Ben Meyer
News ContributorBen worked as the Special Topics Correspondent at WXPR from September 2019 until November 2021. He then contributed with periodic stories until 2024. During his full-time employment, his main focus was reporting on environment and natural resources issues in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of The Stream, a weekly series.
Originally from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Ben is a graduate of UW-Madison and Mitchell Hamline School of Law. He lives in Rhinelander with his wife, Erika, and sons, Rhys and Forest. A licensed lawyer, Ben became an Oneida County Assistant District Attorney in 2024. He is an avid Brewers fan and enjoys doing anything outdoors: running, bicycling, fishing, gardening, cross-country skiing, hiking, and projects. Ben is also a WIAA basketball official.
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The winds snapped tree trunks like mere twigs, effectively chopping down huge swaths of the forest within hours. -
Over the last six years, the 11-member Tribal police department has made more than 2,000 arrests. Half have been drug-related. -
The time of year - spring - is but one important factor playing into the intensity of frog calls. -
The time of year - spring - is but one important factor playing into the intensity of frog calls.
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Joe and Mary Hovel have now helped conserve, both directly and through their advocacy, tens of thousands of acres in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. -
Republicans swept Northwoods seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly in Tuesday’s voting, helping the party strengthen its legislative advantage in Madison. -
The new teaching lodge was finished by tribal teenagers and adults. -
Two incumbent Northwoods sheriffs beat deputies within their own departments on Tuesday to retain their offices. -
WXPR joins a tribal spearfishing party as they exercise their treaty rights on a Northwoods lake. -
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is including indigenous place names in its materials and education.
