Episodes

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

    These Two Local Families Chose Remote School Last Year. Their End Game was Far Different.
    Jul 1 2021
    Last October, the end of the school year seemed a long way off for Rhinelander mother Leanne Vigue Miranda.
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    5 mins
  • Northwoods Business Owners Look to Retire While Seeing Their Legacy Continue

    Northwoods Business Owners Look to Retire While Seeing Their Legacy Continue
    Jun 24 2021
    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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    6 mins
  • Forest County Drone Company Agrees to Military Deal, Takes Part in Disaster Simulation

    Forest County Drone Company Agrees to Military Deal, Takes Part in Disaster Simulation
    Jun 17 2021
    Blades of helicopters slice incessantly through the western Wisconsin sky.
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    5 mins
  • Surging Demand is Forcing Weinbrenner Shoes to Turn Away Customers, So It’s Expanding

    Surging Demand is Forcing Weinbrenner Shoes to Turn Away Customers, So It’s Expanding
    Jun 10 2021
    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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    5 mins
  • Wisconsin’s Uncertain Dairy Farm Future Elicits Ideas for Solutions

    Wisconsin’s Uncertain Dairy Farm Future Elicits Ideas for Solutions
    Jun 3 2021
    Hans Breitenmoser Jr.’s mother and father came to northern Wisconsin as Swiss immigrants, searching for the American Dream.
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    5 mins
  • AirPro, Other Local Manufacturers Plan to Expand. They Just Need Workers.

    AirPro, Other Local Manufacturers Plan to Expand. They Just Need Workers.
    May 27 2021
    Visitors to the shop floor at AirPro Fan in Rhinelander are greeted by a wall of sound and activity.
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    5 mins
  • Worker Shortage Leaves Northwoods Businesses Shorthanded and Wondering, Where are the Workers?

    Worker Shortage Leaves Northwoods Businesses Shorthanded and Wondering, Where are the Workers?
    May 20 2021
    Walk into any restaurant in downtown Minocqua or Eagle River, and chances are it’s understaffed.
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    5 mins
  • A New Streetscape and New Businesses on 5th: Antigo Seeks to Revive Downtown

    A New Streetscape and New Businesses on 5th: Antigo Seeks to Revive Downtown
    May 13 2021
    A florist cuts lush, green stems to the proper bouquet length in a well-lit work area.
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    6 mins