HARTFORD, Wis. — The Pike Lake community in Hartford is rallying around Uncle Larry's Rustic Inn amid legal battles by putting up yard signs that read, "We Support Uncle Larry's Rustic Inn."

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"The support is outstanding," owner Larry Goeman said. “Maybe without all of the support, we would’ve just given up.”

"All of the neighborhood is upset about this," neighbor Jeany Oswald said. "It's been there 100 years. There is no harm in having that bar there."

"We don't have anywhere to go," Josh Neu said. "There are really no more establishments on the lake that can host this, so it's frustrating."

It all started in 2018 with a lawsuit filed against Uncle Larry's afte

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