"Newsmakers" is a weekly news and current affairs talk show produced by WPR's La Crosse News Bureau. Interviews on the program explore politics, education, the environment and other regional issues relevant to southwest Wisconsin and adjacent portions of Minnesota and Iowa. The program airs Fridays at 10 a.m. on The Ideas Network 90.3 La Crosse, with repeat broadcast Fridays at 7 p.m. on NPR News & Music 88.9 La Crosse.

Latest episodes of the podcast Newsmakers

• Slight increase approved for Xcel in southwestern Wisconsin
• "The Wolves" take the field - er, stage - at UWL
• Coulee Region author, Driftless illustrator to highlight pollinator gardens
• Rural internet access in southwestern Wisconsin
• La Crosse Schools Update
• Nov. 3, 'Secret Wisconsin' Road Trip
• Banned Books Week 2023
• Sustainability toolkit available for La Crosse area small businesses