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Employed is a WXPR weekly reporting series focused on how the landscape of living, playing, and working in the Northwoods is changing.

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    These Two Local Families Chose Remote School Last Year. Their End Game was Far Different.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 5:02


    Last October, the end of the school year seemed a long way off for Rhinelander mother Leanne Vigue Miranda.

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    Northwoods Business Owners Look to Retire While Seeing Their Legacy Continue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 5:51


    Last week, Diane Dodge closed her doors for the last time as the owner of Diane's Frame Shoppe in downtown Rhinelander.

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    Forest County Drone Company Agrees to Military Deal, Takes Part in Disaster Simulation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 5:22


    Blades of helicopters slice incessantly through the western Wisconsin sky.

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    Surging Demand is Forcing Weinbrenner Shoes to Turn Away Customers, So It's Expanding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 5:14


    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 in Merrill.

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    Wisconsin's Uncertain Dairy Farm Future Elicits Ideas for Solutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 5:24


    Hans Breitenmoser Jr.'s mother and father came to northern Wisconsin as Swiss immigrants, searching for the American Dream.

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    AirPro, Other Local Manufacturers Plan to Expand. They Just Need Workers.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 5:13


    Visitors to the shop floor at AirPro Fan in Rhinelander are greeted by a wall of sound and activity.

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    Worker Shortage Leaves Northwoods Businesses Shorthanded and Wondering, Where are the Workers?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 5:08


    Walk into any restaurant in downtown Minocqua or Eagle River, and chances are it's understaffed.

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    A New Streetscape and New Businesses on 5th: Antigo Seeks to Revive Downtown

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 5:42


    A florist cuts lush, green stems to the proper bouquet length in a well-lit work area.

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    A Farm Reborn with a Purpose: Phillips Couple Grows CBD to Help Veterans Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 5:48


    On Tuesday, Joe Rivas walked up the creaky, wooden ramp to the hayloft of a decades-old, white-painted barn near Phillips.

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    The Pandemic Induced City Families to Escape to the Northwoods. They've Stayed.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 5:20


    Laura Boll, her husband, and their two young children thought the Northwoods would provide them a brief refuge.

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    Kwik Trip Craze: the Wisconsin Company's Rapid Northwoods Expansion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 5:23


    On Tuesday afternoon, Matt Ellingson walked out of the Kwik Trip on Rhinelander's east side with a few bottles of water and a snack from the store's roller grill.

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    Crazy Home Markets. New Direct Flights. Everyone, It Seems, Wants to Come North.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 5:59


    Realtor Lisa Alsteen shows off the features of a century-old four-bedroom house near the courthouse in Rhinelander.

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    Inspire Rhinelander Seeks to Connect Students to Careers in Local Workforce

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 4:55


    Population projections show our area is rapidly aging.

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    School-Sponsored eSports Boom as Place for Involvement, Teamwork, Even Scholarships

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 5:28


    On Wednesday afternoon, Zach Suchomel strategized with his four teammates in advance of a match of Smite, an online battle arena game.

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    The Pandemic Forced Farms, Restaurants to Offer Online Ordering. They Don't Regret It.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 5:31


    On Tuesday morning, Brendan Tuckey was putting the finishing touches on a germination incubator he built at his farm in Sugar Camp.

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    Chainsaw Carver, Coffee Bar Offer Template for Innovation Success at The GRID

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 5:16


    Nathan Nuszkiewicz's paintbrush is a chainsaw.

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    DNR Forestry's Fresh Look: a Rhinelander Headquarters and a New Chief State Forester

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 5:17


    Heather Berklund never envisioned herself as the Chief State Forester.

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    Local Casinos Open Again, But Tribal Economies Took Pandemic ‘Nosedive'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 5:47


    At Mole Lake Casino near Crandon, a machine greets visitors even before a person does.

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    Preserving Better Times at a Northwoods Clock Shop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 5:16


    It was 1957, and Rhinelander's Leona Forth laid eyes on Marv Schumacher for the first time.

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    Repurposing the Past: How Historic Buildings Look to Spark Growth in Mellen, Merrill

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 5:36


    The words “Mellen State Bank” are etched into the sandstone façade over which Jeff Peters ran his right hand on Tuesday.

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