MEDIA STORIES

Media Stories on Ashland

• One of the most charming towns in Wisconsin, TravelMag – June 2021
• Wisconsin’s very own Madeline Island is featured as one of the best hidden gems in the U.S. by Fodor’s Travel! The article highlights the island as a peaceful, secluded, and scenic getaway option for your next vacation. https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/forget-hawaii-go-to-these-11-u-s-islands-instead 3-2021
• Moores on Main wins Makeover Contest! 2-2021
• Check out the Ashland Ice Fishing story picked up by these media platforms.  Jan. 2020
  http://www.wjjhfm.com/2016/05/26/puzzles/#article,7370,0,0
  Chippewa Herald- Chippewa Falls ,WI;  La Crosse-Eau Claire WI
  Leader-Telegram – Eau Claire,WI;  La Crosse-Eau Claire WI
  WGLB 1560 AM & FM 96.1 Online –  Milwaukee, WI
  Amery Free Press     Amery, WI;  Minneapolis-St. Paul MN
  Outlaw Country D99.3 Online –  Dodgeville, WI;   Madison WI
  TCH Daily News Online –    Shawano, WI; Green Bay-Appleton WI
• Ashland sees new businesses prevail amid pandemic.  WDIO- News -January 31, 2021
• Moores On Main selected as finalist in Mainstreet Makeover contest.  WDIO- News -January 31, 2021
• #3 in wiki.ezvid.com  7 Places to Visit in Wisconsin  July 2020
• Fox News – Most affordable beach towns offer surprising deals on vacation homes – May 29
• Around the Corner with John McGivern – Ashland. Filmed Summer 2019 – shown Winter of 2020
• Ashland Mural Walk is highlighted on Discover Wisconsin’s, Wisconsin Walking Tours. Check it out on  www.discoverwisconsin.com and https://youtu.be/C1B3ragVn0w
• Ashland has received some great press in the January/February 2020 Great Lakes Scuttlebutt Magazine.
• A fantastic article on Ashland, pages 2 & 54-61, in the November/December 2019 Lakeland Boating Magazine  
• Bacon Fatte – Food Lovers Guide to Madeline Island – August 2019
• Wisconsin Bike Federation Autumn on Madeline Island – August 2019
• Wisconsin Stories: Point to La Pointe Swim – 2019
• Big Bay State Park.  Did you know Wisconsin has a state park on an island? (Actually, we have three!)
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Chelsey Lewis did a write up on Waterfalls in our area on August 15.
• Thank you Loren Stark for the nice write-up on Superior Vistas Bike Tour in Twin Cities Bicycle Club August 2019 Newsletter. Check it out on page 13! https://www.biketcbc.org/index.php/newsletters/newsletters/14-newsletters/554-tcbc-news-august-2019
• Nice little write up by Mary Bergin in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Small Towns for a Summer Getaway in Wisconsin! Ashland is one of the Small Towns!
  Thanks Mary!  https://www.jsonline.com/…/small-towns-summer-g…/1523202001/ July 2019
• WhistleStop 2019 Early Bird Special – Feb 2019
• 2019 More Winter Fun! – Fish, Crosscountry ski and snowshoe commercial – Feb 2019
• 2019 Winter Fun – Book Across the Bay Commercial! Jan 2019
• Book Across the Bay Highlighted in the Chicago Tribune!! Article list events in date order so look for February 16, but check out the lead photo!  January 2019
• Chequamegon Bay is the first half of this fishing show. Bait Rigs Tackle Company. Fishing Chequamegon Bay in May 2018.  January 2019
• Great Story from Travel Wisconsin in the Journal Sentinel: 48 hours in Ashland, WI   January 2019
• 2 other listings for the Chequamegon Bay in JSonline!  6 Great Wisconsin get-a-ways I’d do again! and Skijoring with sled dogs and more to do around Wisconsin this week  January 2019.
• Great story on Ashland from Travel Wisconsin in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Check it out! January 2019  https://www.jsonline.com/…/complete-itinerary-w…/2436299002/.
• Sleigh & Cutter listed in 5 things to do around Wisconsin 7-14.  https://www.jsonline.com/…/sleigh-rides-bobsled…/2454778002/
•  6 great Wisconsin get-a-ways from 2018 I would do again. https://www.jsonline.com/…/apostle-islands-cabl…/2386642002/
• 6 Midwest road trips to feed your fix for fall colors from the Chicago Tribune! August 28, 2018
• Lake Superior Magazine: Best in the Lake 2018!  Ashland and the Chequamegon Bay made the list many times!!  August/September 2018
• The Women Today article on the Women of Ashland Murals in the June 2018 edition.
• Thoughts from a Newcomer Going downtown.  Great article on Downtown Ashland.  A little city with a big heart, and hung with garland, even. April 2018.
• UK Rough Ride Guide Article 2/2018
• The Bay Theatre is being featured in the Museum of Modern Art in New York until May 22, 2018.  A story ran about the artist with a picture of the photograph in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times
• French article on the Ashland Murals 2017
• French articles about Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands   -2017
• Why you should head to Wisconsin and Minnesota in the winter – 2017
• Invest in Ashland Video – 2018
• WhistleStop Video
• Kids Love Ashland commercial -2018
• Winter in Ashland TV ad – January 2017
• Book Across the Bay event highlighted on Travelwisconsin.com – January 2017
• Water sports on Chequamegon Bay TV Ad – 2016
• Bring your kids to Ashland TV Ad – 2016
• Travel Wisconsin has named Ashland as #3 on the Man Made Wonders of Northern Wisconsin. Check it out!
  http://www.travelwisconsin.com/…/seven-man-made-wonders-of-…
• Here is a great article in Silent Sports on Winter in Ashland. January 2016
• Bayfield & The Apostle Islands Slide Show Live on 10 Best/USA Today.  Including Ashland Murals, South Shore Brewery, Ice/Sea Caves and Big Top Chautauqua are part of the slideshow as well.
• Cenex Tanks of Thanks Commercial – January 2015
• News video on the 2014 Ice Caves – February 2014
• Sunday,  February 2 Pioneer Press Story with some great photos.  February  2014
• May 2013 Lake Superior Magazine  – Birds & Beyond.  The Festival at Chequamegon Bay
• May 2013 Lake Superior Magazine – A Passion for Preservation
• February 2013 Lake Superior Travel Guide – WhistleStop
• February 2013 Runners World – The 27 Best in the US.  WhistleStop is #20!!
• Here’s a link to today’s Fishing Wire with a shot of Jim promoting the show
• Bid to Give New Life to a Dock That Had It’s Day – Wall Street Journal – November 2012
• Saving the Ore Dock – JS Online – November 2012
• Almost Heaven: Communing with the Apostle Islands: in TCD; Third Coast Digest – April 2012
• Fishing on Chequamegon Bay Jason Mitchell Fishing Show -May 2012
• Commercial on Ashland – May 2012
• An article and video on Fishing the Chequamegon Bay from JS Online. – February 2012
• There’s Icy fun in Ashland from JS Online – February 2012
• Lake Superior Magazine – December 2011/January 2012
• Marathon and Beyond – November 2011
• Midwest Living – November 2011
• American Road – September 2011
• WI Energy Magazine Article on Birding the the Chequamegon Bay – May 2011
• Smelting in the Chequamegon Bay. – Spring 2011
• A Midwest Beer Tour to Cure Winter Blues. – New York Times 2011
• Is there really “World Class” small mouth bass fishing on Chequamegon Bay – 2010
• Smallmouth Bass put Chequamegon Bay on the map.– 2010
• Ashland, WI a “Superior” Sporting Destination. -2010
• Sunken logs, bass and Copper Fall– 2010
• Chequamegon is home to the Smallmouth Bass. – 2010
• Whether here of Wisconsin, Now’s the time for good fishing. – 2010
• Colman Cooking Challenge. – 2010
• Smallmouth Heaven. – 2010
• Great Lakes Feats. – 2010
• Article on Ashland