20 episodes
Employed WXPR Public Radio
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- Society & Culture
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
Visitors to the shop floor at AirPro Fan in Rhinelander are greeted by a wall of sound and activity.