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Here Comes the Bride(s): 2021's Northwoods Pandemic Wedding Boom

After a year of wedding postponements and cancellations, many couples are more than ready to say their “I dos.” But now, they’re competing with a crowd who intended on getting married this year all along. The result is a surge in demand for venues, caterers, florists and DJs – some of which are having to turn away business after a year of pinching pennies. Maria Neubauer and Mike Rozumialski are making the final preparations for their June wedding. Instead of a big wedding cake, the two...

DNR Considers Ending Night Wolf Hunt, Shorter Registrations

School District of Wabeno to Invest $50k in Fab Lab with Assistance of WEDC Grant

Michigan Lifts Indoor Mask Requirement for Vaccinated People

By Associated Press • 15 hours ago

Michigan is lifting a mask requirement for fully vaccinated people and says the unvaccinated don't need to wear one outdoors.

A broad indoor face covering mandate will expire in July.

The announcement Friday from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer comes a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people.

Michigan’s order takes effect at 9 a.m. Saturday.

People outside won't have to wear a mask regardless of whether they have gotten a shot.

Wisconsin Governor Praises CDC's New Mask Guidelines

By Associated Press • 15 hours ago

Gov. Tony Evers is praising new guidelines that allow people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to shed their facemasks in most situations.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines Thursday saying the fully vaccinated can resume normal activities and don't have to wear masks outdoors or indoors except in crowded environments such as on public transportation or inside hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters.

Wisconsin's conservative state Supreme Court struck down Evers' statewide mask mandate in March.

Justices Reject Rules Fast-Tracking Redistricting Lawsuits

By Associated Press • 15 hours ago

The state Supreme Court has rejected a Republican request to develop rules to fast-track redistricting lawsuits.

The conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty and Republican leaders proposed rules last year that would require any state lawsuits filed over new boundaries to start in the state Supreme Court rather than lower courts.

Conservatives hold a 4-3 edge on the court. But the court denied the request Friday, saying the proposed procedures wouldn't help the justices if they end up weighing an as yet undefined redistricting challenge.

WXPR News, Friday, May 14, 2021

By John Burton • 18 hours ago

Revised regulations to be considered for wolf hunts
New funding will benefit a Fab Lab in the Wabeno school district
Fire danger a concern in Wisconsin
Federal prison sentence for a former central Wisconsin teacher

DNR Considers Ending Night Wolf Hunt, Shorter Registrations

By Associated Press • 23 hours ago

Wisconsin wildlife officials are considering drafting new regulations that would prohibit hunting wolves at night and shorten the window for registering kills after hunters blew past their quota in February.

The Trump administration removed wolves from the endangered species list in January.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was preparing to hold a hunt in November as per statutory requirements but a judge forced the department to launch the season in February.

State-licensed hunters killed 218 wolves, almost 100 animals more than their quota.

Fire Danger High in Wisconsin

By WAOW Television Bobby Falat • 23 hours ago

Wisconsin DNR officials are issuing very high fire-danger warnings for the next two days.

According to the DNR, in the past week there have been 50 wildfires in the state.

Light-rain forecast on Saturday might not be enough to prevent a fire from spreading.

Nonprofits of the Northwoods: Wisconsin Women in Conservation

By Erin Gottsacker • 23 hours ago

Wisconsin Women in Conservation is a statewide collaborative effort to bring together women landowners to connect and learn about conservation practices, resources and funding opportunities.

Women landowners are a growing demographic in Wisconsin. They make up about 35 percent of the state’s producers.

But they’ve historically been underserved and underrepresented in the media.

Wisconsin Women in Conservation aims to change that.

Here Comes the Bride(s): 2021's Northwoods Pandemic Wedding Boom

By Erin Gottsacker • May 14, 2021

After a year of wedding postponements and cancellations, many couples are more than ready to say their “I dos.”

But now, they’re competing with a crowd who intended on getting married this year all along.

The result is a surge in demand for venues, caterers, florists and DJs – some of which are having to turn away business after a year of pinching pennies.

Maria Neubauer and Mike Rozumialski are making the final preparations for their June wedding.

Instead of a big wedding cake, the two decided on gelato for dessert.

School District of Wabeno to Invest $50k in Fab Lab with Assistance of WEDC Grant

By Katie Thoresen • May 14, 2021

Fabrication laboratories or Fab Labs have been gaining popularity in Northwoods school districts.

The School District of Wabeno started one four years ago.

It has only grown in scope and popularity since.

Students have been able to create metal and wood signs, vinyl stickers and graphics, engravings on glasses and tumblers, and 3D printed a lot of prototypes.

District Administrator Jeff Walsh says it teaches students a lot of valuable skills.

WI Dentists: It's OK to See Us

By Mike Moen • May 14, 2021

A year ago, scheduling a dental appointment might have been the furthest thing from people's minds as the pandemic unfolded. But with many residents and providers now vaccinated, Wisconsin residents are urged to get caught up on care.