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Wisconsin man wins Key West’s annual Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest on 11th attempt

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11 months ago

July 26, 2023

Wisconsin man wins Key West’s annual Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest on 11th attempt

This “Papa” was “not made for defeat.”

A Wisconsin man took home first prize in Key West’s annual Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest — 11 years after he first entered the event celebrating the famous writer’s life.

Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, was crowned “Papa” himself after strutting his white beard and portly stomach across the stage of Sloppy Joe’s Bar, where Hemingway used to hang when he lived on the Florida key throughout the 1930s.

Marshall beat out nearly 140 other wide-waisted competitors across two preliminary rounds before finally taking home the trophy on Saturday, which coincided with his 68th birthday.

Gerrit Marshall triumphantly holds aloft his trophy alongside fellow competitors in the 2023 Hemingway lookalike contest

Nearly 140 lookalikes entered the competition this year. Previous winners from the Hemingway Look-Alike Society judge the contestants

“This is the best birthday I have ever had,” Marshall told the Associated Press.

As if their likeness wasn’t enough, Marshall’s birthday is just one day shy of Hemingway’s. He’s also tried his hand at writing short fiction and nonfiction.

“Like Hemingway, I have a love of the outdoors; I love fishing one heck of a lot,” Marshall said, noting that he loves catching northern pike and walleye back home in Wisconsin, and angling after tarpon while in the keys.

He couldn’t keep up with Hemingway’s prolific marital history, though.

“I only have one wife, but that doesn’t matter — that’s all I need,” Marshall said.

The real Ernest Hemingway, left, and the his triumphant 2023 lookalike winner. The two have common interests — The real Ernest Hemingway, left, and his triumphant 2023 lookalike winner. The two have common interests, this year’s winner said

The event is judged and put on by the aptly named Hemingway Look-Alike Society as a part of Key West’s Hemingway Days festival, which commemorates the island’s famous former resident while raising money for local student scholarships, as well as marine life conservation.

This year, the event raised nearly $125,000, and a gaggle of khaki-clad Hemingways released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle into the ocean.

Other events include a short story contest judged by Hemingway’s granddaughter, a running of the bulls event complete rolling bovine statues and red berets, the Key West Marlin Tournament, and general horsing around with conch shells and turtleneck sweaters.

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Columbia Co. Sheriff’s Office Dive Team searching for missing man

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4 hours ago

June 30, 2024

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Columbia Co. Sheriff’s Office Dive Team searching for missing man

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) – The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday night they are searching for a 63-year-old man that went underwater in Lake Wisconsin on the Wisconsin River.

Officials said numerous 911 calls came into the county’s dispatch center around 2 p.m. reporting a person that had gone underwater and not resurfaced.

Many area residents began searching for the man in their personal boats until CCSO’s Dive Team arrived and began searching, officials said.

Authorities were unable to find the man and called of the search for the night due to the darkness. The search will resume Sunday morning.

The area north of Tipperary Point is under an emergency slow-no-wake order. The Sheriff’s Office added it is vital that boaters abide by that order to keep divers safe and search efforts unhindered.

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His Wisconsin ‘ohana’: Badger receiver Trech Kekahuna proudly embraces Hawaiian heritage on the field

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12 hours ago

June 29, 2024

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How much did it rain in Milwaukee, Madison and elsewhere in Wisconsin overnight?

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19 hours ago

June 29, 2024

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How much did it rain in Milwaukee, Madison and elsewhere in Wisconsin overnight?

Many Wisconsinites looked outside Saturday morning to find that it rained overnight. But where did it rain and how much?

Milwaukee, New Berlin and Madison took the lead with cities that got the most rain, each with at least two inches overnight, according to the National Weather Service volunteer monitoring service.