Local Features
Local features from the Northwoods of Wisconsin. As reported by WXPR 91.7. Catch the entire archive in addition to daily news stories at https://www.wxpr.org/topic/local-features.
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Last October, the end of the school year seemed a long way off for Rhinelander mother Leanne Vigue Miranda.“I live day by day because, otherwise, that…
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Summer is camping season, and Summer Camps in the Northwoods are guiding young people to embrace an appreciation for the outdoors. One of the more storied…
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Are we ready to give our children the tools they will need to face environmental challenges in the future, or are the tools we’ve always used good enough…
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Last week, Diane Dodge closed her doors for the last time as the owner of Diane’s Frame Shoppe in downtown Rhinelander.She’s owned and operated the frame…
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Indigenous people have made significant contributions to every war the United States has ever fought. In twentieth-century conflicts, we often hear about…
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Here in Wisconsin, almost all our snakes are non-venomous, and rely on deceptive defense measures to scare off potential threats. The eastern hognose is…
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Blades of helicopters slice incessantly through the western Wisconsin sky.“Security Forces is finding people in a search and rescue exercise. They’re…
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Summer is baseball season, and many Northwoods residents enjoy playing the game in local leagues or watching professionals on television. A few of those…
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Full hides of brown and black leather are draped over a cart and wheeled by a worker from place to place in the maze-like Weinbrenner Shoe Company factory…
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One of the more colorful aspects of Northwoods history is that 1930s-era gangsters such as Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, and John Dillinger spent time in…