Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co. in Wheeling and a certified landscape professional with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, joins John Williams to answer all of your lawn and garden questions. Bob says it’s a little too early to start seeding, but definitely get debris cleaned up and make sure to get leftover fall leaves off your lawn. We are ‘keeping it green’ with Bob!

Local farmer John Andermann, President of the Will County Farm Bureau, joins John Williams to talk about his farm and his yield last year, what he’s doing with his field right now, how very few farmers turned a profit last year, the cost of fertilizer going up, and how the war in Iran is impacting business.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about being on the back-end of flu season, how most of the respiratory illness they saw in the hospital was influenza, how far we have come with COVID since 2020, if popular weight loss drugs could become a new treatment for addiction, and a new study that showed AI could identify other serious health conditions during breast cancer screenings.

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about his thoughts on the current landscape of NCAA sports in the transfer portal era, Uber rolling out their women-only option, and his general observations about the war in Iran.

DeWayne Peevy, Vice President & Director of Athletics, DePaul University, joins John Williams to talk about the DePaul basketball team ahead of the Big East tournament. DeWayne talks about how the team has performed this year, the big step the team made in the second year of the Chris Holtmann era, what the future of the program look likes, how the school is navigating NIL, and the amazing support they have received from students, fans, and donors.

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Judd Sirott, the television play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins on NESN and former pre-game, intermission and post-game host for Chicago Blackhawks broadcasts on WGN Radio, joins John Williams to share his thoughts on the life and legacy of the great Troy Murray, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 63.

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou says that it’s time to get outside and do some early spring clean up. Lou also answers all of your home improvement questions.

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