MONROE - Monroe and Green County are featured in an upcoming episode of "Discover Wisconsin." The episode airs locally at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 on WKOW TV 27 (ABC).
The episode, "Happy 100th - Green County Cheese Days," was produced in partnership with Green County Cheese Days, Monroe Visitor and Promotion Board, and Discover Wisconsin.
"Happy 100th - Green County Cheese Days" highlights Green County Cheese Days, one of the most popular events in the state. The episode will air three times before the festival's 100th anniversary celebration, which is set for Sept. 19 through Sept. 21, 2014.
The show starts off recounting how the festival began in downtown Monroe. The episode also covers the activities festival-goers can take part in, including agricultural education at the Family Farm Adventure Tent and Swiss heritage at Turner Hall of Monroe. The episode's host, Emmy Fink, tries cheese making, cow milking and alphorn blowing.
Local "Cheese Days gurus" are featured in the episode. Fink discusses the process of making deep fried cheese curds with Fran Donny of the Monroe Optimist Club, as well as grilled cheese sandwiches with Glenda Buholzer of the National Historic Cheesemaking Center. Former volunteers Archie Myers and Martha Bernet offer a peak into the past, and current board members Ed Pas and Virgil Leopold share a behind-the-scenes view of the volunteer effort put forth to host the event.
The show will reach "Discover Wisconsin"'s broadcast network of 480,000 viewers across the upper Great Lakes region, including Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and Upper Michigan.
For more information, visit DiscoverWisconsin.com.
The episode, "Happy 100th - Green County Cheese Days," was produced in partnership with Green County Cheese Days, Monroe Visitor and Promotion Board, and Discover Wisconsin.
"Happy 100th - Green County Cheese Days" highlights Green County Cheese Days, one of the most popular events in the state. The episode will air three times before the festival's 100th anniversary celebration, which is set for Sept. 19 through Sept. 21, 2014.
The show starts off recounting how the festival began in downtown Monroe. The episode also covers the activities festival-goers can take part in, including agricultural education at the Family Farm Adventure Tent and Swiss heritage at Turner Hall of Monroe. The episode's host, Emmy Fink, tries cheese making, cow milking and alphorn blowing.
Local "Cheese Days gurus" are featured in the episode. Fink discusses the process of making deep fried cheese curds with Fran Donny of the Monroe Optimist Club, as well as grilled cheese sandwiches with Glenda Buholzer of the National Historic Cheesemaking Center. Former volunteers Archie Myers and Martha Bernet offer a peak into the past, and current board members Ed Pas and Virgil Leopold share a behind-the-scenes view of the volunteer effort put forth to host the event.
The show will reach "Discover Wisconsin"'s broadcast network of 480,000 viewers across the upper Great Lakes region, including Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and Upper Michigan.
For more information, visit DiscoverWisconsin.com.