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Lake-Aire Tavern/Supper Club
The Lake-Aire Tavern was owned and operated by Edward Polinski. His brother, William, had previously built and operated Northwoods Rest Motel next to it. The Lake-Aire Tavern burned down and Edward rebuilt it as a supper club and kept the Lake-Aire name.
Glenn Giese eventually purchased Lake Aire Supper Club (Max's Tavern) and operated it for a few years. He had John Armentrout manage it after Glenn purchased Ed Gabe's Supper Club (Lost Lake Resort). When Ed Gabe's Supper Club burned down, Giese returned to operate the Lake Aire again. He operated it for some time and it also burned down. Charles DeSmit bought the site Lake Aire had been on and constructed the "Pub 'N Prime" in its place.
More information on this site can be found under Max's Tavern.
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Laumer's Liquor Store
This was the fourth building in the mall/junction area. It was originally built as a restaurant by Walter Anderson. Years later, George Laumer purchased and remodeled it and operated a liquor store. After George sold it, there were various businesses here including a gift shop, a video store, and a gift shop again. The building was removed to make way for the new Camp's Super Valu building.
More information on this site can be found under Anderson's Restaurant.
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Lee's Service Station
Lee Bucholtz built and operated this Mobile gas station and garage. It now houses Dave's Auto & Trailer.
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Leisure Lodge
This was owned and operated by Glenn Schmolze. He operated it for many years, then sold it. It burned down and the new owners did not rebuild it.
More information regarding this site can be found under Weise's Resort.
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Legends Bar and Grill
Kevin remodeled and expanded this small tavern in the mall after he purchased it from Keith Worthen. More information on this site can be found under Mr. C's
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Lester's Tavern
Johnny Lester bought this tavern from John Qualy and ran it for many years. He then sold it to Ray Weber. More information on this site can be found under Qualy's Tavern.
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Lindstrom's Ice Cream and Laundromat
Carl Lindstrom built and operated this Laundromat and Ice Cream Shop for many years. He eventually sold it and it has changed hands several times since then. It still remains a Laundromat, but the ice cream section was long ago removed to expand the Laundromat.
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Lollicoogan
John Moriarity purchased this tavern and operated it for decades. It was previously known as Rosie's, which John claims was a house of ill-repute under her ownership, but no one remembers a thing about Rosie. John ran a legitimate tavern and, when he retired, sold it to Roger Weber, who changed the name to "Chances R." After a few years, it was sold again, but the name remained the same. It is located on the Jct of Hwy 155 and Cty C, behind Weber's Wildlife. It is currently owned and operated by Danny Thomas.
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Lost Lake Resort
This resort was built on Lost Lake in 1900 by Michael Froelich. He operated it until 1913, when he sold it to his son-in-law, Clarence Shannon. Shannon later sold it to Ed Gabe, who changed the name to Ed Gabe's Lost Lake Resort. Ed had a separate building for the bar because he did want children coming into the supper club exposed to it. Ed sold it to Robert "Snuffy" Smith, his brother-in-law. The resort was finally condoed and the supper club, which by now included a bar, was sold to Glenn Giese. The supper club burned down a couple of years later. The photo is an early photograph of the original main lodge.
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Lynn-Ann's Campground
This campground on Big St. Germain Lake was built and operated by Lynn (last name unknown) and his wife Ann. They operated it for many years, then sold it to David Bastion. David also operated it for many years and finally turned the operations and management over to his daughter, Heather, and her husband.
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