her colleagues at Metzger Associates in Boulder, Colo. (more...)
 - Small Market Meetings
http://digital.smallmarketmeetings.com/wps/portal/smm/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3iLkCAPEzcPIwN_H1NjAyMfIyMLJ-dQY3dDU6B8JE55A2dzArrDQfbh1w-SN8ABHA30_Tzyc1P1C3IjDLJMHBUB5vRiRw!
Featuring: Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center

 

"Lake Delton’s rebirth begins"
April 20, 2009
Minnows, Original Ducks, lots of water snow renewal (more...)
 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/43281142.html
Featuring: Lake Delton, Lake Delton Watersports, Lakeside Motel and Original Wisconsin Ducks

 

"Many minnows start the restocking of Lake Delton"
April 20, 2009
When walleye, crappie, bass and other fish are released into the newly filled Lake Delton later this year, they will need something to eat. (more...)
 - Wisconsin State Journal
http://www.madison.com/wsj/whatcounts/toptoday/447836
Featuring: Lake Delton and Tommy Bartlett Show

 

"Wisconsin Dells attraction back in business"
April 16, 2009
Passengers on the Wisconsin Original Ducks tours splashed into the lake Thursday. (more...)
 - Associated Press
http://www.twincities.com/ci_12163658?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com
Featuring: Lake Delton and Original Wisconsin Ducks

 

"Splish Splash"
Spring/Summer 2009
More and more water parks give student groups a chance to plunge into fun (more...)
 - Prep Traveler
http://preptraveler.com/colmns/splish-splash.html
Featuring: Kalahari Waterpark Resort Convention Center, Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort and Noah's Ark Waterpark

 

"Doyle: Refilling of Lake Delton to Wrap Up in May"
February 26, 2009
Gov. Jim Doyle says Lake Delton is expected to be refilled by Memorial Day. (more...)
 - Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-lakedelton-refill,0,4652141.story
Featuring: Lake Delton

 

"The Dells: Beyond The Water Fun"
February 13, 2009
What's making a splash at the Dells this year? New landlocked offerings, from 3-D golf to laser tag. (more...)
 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/39516997.html?elr=KArksUUUU
Featuring: Kalahari Resort Waterparks, Knuckleheads Bowling & Indoor Amusement Park and Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort

 

"Frozen Assets"
January 22-28, 2009
Can’t afford airfare to Aspen or Vail? Hop in the car and head to one of these tri-state-area ski resorts (more...)
 - Time Out Chicago
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/travel/70837/frozen-assets
Featuring: Cascade Mountain (Portage)

 

"Indoor Park Rolled Out in the Dells"
January 18, 2009
"This is like a casino for kids," my wife said as we approached the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, a sprawling complex of new buildings with valets parking cars, busmen carting luggage and hordes of pre-teens licking their brace-bearing chops to get in (more...)
 - Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-kalahari-dells_0118_r_tjan18,0,6221559.story
Featuring: Kalahari Indoor Theme Park

 

"Repaired Lake Delton is Rising to its Summer Occasion"
January 18, 2009
The images we saw of Lake Delton last summer were spooky. When a June storm washed away an embankment, the lake emptied into the Wisconsin River (more...)
 - Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-kalahari-dells-side-0118_r_tjan18,0,71471.story
Featuring: Lake Delton

 

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