This issue of NEWisco Weekend focuses on heroes.

They come in all shapes, sizes, modes, and methods. You can be your own hero; you can look up to someone who helps in disasters, one who gives blood in honor of a cancer patient. We have heroes who sing. Heroes who work for safety in their own neighborhoods…in other words, the people who do it every day to make things better in this issue of NEWisco Weekend.

Image of Marta Hansen holding a sign that says "If standing up for human rights burns a bridge I have the matches." next to an image of Singer/Songwriter Diandra Marie sitting in a sunflower field holding a guitar next to a portrait of American Red Cross Regional Communications Director Jennifer Warren — Marta Hansen | Singer/Songwriter Diandra Marie | American Red Cross Regional Communications Director: Jennifer Warren

Our Cover Story this week is focused on the Red Cross 2025 Northeast Wisconsin Heroes.

Photo of Jeff Rabas, Rick Leib, Dominique McQueen, Dan Kane and Fond du Lac Fire Chief Erick Garritson holding American Red Cross Plaques for 2025 Heroes. — From left to right: Jeff Rabas, Rick Leib, Dominique McQueen, Dan Kane, FDL Fire Chief Erick Garritson. Photo credit: American Red Cross of Wisconsin

Blood Services Hero: Jeff Rabas, Algoma (Kewaunee County)
Disaster Relief Hero: Dan Kane, Green Bay (Brown County)
Good Samaritan Hero: Dominique McQueen, Wausau (Marathon County)
Emergency Response Heroes: Fond du Lac Fire Rescue, Fond du Lac (Fond du Lac County)
Youth & Young Adult Heroes: Oshkosh North Communities Program, Oshkosh (Winnebago County)

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Jennifer Warren

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Let's Be A Hero

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