The Coulee Region Cat Club, named for the Coulee Region of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin near La Crosse, was chartered as an ACFA club in April, 1988.

Except for two years in Rochester, Minnesota, the cat shows hosted by the club have been held in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Their themes have always been entertaining and fun—Meow Luau, Putting on the Ritz, Second-Hand Rose, and many others. In recent years, the fun has included cat costume contests, originally championed by club member Eddie Kanieski. The club has hosted the ACFA North Central regional meetings and awards banquet twice, most recently in 2001.

There are no regular club meetings, because the members are geographically dispersed. In the words of one of the founders, "The most wonderful thing about the Coulee Club is that everyone from everywhere was there when needed, all with different talents. No one was asked—they just contributed as needed and seemed to do so because they wanted to. We had no meetings and no disagreements, just a great show and great friends."

Club officers:

President and Treasurer:	Bridgett A. Bowen
Vice-President:	Marilyn Goltz
Secretary:	Kathy Grant

Harlan Schlittler created this Fat Cat logo during the club's first year.

Glen and Jo Newton created and maintain this web site.

Some of the other club members and recent contributors to the Coulee Region Cat Club cat shows are Steve and Karen Almos; Lyla Fauble; Patti Day (who created the graphic of the Fat Cat on a Harley); Bill Beddie; Bev Speake; Sue and Jim VandeSande; Bob and Diane Konz; Wendy Meyer; Ken, Judy, and Josh LeVert; Dave and Gayle Long; Heather Minter; B. J. Rahimi; Patricia and Arnold Farley; and Judy Liggett.