This issue of NEWisco Weekend features Daylight Saving Time as our cover story and Naps as the theme! Civic Media Meteorologist Brittney Merlot explains why we have to spring ahead every year in our cover story. Dr. Steven Gale describes the benefits of a nap. We have features on pickleball, Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and […]

Guests: Dr. Steven Gale, Emerson Lehmann, Jamie Lynn Fletcher, Tom Drzewiecki

Mar 8, 2025

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This week, NEWisco Weekend takes a look at Women’s Mental Health Awareness with stories that are as varied as the types of butterflies in the world! Ace Champion as Good Buffalo is our cover story with flutes to resonate with your theta waves. We have stories on Eating Disorders, Flooding awareness, the shift in seasons, […]

Guests: Ace Champion, Diana Anzalda, Kaylin Kole, Lexi Lew, Paul VandenPlas

Mar 1, 2025

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Learn about the scams that prey upon Wisconsin residents and senior citizens. We have features on how to identify scams, the common ones we see, and an interview with the man who literally wrote the book on cybersecurity for Senior Citizens. Commentary from Amanda Nimmer on a common scammer who may be living in your […]

Guests: Alex East, Brett Newski, Spencer Larson

Feb 22, 2025

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This week’s NEWisco Weekend is all about kindness. Monday is Random Acts of Kindness Day, and our cover story is an interview with Brooke Jones of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. We have stories on the Draft City Music Festival, the National Railroad Museum, being kind to Wisconsin’s plants with prescribed burning, kindness to […]

Guests: Brian Johnson, Brooke Jones, Jacqueline Frank, Leva Engel, Rob Dz

Feb 15, 2025

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Hearts are aflutter in this week’s NEWisco Weekend. The Cover Story focuses on heart health as we celebrate Heart Month. Wisconsin’s Winter Snow can be deadly for your heart. A new coach for an area school. A program that helps keep children safe online. A fundraiser through the weekend to help the NEW Community Shelter. […]

Guests: BJ Hill, Brian Johnson, Dr. Megan Butler, Shannon Cohen

Feb 8, 2025

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This week’s issue celebrates Black History Month with a cover story featuring a Green Bay Area Woman who uses her time and talents to tell stories of black history to youth. The musical guest is De Pere’s Mike Shabow. We feature stories on We All Rise African American Resource Center, the effect of winter salt […]

Guests: Holly Linder, Mike Schabow, Mike Schmidt, Robin Scott, Venus Robertson

Feb 1, 2025

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This week, NEWisco Weekend wants you to feel the belly-rumbling joy of laughter. We look at how laughter really is the best medicine, laughing at funerals, and competitive laughter. Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba brings the cover story with NEWisco Comedian Rob Brackenridge. And we have a feature of another NEWisco comedian, Kristin Lytie. Isiah […]

Guests: Charles LaTorre, Isiah & The New People, Kristin Lytie, Mike Kauth, Pete Schwaba, Rob Brackenridge

Jan 25, 2025

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This week’s cover story focuses on Art as a Basic Human Need. We interview Joe Ferlo and Molly Templin from The Grand Oshkosh. Teri Barr shares a story about a Green Bay man making BOLD digital art. Amanda Nimmer takes a serious look at art expression. We also have stories on: an upcoming film series […]

Guests: Jason Mansmith, Joe Ferlo, Landon Jones, Molly Templin, The LaBonte Brothers

Jan 18, 2025

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This weekend National Milk Day is celebrated, so our theme is Agriculture! We have stories on Cheese, and the stress farmers face. Applications are rolling in for the 78th Alice in Dairyland, and our cover story features the ancient practice of beekeeping with a modern twist. Did you know that cows are dangerous animals…we have […]

Guests: Alice in Dairyland, Nikki Schwandt, The Gentleman Grifters, Wayne Stiegelman

Jan 11, 2025

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It’s the first issue of 2025 on NEWisco Weekend. Our Cover Story focuses on the importance of setting goals at the start of the new year. The Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce has been named BEST in the nation! Brittney Merlot helps us understand seasonal affective disorder and why winter can make us SAD. Melissa Kaye has […]

Guests: Emily Wright, Lilie Collins

Jan 4, 2025

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