Katie Thoresen
News Director/Vice PresidentKatie Thoresen joined WXPR as the News Director in August of 2020. While new to WXPR, she's not new to Rhinelander. Katie previously worked for WJFW and has spent the last five years working in TV. She covers the news that matters to people in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula and takes a special interest in environmental and health care related stories.
Katie is happy to be back in the Northwoods after living in Oregon for two years. She grew up in Illinois and has spent her entire life visiting the area. Katie is a graduate of Central Michigan University. Outside of work you can find her on the hiking trails or out on the water.
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Administrators and staff from five local districts, Nicolet College, and CESA gathered in Rhinelander to talk about academic career planning. -
The Minocqua Police Department is looking for anyone who has done business recently with Relentless Precision and believes they may be missing property. -
Right now, tree pollen is the main one showing up in pollen counts. -
School libraries in Wisconsin are getting a record amount of funding this year from the Common School Fund. -
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Some communities in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula are dealing with failed culverts and roads deteriorating right now. -
Right now, more than 100,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the U.S.A local man who has seen the impact of organ donation first-hand is encouraging others to sign up to be an organ donor upon their death. -
The muskie fishing will open statewide on Saturday, May 2. -
Over the last decade, Wisconsin's spring electorate has shifted more liberal. -
The hall of fame was created in 1985 to recognize and encourage the growth and practice of a conservation ethic as a legacy for the people of the State.
