Erin Gottsacker
Reporter and Morning Edition HostErin Gottsacker joined WXPR in December 2020. As a morning edition host and reporter, Erin reports on the issues that matter most in the Northwoods.
A Cincinnati native, Erin graduated from Ohio State University with bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and International Development. Before coming to Wisconsin, she served as a Peace Corps educator in rural Ethiopia.
Erin is happy to call Northern Wisconsin home, after spending a lifetime of visiting family in the area. Erin is a fan of hiking, ice cream and Bananagrams.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has received $27 million from the CDC to address COVID health disparities across racial groups and geographic areas. A third of that funding is allocated to rural communities. -
The Environmental Protection Agency lays out a roadmap to address PFAS, an advocacy group sues to obtain texts from the Wisconsin DNR board chairman, and the high number of COVID-19 ICU patients adds stress to short-staffed hospitals.
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Six people were wounded during a shooting in Racine Sunday night, a local advocacy group works to support domestic violence victims, and gas prices rise across the nation.
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WI Department of Natural Resources policy board plans to vote on hiring outside attorneys in lawsuits seeking to block the fall wolf hunt, enrollment in Wisconsin’s public schools does not rebound after a big dip last fall, and Rhinelander gets closer to its goal of transforming Hodag Park.
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After a 3 percent drop in enrollment last fall, enrollment at public schools fell by another 0.5 percent this year.
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After nearly a year without a permanent fire chief, the Rhinelander Fire Department will soon have a new leader. Brian Tonnancour accepted an offer for the position this morning.
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Dickinson County Health System plans to join Marshfield Clinic Health System, doctors make advancements in treating people with long-haul COVID and groups urge the Biden administration to shut down the Line 5 oil pipelines.
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Evers apologizes for Wisconsin’s role in Native American boarding schools, Sen. Ron Johnson visits the Northwoods, and Wisconsin Public Service warns of high natural gas prices.
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As COVID cases continue to rise in Northern Wisconsin, Johnson presented false and misleading information about the tool that most health professionals laud as the key to overcoming the pandemic — the vaccine.
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A preliminary report outlines what happened to cause a plane crash in Forest County, Minnesota stops importing deer to prevent the spread of CWD and local nursing home staff members are not getting vaccinated against COVID at the same rate as nursing home residents.
