Across
- 1. The Great Lake that serves as Chicago's massive eastern border
- 7. The extravagant Grand Forks hockey arena is named after this man (first name Ralph)
- 8. Geographic feature Madison is built upon, nestled between two lakes
Down
- 2. A record-breaking 3,591-pound one of these was cooked and eaten in Rutland in 1982
- 3. Iconic Chicago tower that famously dropped the "Sears" name in 2009
- 4. The heavily striped athletic mascot of the University of Wisconsin
- 5. The larger and more northern of the two main lakes framing downtown Madison
- 6. The river notorious for flooding that separates Grand Forks from East Grand Forks, Minnesota
- 9. Exclamation of Scandinavian origin celebrated with an annual fall festival in Rutland
