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Midwesterners are no doubt familiar with Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, which heralds the best season of the year by making ubiquitous appearances in backyard coolers throughout the warmest months. It’s actually coming back to store shelves as early as this week, which in a normal year would feel like the brand is getting a jump start on spring, but in 2021 only conjures a mental image of beer bottles skittering across the ice in an isolate tundra. Leinenkugel’s knows this, so along with the return of its beer, it’s offering customers a chance to win a genuine Summer Shandy Ice Shanty....

Leinenkugel's wants to give you free beer. All you have to do is listen to polka music. The brewery is giving away a six-pack of Leinie's Oktoberfest, but participants must "enjoy 60 seconds of traditional polka music to unlock the beer claim." Clearly, this is a Wisconsin company. The registration page says to "enjoy some traditional German music for 60 seconds and we'll give you a code to redeem a six-pack of Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest on us. Danke!" There's a clock that counts 60 seconds before you unlock a number to text "prost" and redeem the beer. But wait — there's...

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"A source close to former state commerce secretary Dick Leinenkugel told WKOW27 News Leinenkugel plans to announce his run for the U.S. Senate next week[Monday]. After Leinenkugel resigned his position with the Doyle administration earlier this month, it was widely reported the former beer executive was bolting his association with the democratic governor to don republican clothing and challenge incumbent democratic senator Russ Feingold. ... Leinenkugel’s expected entry into the race will come two weeks after former long-time republican governor Tommy Thompson ended speculation over his political future by announcing to a tea party throng in Madison his family wanted...