The Northeast Wisconsin Data Exchange has expanded its service area from three to 11 counties, giving organizations and residents access to more than 130 local indicators.

Formerly known as the Fox Valley Data Exchange, which served Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties, NEWDEX now also serves Brown, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca and Waushara counties.

The thought of planning one’s funeral isn’t typically at the top of someone’s to-do list. But should it be?

Planning a funeral for a deceased relative, significant other or friend is ranked as one of the most difficult tasks in life when funeral arrangements aren’t made ahead of time.

Funeral homes offer a way to arrange one’s funeral through pre-needs planning.

I was shocked Aug. 26 when I read online that Dolly Parton had died.

“That’s impossible,” I thought. “I’ll turn on the TV to see if it’s true.”

It was. Breaking into tears, I had to sit down, unable to process the idea that Dolly was gone. Though I never met her, it felt like a part of me was gone, too.

Colorful poinsettias and flowering Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus fill garden centers and homes during the holiday season. If you saved your plants from last year, it is time to get started forcing them into bloom for the upcoming holidays.

Fall is a great time for birding as many species are on the move, migrating from their northern breeding grounds to their wintering grounds in the south.

Darleen Stutleen will be the latest inductee as the Oconto Falls School District celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Oconto Falls High School Wall of Fame.

Third grade students at Sacred Heart Catholic School recently took their learning outdoors during an exciting science scavenger hunt around the school campus.

Bonduel High School was named a T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights $5,000 Fridays winner in week 6 of the company’s national program built around high school football and community pride.

These funds are theirs to allocate how they see fit, whether it’s supporting their academics, athletes or the broader school community.

First grade students at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano recently learned an important lesson about the power of their words through a hands-on activity called Toothpaste Words.

The students squeezed toothpaste onto plates and then attempted to put it back into the tube. As they quickly discovered, once the toothpaste is out, it is nearly impossible to put it all back in.