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Local boat sales look strong

The mild winter cut into snowmobile sales at Southside Auto Sports & Marine.

But it's been a big boost to boat sales, said Gary Mueller, owner of the business at 3425 Mormon Coulee Road.

So far, Mueller said last week, "This is by far our best year" for boat sales. It's his fifth year of boat sales and follows two years that were only "so-so" because of unfavorable weather, he said.

"There's more people looking (at boats) than ever," Mueller said. "On Saturdays, we've had 100 to 200 people come in. Usually, we only get 30 to 40 (on Saturdays) in March." This year, people began checking out new fishing boats in mid-December rather than mid-January, partly because there was open water on ...

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