Mid-Winter "Do Not Disturb" Special Reserve Two Consecutive Evenings & Get 50% off the Second Night! Valid for a stay between now and February 29th  Here's the required details to qualify for the special: *Must be two consecutive nights...

It's that time of year - the Christmas decorations are down, the holidays have passed, and winter looms ahead.  There aren't too many official holidays on the calendar at this time of year - so you need to create your own reason for a little break from work and worry!  When it's cold out...

'Tis the Season!  The Christmas Decorations are in place at the Otter Creek Inn and will remain in place until about the middle of January 2012.  We get several calls each year asking when the decorations will be in place and when they will be taken down. There are NINE Christmas trees...

Beaver Creek Reserve (only a 15 minute drive from the Otter Creek Inn) will be conducting a two-day workshop where you can make your own snowshoes! Register by Nov 11 to attend the Dec 3-4 workshop near Fall Creek, WI. The workshop will run from 9:30 am until 3:30 pm. $165  Learn more at...

It's that time of year!!  If Halloween is one of your favorite holidays, start your haunting early!  Ghouls and ghosts delight in this dark carnival of fright. Loaded with haunted houses, amusement park rides, creepy merchants of the macabre, a human freak show, haunted hayride, an...

Enjoy a setup gathering at Wilson Park from 5 - 7 PM helping people get dead. Trash your gear with dirt, blood and brains then enjoy the crawl downtown.  Many bars will have zombie-exclusive drink speicals.  Stops include: Clancy's, The Mousetrap, Pizza Plus/Bottle & Barrel, The...

Ferguson's Orchard grows most apple varieties plus pumpkins! Their Country Store is full of many varieties of bagged or bag-your-own apples, a gift shop with jellies, honey & other goodies, cold pasteurized apple cider and delicious hand-dipped caramel apples made from their own apples. Visit...

The 12th Annual Clearwater Beer Festival is taking place on Saturday September 10 from 3 - 7 PM at the Altoona Hobbs Sports Center in Altoona, WI.  The festival is located just a mile from the Otter Creek Inn.  Sample some of the 200+ craft beers, chat with the brewers, and enjoy Irish...

The 9th annual Oktoberfest will be held in Chippewa Falls, WI on September 16 - 18.  There will be lots of beer, music, beer, entertainment, beer, a sauerkraut eating contest, and did we mention beer? Admission $8 daily at the gate. www.chippewachamber.org/oktoberfest.asp

The 29th Annual Festival in the Pines will be held on Saturday August 27 (9 AM - 6 PM) and Sunday August 28 (10 AM - 5 PM) in beautiful Carson Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin - just three miles from the Otter Creek Inn! The Festival in the Pines has traditionally been a place to gather with friends...

Sometimes it's great just to have a slow-paced day ambling through a park.  But imagine if the sidewalk in that park becomes the canvas for chalk art!  That's exactly what is happening on Saturday August 6 at Wilson Park in downtown Eau Claire, WI.  As VolumeOne reports "a...

The Northern Wisconsin State Fair is being held in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on July 13 through July 17, 2011.  The fair is located just 12 miles north of the Otter Creek Inn and a great way to spend a lazy summer afternoon or evening.  All your fair favorites are to be found - including...