WXPR-FM (Rhinelander, WI)

WXPR (91.7 FM) is a community-focused public radio station that caters to listeners in north central Wisconsin and parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Located in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the station is operated by White Pine Community Broadcasting, a nonprofit organization dedicated to education. As a member of National Public Radio, WXPR provides a variety of programming to its audience. The studio is situated at 28 N. Stevens St. in downtown Rhinelander, in a historic building that used to house the local newspaper. The station's transmitter is located off Oneida County Highway A, positioned between Sugar Camp and Three Lakes, Wisconsin, to the southwest of Thunder Lake. In addition to its main frequency, WXPR also runs a satellite station, WXPW, at 91.9 FM in Wausau. WXPW operates in a share-time agreement with WLBL-FM, which is part of Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. WXPW broadcasts from 6 pm to midnight from Monday to Thursday, and from 6 pm on Friday until 5 pm on Sunday.

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School mental health report card highlights Michigan’s strengths and gaps

4 days ago | wxpr.org | Chrystal Blair

A national report card finds that even with a $150 million budget threat last year, Michigan still made solid progress in staffing up its school mental health system. The report released by Inseparable - a mental health policy organization, as part of the Hopeful Futures Campaign - shows the state reached 36% of recommended psychologists, nearly 60% of counselors, and just over 40% of social workers.
Michigan environmental groups, Tribes decry fast-tracking Line 5 tunnel

1 week ago | wxpr.org | Chrystal Blair

Environmental groups across Michigan are pushing back after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed it will fast-track Enbridge's Line 5 tunnel project without conducting a full environmental review. Line 5 is a 645-mile pipeline transporting crude oil and natural gas liquids beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
Avian flu detected in more wild birds as we get close to peak migration in Wisconsin

1 week ago | wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen

As birds migrate north, there’s growing concern of the disease they’re carrying. This bird flu has been circulating since 2021. It hit wild birds and some other wildlife like foxes hard in 2022 in Wisconsin. For the last year, it’s been killing poultry and has spread to cattle and humans. In the last couple of months, it has once again been showing up in wild bird populations in the state.
A wind project is stalled in New York. Experts worry about impacts across the U.S.

1 week ago | wxpr.org | Julia Simon |Jeongyoon Han

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has ordered a halt to an offshore wind project near the coast of Long Island. Today, Equinor, the Norwegian energy company that owns and operates the project, announced it is complying with the order and suspending all construction. President Trump, a longtime critic of wind energy, issued a moratorium on new development of offshore wind projects, one of his first executive orders upon returning to the White House.
Got a dead tree? The City of Rhinelander could take it down for you and plant a new one in its place

1 week ago | wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen

Rhinelander residents could get a hazard tree removed one planted in its place, at no charge to them, through a grant funded project by the City of Rhinelander. Plus, for every tree planted on private property, one will be planted on public property. Rhinelander City Forester Tom Jerow says they’ll be concentrating on planting trees that support pollinators.
Tomahawk area woman pleads not guilty in stabbing death of husband

1 week ago | wxpr.org | John Burton

A Tomahawk area woman pleads not guilty to charges including first degree reckless homicide in the stabbing death of her husband in the Lincoln County Town of Bradley. 50-year-old Richard ‘Ricky’ Sanderson died in January at a hospital in Tomahawk. He had been taken there after a report of a man who had been injured in his chest and had shortness of breath. 44-year-old Michelle Sanderson appeared in Lincoln County Circuit Court Wednesday. The judge rejected a motion to dismiss charges.
Crew to repair the Hodag Dome expected to arrive Monday evening

1 week ago | wxpr.org | John Burton

The School District of Rhinelander says materials and factory technicians to repair the Hodag Dome are expected to arrive in Rhinelander Monday evening. A power loss caused the dome to deflate and suffer some damage during a spring ice storm, after a backup generator failed to operate. On Tuesday, the Arizon crew will be on site with all necessary materials in hand.
ArtStart requests City of Rhinelander’s assistance in paying for new boiler

1 week ago | wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen

ArtStart has its galleries and runs many of its programs out of the old federal building on the corner of Stevens and Kings streets in downtown Rhinelander. More than a decade ago, the City of Rhinelander voted to purchase the empty former post office from the federal government for $1 and leased it to ArtStart. Part of that lease agreement meant ArtStart pays for maintenance and repairs which have added up to more than $340,000 dollars at this point. Now, the building needs to replace its boiler.
WisDOT will host construction information meeting for US 51 project in Minocqua

1 week ago | wxpr.org | Katie Thoresen

Construction is scheduled to start next week on Highway 51 in Minocqua. It’s the stretch between Front Street and 3rd Avenue between Minocqua and Woodruff. Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be holding an informational meeting about the schedule and traffic impacts for the project. That meeting is Monday, April 21 at 5:00 p.m. at the Minocqua Public Library, 415 Menominee St., Minocqua.
ArtStart needs a boiler, search for missing woman, Highway 51 construction plans

1 week ago | wxpr.org | John Burton

Replacing boiler for ArtStart building leads to complicated questions on how to pay for it, authorities going on with search for a Lac du Flambeau woman missing for a month, construction to start soon on Highway 51 in Minocqua