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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.

  1. 07/01/2021

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

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

    5 min

  2. 06/24/2021

    Northwoods Business Owners Look to Retire While Seeing Their Legacy Continue

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

    6 min

  3. 06/17/2021

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

    Blades of helicopters slice incessantly through the western Wisconsin sky.

    5 min

  4. 06/10/2021

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

    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.

    5 min

  5. 06/03/2021

    Wisconsin’s Uncertain Dairy Farm Future Elicits Ideas for Solutions

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

    5 min

  6. 05/27/2021

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

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

    5 min

  7. 05/20/2021

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

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

    5 min

  8. 05/13/2021

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

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

    6 min
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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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  • Creator
    WXPR Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
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    Employed