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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Right now, there is a critical need for blood donations in the Northwoods.Summer can be a difficult time of year for donation centers. -
The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office arrested seven people who are charged in a conspiracy to transport and distribute fentanyl in the Rhinelander area. -
At least one person has died, and three others have been hospitalized this summer with the Powassan Virus disease.While the tick-borne illness is still rare in Wisconsin, the state department of health services is urging health care providers to be on the lookout for signs of it. -
Wisconsin will be getting a state film office and will start offering tax credits to filmmakers. -
In WXPR’s new seasonal series “Rooted Up North”, we’re highlighting our local farmers markets and sharing what you’ll be able to find. -
Every year, fireworks send thousands of children in the U.S. to the emergency department. -
The impacts of shoreline development is well documented.It can lead to habitat loss, shoreline erosion, decline in fish populations, and increased algal blooms among other issues.But a remaining question is can those declines be reversed if shoreline is restored? That’s what some researchers in Vilas County are trying to figure out. -
Nineteen people have been killed in ATV and UTV crashes so far this year, their ages range from just 10 years old to 97. -
The Vilas County Health Department issued a health advisory for Big Arbor Vitae Lake Beach.There’s currently a blue-green algae bloom near the beach off Buckhorn Road. -
The Wisconsin DNR, with funding from the EPA, is expanding PFAS testing of private wells in Oneida County.
