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Local news for Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Voters in the Northland Pines School District approved a three-year referendum on Tuesday’s ballot, while voters in other districts narrowed the fields for mayors and county board supervisors. Meanwhile Gov. Tony Evers touted Wisconsin’s economic recovery in his State of the State address. And Boulder Junction has decided its time for a news playground.

The Community Blood Center and Blood Center of North Central Wisconsin combine resources. A Rhinelander teacher and high school students sit before the Assembly Education Committee in support of a bill requiring financial literacy education. Then, Wisconsin’s spring election is approaching. We discuss what to expect on ballots across the Northwoods.

Wisconsin cancels its fall wolf hunt after the animal is relisted on the federal endangered species list. Wisconsin’s spring primary is tomorrow. A divided state Supreme Court decides absentee ballot drop boxes will be illegal after the primary. And Iron River’s Nick Baumgartner won gold at the mixed team snowboard cross event in the Beijing Olympics over the weekend.

Wisconsin’s Senate votes on measures to push back against COVID-19 vaccine requirements, while more locally, the Wausau School Board votes to draw back masking requirements. Then, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe partners with Rosetta Stone to develop a language learning program. And a Rhinelander church is using an air sensor to teach the public about the impact of climate change on the Northwoods.

Wisconsin’s 2022 State of the Tribes address tackled a number of issues in the state, including voting rights and environmental issues. Meanwhile, Wisconsin’s Senate passed a package of Republican-authored voting changes and bills designed to force more people into the workforce. Governor Tony Evers is expected to veto both. Then, a new study finds lead poisoning is widespread in bald and golden eagle populations across the country.

Local news for Friday, February 25th.

A conservation warden’s role consists of many things.

Wisconsin union members rallied over the weekend in protest of Oshkosh Corp.’s decision to build USPS delivery vehicles in South Carolina instead of Wisconsin. Meanwhile, many Northwoods communities are struggling to recruit EMTs. One fire department is hoping to fix that. Then, a new report finds more than 1,000 Wisconsin children lost a caretaker to COVID-19. Finally, as state lawmakers discuss setting new standards for PFAS, some communities in north-central Wisconsin are testing for the chemicals for the first time.

Masking is no longer strongly recommended in most of the Northwoods, according the CDC’s revised guidelines. Schools are adjusting mask policies on buses in accordance with the update. Then, the GOP-ordered investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election is set to be released soon. And the Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill to strip university administrators of qualified legal immunity in cases regarding free speech. Finally, Rheinlander High School students are looking for charities to participate in their new Hodag Cares program.