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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
The Lincoln County Board of Supervisor voted to sell Pine Crest Nursing home this week. This is the second time the board has agreed to sell after the first deal fell through. The resolution comes more than three years after the county started debating the future of the county-run nursing home in Merrill. Lincoln County is expected to close on its $9.5 million sale of Pine Crest on August 1st.
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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
A driver needed to be flown to Wausau Aspirus Hospital following a single-car crash in Oneida County. The Oneida County Sheriff's Office says it got multiple calls about the crash around 8:30 Wednesday night. It happened at the intersection of County Highway K and Mitchell Lane in the Town of Nokomis. According to the initial investigation by the Sheriff's Office, Gabriel Wallmow, 20, of Rhinelander was driving a Corvette west on Highway K.
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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
When wildfire smoke moves into the Northwoods from Canada or the West Coast, tiny particles in the air can get into people’s eyes, lungs, and blood. This can exacerbate issues for people with health conditions like asthma, COPD, or certain heart conditions. But you don’t have to have an underlying condition to be impacted.
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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
Eagle River Revitalization started the Young Entrepreneur Market last year. It’s an opportunity for 10- to 17-year-olds to sell goods and services.
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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
The Great Pinery Heritage Waterway starts at the Hat Rapids Dam in Oneida County ending 108 miles later at Lake DuBay Dam in Portage County. It takes paddlers over rapids, through pine and hardwood forests, and along the Ice Age Trail. Since making the stretch a waterway, counties, various groups, and people have worked to make it access as possible. Launches have been improved, including making some ADA accessible. Signage has been added about the river and its history.
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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
This year’s Northwoods Pride Festival will be at ArtStart in downtown Rhinelander. That announcement came last week following a previous local change. Northwoods Pride Festival Committee Chairman Di Wu says that’s been slight challenge to this year’s festival. The political climate and legislation against transgender people is a greater concern.
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1 week ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
Fishing is a great way to get outdoors in the summer. Panfish can be an easy starter species for people just getting into the sport. In this episode of All Things Outdoors, WXPR's Katie Thoresen talks with Wisconsin DNR Conservation Warden about the basics of starting to fish.
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2 weeks ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
There are more than 1,800 “No Kings” Protests planned nationally, including ones locally in Ironwood, Eagle River, Park Falls, Minocqua, and Rhinelander. They’ll happen on Flag Day this Saturday, June 14th. That’s the day a military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th birthday is planned in Washington D.C. It also coincides with President Donald Trump’s birthday. The parade is expected to feature hundreds of military vehicles, aircraft, and thousands of soldiers.
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2 weeks ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
As the Coontail assistant manager and a buyer, Jason Schultz has seen a lot of changes to who is coming to recreate in the Northwoods and what activities are drawing them in. “We have conversations with people here. So hey, what brings you up that sort of a thing?” said Schultz. Coontail has locations in Arbor Vitae and Boulder Junction selling a range of outdoor gear, clothing, and equipment.
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2 weeks ago | 
wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen
The results of a new housing study in Oneida County confirm what Tony Pharo and many others already know: the county needs more workforce housing. “We need houses from, you know, $150,000 to $350,000 or $200,000 to $400,000 those are the houses we need. We need apartments that are available from $800 to $1400 a month,” said Pharo, the executive director of the Oneida County Economic Development Corporation.
