You know what we love? Local businesses. They’re the backbone of our own business, and we love to share how local Driftless businesses got their start. It’s so inspiring to learn what motivated our friends, neighbors, and community members to take the leap, how they’ve done over the years, and how they’ve done it! This Q&A section is all about putting faces and stories to those local businesses we support and love.
When your parents are entrepreneurs, it can often feel more realistic to become an entrepreneur yourself. From childhood into adulthood, sisters Erica Thilges and Monica…
Lisa Lantz, owner of The Getup in Downtown Decorah, is a total ray of sunshine. So it’s no surprise that her resale store feels like…
When you’re prioritizing things in your life, cooking homemade meals is often one of the first tasks to get demoted. Enter Bobbi Jo Berg. She’s…
Making the world a better place through snacks seems like the best possible business plan in existence, honestly. It’s what Sogo Snacks owners / husband-and-wife…
Market 52 owners Trisha and Mark Holthaus love a good auction. But in 2017, when they found they were running out of space for their…
Laree Schouweiler is the kind of person who manages to turn strangers into friends within one conversation. But after she moved to Decorah from the…
Coon Valley is a picture-perfect village nestled in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Just 20 miles from La Crosse, it’s teeming with bluffs, natural beauty, and miles…
For many families in the area, it’s not spring without a trip to the annual Maple Festival at Greens’ Sugar Bush in rural Northeast Iowa.…
The stars were aligned when Jess Rediske founded Red-Roxy Quilt Co. with her mom, Roxanne Schnitzler, in 2012. From an off-the-cuff horoscope promising an upcoming…
Lovers of La Rana Bistro can breathe easy: the legacy of local food at this gem of a restaurant in Decorah, Iowa, will continue for…
There are certain things that are identified as true Decorah landmarks: Dunning’s Spring, Vesterheim, Luther College, Seed Savers Exchange… and Mabe’s Pizza, of course! (Ok,…
There’s not much of a sibling rivalry for sisters Azia Thelemann and Dani Peterslie, owners of Drift Mercantile in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Okay, there was…
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