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For those of us who took a snow day, we have the option of reaching into the fridge for a beer. Few beers help bide one's time during a spell of bad weather quite like a stout. Regular readers know that we prefer English stouts over their Irish counterparts. They're heavier, richer, and haven't been sullied by Gaelic hands. Typically, English stouts are brewed with little additions, like oatmeal, chocolate, or coffee. The Suffolk-based St.... more ›

If we had a site called back-woods-WisconsonIST it would cover this redic shooting, but we don't and Chicagoist is the closest, so here goes - In one of the most bizarro stories of the weekend, a deer hunter in rural Wisconsin shot and killed 5 people and wounded 3 others after he was spotted on private land and as asked to leave. more ›