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 photos and the poems that inspired them are on display now through May 20th at the Minocqua Public Library in the Reading Room. -
A year ago, the North Country Trail Association had major concerns about federal funding cuts and employees being laid off within the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. -
Social Prescribing is the practice of a health professional prescribing a patient a community activity or resource, the same way they’d prescribe pills or therapy -
The blizzard still impacting Northern Wisconsin brought record snowfall totals to some areas, most to the south of Rhinelander. -
Travel is not advised for some roads in the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s North Central Region -
The entire state is under some kind of warning or advisory for the snowstorm that is forecasted for Saturday night through Monday afternoon. -
Update: Historic totals of widespread 12–30"+ of snow likely, with the highest amounts north of HWY 29. Winds gusts 40–50+ mph will cause whiteouts and "near impossible" travel Sunday through Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service Green Bay. -
A former sawmill site in Vilas County is an opportunity for economic growth in Land O’Lakes.The owners of the old Nagel Mill are looking to re-develop the site. -
The two-year initiative will bring together industry leaders and other experts in the field to identify challenges and opportunities for the long-term success and health of Wisconsin’s forest and wood products sector. -
