12 episodes

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast!

Get the good news and inspirational stories as heard from noon to 1:00 each weekday whenever you want it!

Happy Hour Anytime Nick Jakusz/95.9 The River

    • News

It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast!

Get the good news and inspirational stories as heard from noon to 1:00 each weekday whenever you want it!

    011 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 22th, 2023

    011 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 22th, 2023

    It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast!

    If you enjoy this podcast, please, like/share/review it to help spread the word!

    In this episode we hear all the good news stories from last week including a homeless man saved a family from a house fire, six St. Charles breweries collaborating for charity, a paraplegic veteran scales Everest, Romeoville has a new millionaire, a lost diamond ring found in a waste treatment facility, a 93-year-old visited all of our country's national parks with her grandson, two teenage bone marrow cancer survivors go to prom together, a VERY overdue library book, a 12-year-old who saver her family's life, and so much more!

    Submit your own good news story at 959TheRiver.com/happyhour

    Find more at 959TheRiver.com/HappyHour Listen for Happy Hour live from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Nick Jakusz on 95.9 The River!

    • 14 min
    010 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 15th, 2023

    010 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 15th, 2023

    It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast! If you enjoy this podcast, please, like/share/review it to help spread the word!

    In this episode we hear all the good news stories from last week including a 13-year-old who used his slingshot to save his sister life, boy scouts who saved an 80-year-old after he fell 6 stories, a 72-year-old college graduate, an organization that replaces landmines with flowers and vegetable gardens, an airline CEO who flew to an airport to apologize to passengers, a veteran amputee who finished a marathon, a teacher greeted by his students after his last chemo treatment, and so much more!

    Submit your own good news story at 959TheRiver.com/happyhour

    Find more at 959TheRiver.com/HappyHour Listen for Happy Hour live from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Nick Jakusz on 95.9 The River!

    • 15 min
    009 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 8th, 2023

    009 - Good News Stories from the Week of May 8th, 2023

    It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast!

    Check out all the good news stories from last week including a Holocaust survivor throwing out a first pitch with all her grand kids, good news for a man who saved a baby from rolling into traffic, the 50/31 fitness challenge, a deaf Ukrainian refugee hears for the first time, secrets to a long life from a 104 year old woman, dancing dads, a kids survives alone in the woods, the oldest dog EVER, gay and bisexual men can now give blood, a girlfriend reminds her boyfriend to go collect his lottery winnings, and so much more!

    Submit your own good news story at 959TheRiver.com/happyhour

    Find more at 959TheRiver.com/HappyHour

    Listen for Happy Hour live from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Nick Jakusz on 95.9 The River!

    • 14 min
    008 - Good News Stories From the Week of 5/1/23

    008 - Good News Stories From the Week of 5/1/23

    It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast!

    Check out all the good news stories from last week including Plainfield and Joliet firefighters who demolished a local family's deck, free gym membership for teens, a 92-year-old with a *special* request for her retirement home, a haunted house paid of a school's lunch balances, a community coming together for special needs kids going to prom, a teacher who officiates the wedding of former students who met sitting next to each other in his class, a 16 year old who graduated college, a man climbs the UK's tallest mountains with a refrigerator on his back, backward foot news, cops going above and beyond, and so much more!

    Submit your own good news story at 959TheRiver.com/happyhour

    Find more at 959TheRiver.com/HappyHour

    Listen for Happy Hour live from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Nick Jakusz on 95.9 The River!

    • 13 min
    007 - Good News Stories from 95.9 The River Including: 7-year old saves bus full of classmates, Plainfield FD saves ducklings in the sewer, rollercoaster treatment for kidney stones actually works, and more!

    007 - Good News Stories from 95.9 The River Including: 7-year old saves bus full of classmates, Plainfield FD saves ducklings in the sewer, rollercoaster treatment for kidney stones actually works, and more!

    It's all the good vibes of 95.9 The River's Happy Hour, repackaged into a nice little podcast!

    Check out all the good news stories from last week, including a 7-year old who saves bus full of classmates, the Plainfield FD saves ducklings in the sewer, a rollercoaster treatment for kidney stones actually works, a new barbie with Downs Syndrome, words from a couple celebrating their 80th anniversary, tech-loving parrots, a vet saved a dog with Narcan, Ironman athletes completes race with broken wrists, weed company hiring laid-off workers, and more!

    Submit your own good news story at 959TheRiver.com/happyhour

    • 17 min
    006 - Enterprising Local Kids, Nick Tries Music Therapy for His Face, Holocaust-Era Violins to Play Again, Selfless Lowes Worker, Local Band Starting New Cafe to Employ Disabled Adults, Tip For Finding Lost Kids, World Famous Art Installation Coming to

    006 - Enterprising Local Kids, Nick Tries Music Therapy for His Face, Holocaust-Era Violins to Play Again, Selfless Lowes Worker, Local Band Starting New Cafe to Employ Disabled Adults, Tip For Finding Lost Kids, World Famous Art Installation Coming to

    Nick isn't letting a little thing like partial facial paralysis stop him from telling you about all the good news from last week!

    He's stories about local kids working to earn money, Nick himself trying music therapy to fix his broken face, an airplane full of supporters for a 90 year old vet, friends of the station The Empty Pockets are opening a cafe to employee adults with special needs, a world-renowned art installation is coming to Elmhurst, a funeral hearse nearly drove over a cliff but the body in the back saved the drivers life, a dog saved his owners life by nearly biting his toe off, and SO MUCH MORE!!

    Make sure to catch Happy Hour live each weekday between 4:00 - 5:00 on 95.9 The River. Just tell your smart speaker to play 95-9 The River! Submit your good news story at 959TheRiver.com/HappyHour

    • 15 min

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