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Purpose with Mark Bertrang

Sep 13, 2024

Who Was I Before Retirement? Who Am I Now After Retirement?

These are the questions many people ask as they enter the "retirement zone." They’re not fully retired yet, but their financial concerns are settled. Health insurance is arranged, and the formalities of their financial life are in place. But what about who...


Aug 19, 2024

The Medicare conversation should be easy. It isn’t. There are multiple decisions to be made and these decisions are not only for the first time you qualify for Medicare at the age of sixty-five. The decisions you make that first year could potentially lock you into a plan that you could embrace or regret for the rest...


Apr 30, 2024

Laurie Finn is our guest from Finnottes.  Laurie lives a life of Mission, Nuts and Chocolates.  She makes a lasting impact on everyone she meets. Finnottes was established in 1986 by the husband-and-wife team Frank Finn and Laurie (Otte). Merging their lives and their last names, they have grown their business over...


Apr 8, 2024

Mark Bertrang interviews Sarah Gebo, the Program Director of ”The Exchange” the La Crosse Area Furniture Bank.

The Exchange provides donated furniture and household goods to families and individuals transitioning out of homelessness and poverty. It is driven by volunteers and donations of basic household goods and...


Mar 14, 2024

You haven't gain real wisdom until you have walked through the pasture of life and unexpectedly step into a fresh cowpie, feeling the warm manure squish between your toes.  Life can sometimes playout like a checkerboard of bovine bingo, a unique community activity which oftentimes plays-out on hot summer days in town...