Community News and Information

Common Roots Rising – Central Wisconsin
Follow our Common Roots Rising blog and podcasts for a collection of stories that are growing our human spirit, cooperative culture, and community vitality in Central Wisconsin.

Waupaca Radio – WILW – 96.3 FM
Waupaca Radio is a low power FM radio station operated by the City of Waupaca and co-located with their cable access TV station Win-TV.  Waupaca Radio FM 96.3 expands community media programming connecting the citizens of the Waupaca area with the activities of their government and community.

Waupaca Area Community Radio – WAUP – 99.1
WAUP is committed to providing public access to the people of central Wisconsin. WAUP seeks to connect community members to one another and the world by exploring cultural diversity through arts and public affairs programming and cultural events.

Jensen Community Spirit – Amherst
Celebrating their 15th year of publishing the Community Spirit newspaper with a readership of over 5000 people, “The Spirit” has become many folks’ newspaper of choice in both Waupaca and Portage counties.

Way Forward Wega – Weyauwega
Way Forward Wega is a community resource that strives to put information for Weyauwega, Wisconsin residents in one place. Our hope is to connect people, businesses, and organizations in our area through communication. Follow them on Facebook: Way Forward Weyauwega Facebook page

Rural Regeneration and Local Food

Wisconsin Farmers Union
Wisconsin Farmers Union, a member-driven organization, is committed to enhancing the quality of life for family farmers, rural communities, and all people through educational opportunities, cooperative endeavors, and civic engagement.

Central Rivers Farmshed
Farmshed partners to create equitable access to food that is grown in central Wisconsin and in ways that mitigate climate change, protect our soil, water, and air, and promote healthy lives.

Waupaca Farmers Market
The Waupaca Farmers Market is located on the downtown square in front of the Waupaca Public Libary in Waupaca Wisconsin. The market opens the first Saturday in June and runs every Saturday through October from 9am-2pm. 

Local Conservation

Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council
Golden Sands – Conservation that Works! Bringing together science & community for over 45 years to help grow Wisconsin’s economy and protect our natural resources.

Central Wisconsin Invasives Partnership
The Central Wisconsin Invasives Partnership (CWIP) is a Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) that serves Wood, Portage, Juneau, Adams, Waushara, Marquette, and Green Lake Counties.

Northeast Wisconsin Invasives Partnership
The Northeast Wisconsin Invasives Partnership (NEWIP) is a cooperative invasive species group that serves Brown, Outagamie, Waupaca, and Winnebago Counties and the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin.

Parks and Trails

Greater Waupaca Parks and Trails
The Greater Waupaca Area Parks & Trails group exists to identify on and off-road biking and walking routes, river routes, and parks both linear and neighborhood throughout the Townships of Dayton, Farmington, Lind, Waupaca, and the City of Waupaca. Learn more

Friends of Waupaca County Parks
The Friends of Waupaca Parks ties into the core values of the City of Waupaca Parks and Recreation Department by helping connect people to the natural park spaces our community offers.

Renewable Energy

Rise Up Midwest
Rise Up Midwest believes the energy efficiency industries have the capacity to rapidly expand services resulting in increased local investment, business growth, energy resiliency as well as employment opportunities in urban and rural communities across the region. Let’s put people to work. Now is the time. 

Loving Awareness Sanctuary – rural Waupaca
Loving Awareness Sanctuary offers transformative intuitive energy and life guidance sessions, wellBEing services, nature immersions, medicine walks, and retreats, sanctuary grown and crafted self-care products, and creative conscious media to support in balancing and uplifting your well-being on all levels.

Community Arts

Waupaca Community Arts Board
Waupaca Community Arts Board is a group of passionate volunteers bringing the arts into everyday Waupaca life by promoting creativity and artistic expression through community building.