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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This week, President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats to change Senate rules to push voting rights legislation through.Wisconsin’s two U.S. Senators have very different responses to the push.
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Marshfield Clinic says the emergency department has consistently scored high in patient surveys since opening in 2020 and has been ranked in the 99th percentile for the last six months among emergency departments regionally.
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The state is now training National Guard Members as nursing assistants to help fill staffing shortages at nursing homes and hospitals.
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Oneida, Vilas, and Forest counties will soon have a new resource for dementia patients and caregivers.
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The state is averaging more than 9,60 cases a day. That’s 3,000 more than the peak in November 2020.
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Statewide there’s 2,259 people currently hospitalized with COVID, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
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Vilas County wants to add another resource to fight drug addiction. It’s starting the process to create a drug court.
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Case numbers have more than tripled since mid-December.
