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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The practice of forest bathing is designed to increase some of those benefits of being in nature by experiencing it with intention. -
The County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a data center moratorium until regulations for them can be drawn up. -
Wildfires in northern Minnesota burned more than 66,000 acres since a lightning storm started several major fires in July.Smoke from these fires contributed to our hazardous air quality last month.Firefighting efforts and recent rainfall have helped greatly reduce fire activity. -
To get these benefits, meals don’t need to be elaborate or formal. -
In this episode of All Things Outdoors, we share some less common ways of exploring state public lands. -
Developers, contractors, city and county leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of Riverview Senior Housing in Rhinelander. -
Fred Clark wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District. -
More than 1,500 people in Rhinelander voted in Tuesday’s primary. -
There were only a couple of county-level contested races in the Northwoods. -
Wisconsin voters will decide another high-profile clash between the party’s establishment and progressive wings in a gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.
