It's closing time

From: La Crosse Tribune | Date: November 11, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The first "e" in the giant red-lettered

Old Style Lager sign atop an

aging cellar at the former G.

Heileman Brewery came down late

Wednesday afternoon, while

Platinum Holdings and Stroh

Brewery

Co. officials were reviewing and

signing documents in New York City

for

the $10.5 million sale of the brewery.

Representatives of both companies continued reviewing and signing documents in a New York office late Wednesday night. At press time, it was not known whether all the documents had been signed. Platinum

Holdings is expected to take possession of the brewery when the money changes hands, ...

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