La Crosse’s first Spring-like weekend brought out everyone from gardeners to bikers looking to ease serious cases of cabin fever after an unusually long, cold and snowy winter.

The warm weekend also brought out the city’s college students looking to party, if the spike in public intoxication warnings is any indication.

According to police:

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Brian Phillips, 18, of La Crosse, was found by police reserves walking south along the Mississippi River near the Eagle statue about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He told police he wanted to look at the river before heading back to campus. When asked where campus was, Phillips pointed south toward the Logistics Health buildings. He also told police he was 20 years old, that his name was “Brian Chuck Thomas” and gave birthdates ranging from July 1978 to July 1998. Phillips was given a public intoxication warning, a $222 underage drinking ticket, a $70.80 ticket for being in the park after hours and a $96 ticket for lying to police.

About three hours later, police headed over to the Third and Jay parking ramp after a caller reported a problem with a drunken man. There they found 21-year-old Matthew Mueller, of La Crosse. Mueller claimed he was “A man of the law,” but showed police his driver’s license when they asked for his badge. During his conversation with police, Mueller said he was leaning against a black Dodge Avenger. The car was actually a green four-door Pontiac. He registered a 0.21 percent preliminary breath test.

Early Sunday, police reserves patrolling Riverside Park found UW-L student Kyle Kendall, 21, of Boscobel, Wis. He told police the date was Thursday, April 18 and didn’t know where he was, his address or his phone number. Kendall was transported to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center for detoxification after registering a 0.27 percent preliminary breath test. He was also handed a public intoxication warning.