BLUFF SIDING, Wis. – A slugfest involving 15 people or so broke out in the parking lot at George’s Bar five miles from Winona across the Wisconsin border. The Buffalo City sheriff’s dispatcher called Winona sheriff’s and police officers to intervene. By the time they arrived, the melee was over. Things were still copasetic when Buffalo County deputies arrived from 24 miles away in Alma, the county seat.
George’s bar. The nearest and busiest bar outside Winona County. On Highway 35.