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Bandshell trees delivered at La Crosse riverfront

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Work crews lift logs for a Riverside Park canopy to a construction area on Tuesday

Some heavy lifting happening today at Riverside Park in La Crosse, as the designers of a new wooden canopy for the park bandstand have used a forklift to deliver logs for the canopy.

Porject spokesman Terry Bauer says the 15 logs will be assembled now, but won’t actually be put in place until later this week.

The wood has been prepared at a shop in West Salem.

The entire process of building the finished bandshell will last about two months, until the 1st of November.

Erection of a canopy had to wait until renovation of the concrete stage at the park was completed.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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