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Wisconsin tourism head likes creativity shown during coronavirus outbreak

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Americans have been urged not to travel during the spread of COVID-19, but workers for Wisconsin’s state travel agency are not sitting idle. 

Tourism secretary-designee Sara Meaney tells WIZM’s La Crosse Talk that lots of future planning is happening now, for when travel restrictions are lifted.    

Meaney is happy to see state residents getting outdoors for exercise, but points out that many state parks have been closed because of unauthorized large gatherings and vandalism.  

Meaney says Wisconsin has plenty of friendly, kind, and warm people. 

The tourism office is promoting a program called #HowWiHelp,” where they urge state residents to share pictures on-line of ways that people throughout the Badger State are helping each other.  

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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