MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The folksy Wisconsin day-tripper John McGivern crosses the border into Minnesota and explores Winona for a new 30-minute installment in his “Main Streets” television series. The premier will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, on many PBS channels. McGivern and his Milwaukee-based Plum Media crew visited Winona in August. Among stops: The Marine Art Museum, Nosh Scratch Kitchen, and the boathouse community. The “Main Streets” series is sequel to McGivern’s nine-season “Around the Corner,” whose focus was Wisconsin towns and for which he earned five Emmy awards. The new series branches out to neighboring Midwest states.

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