Guests included:  Scott Wuerch, Executive Director Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley Eric Giordano, Executive Director WIPPS about Toward One Conference  Kjersten Berard ,Founder and Stacy Franswa, Director Rewired and Real  Elizabeth Hart, Executive Director Literacy Chippewa Valley  Michelle Reinen , Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP  Nate Plummer,. Director, OLIVER, Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild  Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director, American  Red Cross, NW Wisconsin Chapter 

Guests included:  Kjersten Berard, Founder and Stacy Franswa, Director Rewired and Real Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor  Wisconsin DACTP  Elizabeth Hart, Executive Direcctor  Literacy Chippewa Valley  Eric Giordano, WIPPS Executive Diractor about Toward One Wisconsin Conference

Guests included:  Chippewa Valley Triage: Chippewa Valley Health Care Task Force Co Chairs Jerry Jacobson/ Dr. Bill Rupp Boys and Girls Club-Chippewa Falls Center Director Tasha Weiss Logan Toftness, Organizer Speck of Dust 24 Hour Project  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor  Kara Goossen, Chippewa Valley family YMCA-Chippewa Falls Healthy Living Director 

Guests included:  Chippewa Valley Health Care Task Force Co Chairs: Dr. Bill Rupp and Jerry Jacobson  Director of OTHER DESERT CITIES from Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild, Susie Draeger   Dave Lemanski and Stacy Marcum , Tossing High for CRI    State Representative Karen Hurd  

Guests included:  Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Superintendent Jeff Holmes and Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District Business Manager Chad Trowbridge Chippewa Valley Triage: Chippewa Valley Health Care Task Force  Co Chairs Jerry Jacobson and Dr. Bill Rupp  Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor  Michelle Reinen 

Guests included: State Representative Karen Hurd, regarding CHIPPEWA VALLEY TRIAGE and Resettlement Transparency legislation she authored.  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor  Wade Asher, Chippewa Valley Music Festivals General Manager  Jill Welke, WAXX 104.5/ The Farm Reporter/Anchor 

Guests included:  * State Representative Karen Hurd ( Chippewa Valley Triage segment)  Dennis Graham, Founder/Organizer   ROCKONSIN   Andrew Garr, Program Coordinator, Wisconsin Milkweed Alliance(WIMA)  Karen Jacobson, Museum Educator, Chippewa Valley Museum 

Guests included:  State Senator Jeff Smith ( part of Chippewa Valley Triage segment) Mike Lee-CEO  Childrens Museum of Eau Claire  Cathy Reitz, Founder/Artistic Director Stand in the Light Memory Choir  Bob Bosold and John Murphy discuss World Cheese Championships  Andrew Garr- WIMA/Wisconsin Milkweed alliance Program coordinator 

Guests included:  State Senator Jeff Smith Andrew Garr, program coordinator Wisconsin Milkweed Alliance  Lisa Gill, Wisconsin Sports Show Founder and Organizer  Arin Wilken , Altoona Publc Library Director  Heather Flashinski, ONE FEST Founder/Organizer/Executive Director

Guests included:  Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP Leiske Giese, Eau Claire City-County Health Director  Andrew Garr, Wisconsin Milkweed Alliance program Coordinator Arin Wilken, Altoona Public Library Director  Joyce Orth, Spokesperson, Fierce Freedom 

Guests included:  Chippewa Valley Triage Segment: Representative Jodi Emerson Leiske Giese, Eau Claire City County Health Department Plus     Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor Skyler Shields, Actor in HAIRSPRAY coming to Pablo Center 

Guests included:  Chippewa Valley Triage segment:  Leiske Giese , Eau Claire City County Health Department Director Altoona Mayor Brendan Pratt Chippewa Falls Mayor  Greg Hoffman  State Representative Jodi Emerson *Wisconsin Datcp Policy Initiatives Advisor Michelle Reinen  

Today we begin what we envision to be a  public service series that will last several weeks if not months. CHIPPEWA VALLEY TRIAGE--a series of conversations that focus on The ongoing Health Care Crisis in the Chippewa Valley in light of the announced closure of HSHS Sacred Heart and S. Joseph's Hospitals, along with  Prevea Health outlets in Western Wisconsin. Guests included:       * Chippewa Falls Mayor Greg Hoffman  Altoona Mayor Brendan Pratt State Representative Jodi Emerson  State Senator Jesse James  Bonus content from  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor

Guests included:  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor Jeff Staads, President, SOFAS FOR SERVICE  Lisa Gill, Creator/Founder/Organizer/Owner Wisconsin Sports Show  Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council President Erin Whitfield, Can Do Canines  Phil Lubke, City of Eau Claire Neighborhood Services Superviser  

Guests included:  Lisa Gill Owner/Organizer/Founder  Wisconsin Sports Show in Eau Claire  March 15-17,2024 Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council President  Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP  Erin Whitefield, Volunteer Can Do Canines  Phil Lubke, City of Eau Claire Neighborhood Services Superviser  Jeff Staads, Executive Director SOFAS FOR SERVICE  

Guests included:  Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council President Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor Pey Carter, Speaker/ Advocate/Author Disability Inclusion in Literature 

Guests included:  Speaker/Author  Pey Carter Rusty Volk, Executive Director Northern Wisconsin State Fair  Emily Berge, Eau  Claire City Council President 

Guests included: Derek White, CEO of YMCA of the Chippewa Valley Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director of American Red Cross NW Wisconsin chapter  Deb Johnson, Executive Director  Chippewa Valley Cultural Association/ Heyde Center for the Arts in Chippewa Falls  Michelle Skinner, Chair, Lake Altoona District 

Guests included:  Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter Executive Director Derek White, YMCA of the Chippewa Valley CEO  Jed Stuetzman, Co Creator Clearwater Clues Medallion Hunt  Rev. Kathryn Reid Walker, creator of SILENT NIGHT Sing out idea with Greatest  Hits 98.1 CHRISTMAS   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at 715 NEWSMAKERS ! 

Guests included:  Wisconsin Datcp Policy Initiatives Advisor  Michelle Reinen Andy Brown, Co-Creator Clearwater Clues Medallion Hunt  Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director  American Red Cross Northwest Wisconsin. 

Guests included:  Deb Johnson , Heyde Center for the Arts Executive Director Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor  Evening Snow, Spokesperson HOPE GOSPEL MISSION Rev. Kathryn Reid Walker, First Presbyterian Church, Eau Claire 

Guests included:  Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP Ryan Ludy, Executive Director of the United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley  and Amanda Obenhoffer, Marketting and Communicatiuons Director, United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley. Jarrett Dement, Director of Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild's production of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN and Ken Ludwig's TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS  Greg Cleveland, Guest Services Manager, Festival Foods, North Clairemont Avenue location in Eau Claire  Jon Naus, Guest Services Manager, Festival Foods, Birch Street in Eau Claire  Denise Sutton, Human Resources Manager, Festival Foods, Marshfield 

Guests included:  Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director NW Wisconsin Chapter of the American Red Cross  Angela Maloney, Executive Director Agnes Table in Chippewa Falls Olaf Lind, Director of Communications Chippewa Valley Museum 

Guests included:  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiative Advisor Scott Wuerch, Executive Director Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley  John Gurley, XRoads41  Music and Camping Festival in Oshkosh  Evening Snow, Hope Gospel Mission Mona Rondeau, Organizer Mz Mona's Rockin' for a Cure 

Guests included:  Arnie Zimmerman, Stokes, Prock and Mundt Funeral Home and Cremation Society of Wisconsin Michelle Reinen  Wisconsin DATCP  Scott Wuerch, Executive Director ,  Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley  715 Veterans Salute: Linings of Eau Claire  715 Veterans Salute: Zahara Construction of Mondovi  715 Veterans Salute: Auto Top Shop of Altoona 

Guests included:  Cathy Reitz, Stand in the Light Memory Choir Founder/Director Benny Anderson, Visit Eau Claire Executive Director  Angela Mahoney, Agnes Table Executive Director  715 Veteran Salutes featuring Veteran Owners of Auto Top Shop, The Cranky Buzzard and Barnhardt's Truck and Auto Repair. 

Guests included: Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor Wisconsin DATCP Frank Bartella, Director CVTG "MIsery"  Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter Executive Director  Owner and Veteran Jim Leffel, Leffel Roots Orchard Owner and Veteran  Scott Grefsheim , Stars and Stripes Lock and Door  Owner and Veteran Brent Knutson and Owner Dawn Kuntson, Chickadees Restaurant  Susan Peterson, Executive Director Junior Achievement NW Wisconsin and Courtney Olson, Work Resource Initiatives Advisor Eau Claire Chanber of Commerce. 

Guests included:   Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor  Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter  Frank Bartella, Director of MISERY for Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild  Ingrid  Kundinger, Senior Medicare Patrol Program Director Randt Mundt, Funeral Director Stokes, Prock and Mundt Funeral Home   

Guests included:  * Sali Bluse and Elaine Geissler , Co founders and Organizers RESCUED AND REDEEMED EVERLASTING HOPE  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor Mary Jan Thomsen, Anerican Red Cross NW WIsconsin Chapter Executive Director  Ingrid Kundinger, Medicare Senior Patrol Program Director 

Guests iincluded:  Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge Michelle Reinen , Wisconsin DATCP Policy initiatives Advisor Ms. Mona Rondeau, Organizer/Performer  ROCKIN FOR A CURE  Toni Mattson, Founder/Creator Trinity Equestrian Center, Author of UNLIKELY RECRUITS  Mari Jackson, Unity Spirtual Center Grounds Coordinator 

Guests included:  Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council President Roger Gostomski, Founder/Creator  Eau Claire Tours  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP  Jodi Erbs Kiffmeyer and Diane l. Peterson, Authors of REFLECTIONS OF EAU CLAIRE  Tom Manus and Kristi Flick Manus,Authors of SECRET WISCONSIN 

Guests included:  Roger Gostomski, Owner/ Creator Eau Claire Tours  Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council President  Barb Teslaw, Eau Claire County Crimestoppers  Elizabeth Miniat, Library Director D.R. Moon Public Library in Stanley  Dennis Johnson. Eau Claire Kiwanis Club, Paul Bunyan Flapjack Feed. 

Guests included:  Cat Morgan, Executive Director FIERCE FREEDOM Darrin and Kim Senn, Past OKTOBERFEST Chippewa Falls Royalty  Jackie Minor, Executive Director LE PHILLIPS SENIOR CENTER  Keith Lorash, Director of BRIGHT STAR for Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild Elizabeth Miniat, D.R. Moon Memorial Library-Stanley 

Guests included:  Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter  Executive Director Cat Morgan, FIERCE FREEDOM Executive Director Jim Ignarski, Chippewa Valley Family YMCA,, Chippewa Falls Development and Communication Director  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor 

Guests included:  Darrin Senn and Kim Senn, Past royalty Oktoberfest in Chippewa Falls Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor  Dennis Johnson, Eau Claire Kiwanis Paul Bunyan Flapjack Feed spokesman  Amy Quella, Co Founder and Executive Director Bob's House for Dogs  Sue Kelly, Spokesperson Chippewa Valley Wildlife Rehabilitation 

Guests included:  Scott Wuerch, Executive Director Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley about Hike for the Homeless Toni Mattson, Founder Trinity Equestrian Center and Author of Unlikely Recruits  Bob Liesnewski and Ron Buckli, Founders of The Buckshot Run to benefit Special Olympics of Wisconsin. Ryan Ludy, Executive Director of the United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley 

Guests included:  Dr. Heidi Eliopolous , Altoona Supt. of Schools Todd Johnson, Executive Director Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation Michelle Reinen, Consumer Affairs Policy Initiatives  Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP Martha Viduski, Garske's Veteran Services  

Guests included:  Olaf Lind,  Chippewa Valley Museum Communications Specialist and spokesman for US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship Toni Mattson, Executive Director Trinity Equestrian Center and Author of UNLIKELY RECRUITS  Elizabeth Hart, Executive Director  Literacy Chippewa Valley Suzanne Becker, Executive Director  FEED MY PEOPLE  

Guests Included: Ashley for the Arts Event Director Cole Bawek Toni Mattson, Trinity Equestrian Center Executive Director and Author of a new book : Unlikely Recruits. Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP  Part 3 

Guests included:  Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge Aaron Libner, Rotary Clubs of Eau Claire  Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter Executice Director  Wisconsin Datcp Policy Initiatives Director  Michelle Reinen  Cat Morgan, spokesperson FIERCE FREEDOM 

Guests included:  Eau Claire City Council President Emily Berge ( Part 2) Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Director (Part 2)  Lukas Amundson, Amundsons Appliances- creator of Clean Clothes for Kids campaign Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter Executive Director  Logan Toftness Director and Playwright  Speck of Dust Theatre about latest production ELECTRIC SUN> 

Guests included:  Jen Zwicky, Managing Director Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival Heather Flashinski, ONE FEST  Andy Brown and Jed Stuetzman, founders and creators of CLEARWATER CLUES MEDALLION HUNT  Mary Jane Thomsen , American Red Cross Executive Director, NW Wisconsin Chapter.  Cat Morgan, FIERCE FREEDOM 

Guests included:  Heather Flashinski--Founder/Creator and Director of ONE FEST Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiative Advisor  James Peter, Creator of the "board" game  CAPITAL CAMPAIGN  Andy Brown and Jed Stuetzman, creators of Clearwater Clues Medallion Hunt  Holly Hedrington, CEO Eau Claire Event District  

Guests included:  Andy Neborak, Outgoing Executive Director of United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Brian Sandy, Fusion, Rock Falls Race Way Operations Director  James Peters, Creator of CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ( the Game)  Miranda Bauer and Paul Reid, members of Eau Claire Municipal Band  Mark Lakowske, Executive Director of NEW BOURNE VILLAGE 

Guests included:  Holly Hedrington, CEO Eau Claire Event District Lucas Amundson, Amundson Appliance  Cooper Larson, RCU Rock The Riverfront Race Chair  Brett Jensen, Co Director ROCK OF AGES Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild  Brian Sandy, Fusion, Rock Falls Raceway, Operations Director  Andy Neborak, Outgoing United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Executive Director  Evening Snow, Publicist/Spokesperson  Hope Gospel Mission 

Guests included:  Altoona Mayor Brendan Pratt Fusion's Brian Sandy, Operations Director Rock Falls Raceway  Miranda Bauer and Paul Reid, Eau Claire Municipal Band  Mike Nordby, Durand Fun Fest  Andy Neborak, Executive Director United Way of The Greatest Chippewa Valley 

Guests Included: Emily Berge, Eau Claire City Council President Sue Bornick, Eau Claire Community Foundation Executive Director and Matt Rokus, Eau Claire Chief of police  Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin Datcp Policy Initiative Advisor  Brian Sandy, Fusion , Operations Director Rock Falls Raceway 

Guests included:  Eau Claire Chief of Police Matt Rokus and Eau Claire Community Foundation Executive Director Susan Bornick John Stone, Headliner for Saturday May 20th SPRINGFEST event in Chippewa Falls  Clare Nelson, McDonell Area Catholic Schools about Pre School Playdate event set for May 24th. Mark Lakowske, New Bourne Village Renaissance Festival Suzanne Becker, Executive Director FEED MY PEOPLE about Empty Bowls Event May 18th.

Guests included:  * Katie Schumacher, Co Director NUNSENSE: The Mega Musical  Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild  Kaylynn Winegar, Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce Working Mothers Luncheon Kevin Baker, of BOOGIE AND THE YO YOZ (coming to SPRINGFEST May 19th)  Kim Senn, Vice President and Natasha Plank Ottum, Board member and Fund Raising Chair, Veritas Classical Academy 

Guests included:  Becky Mattson, Assistant Director/Custumer The Box Car Children- CASA program, Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild Corey Grotte, Local President  National Letter Carriers Association, STAMP OUT HUNGER  Hugh Crane. Chippewa Falls Rotary Foundation, SPRINGFEST Andy Brown and Kate Larson. Chorale Noveau WOMEN IN SONG  Kim Senn, Vice President  and Natasha Plank Ottum, Board Member and Fund Raising Chair, Veritas Classical Academy