Local Features

WXPR Public Radio

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.

  1. 09/23/2021

    The fight continues: slimy water, dam disagreements, and politics on Dead Pike Lake

    Dead Pike Lake, a sparsely-populated lake in Vilas County, has been the source of contention for years. Now, it has gotten political.

    6 min

  2. 09/22/2021

    1894 train robbery turned tragic accident in the Northwoods

    Railroad accidents were common in the late nineteenth century. Because safety was an issue, some train robbers in the Northwoods thought they could use it to their advantage.

    4 min

  3. 09/15/2021

    Log Jam at Grandfather Falls

    The Wisconsin River is a tamed river, but in the past, before the dams, the river ran wild, and loggers found Grandfather Falls near Merrill to be a difficult obstacle to overcome.

    3 min

  4. 09/10/2021

    From Seed to Soup: What it's Like to Harvest Wild Rice

    Tribal members from the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe are getting ready to harvest wild rice from the lakes of Northern Wisconsin. But this year, there's less rice to be found.

    5 min

  5. 09/09/2021

    P.O.W. from Rhinelander in Japanese Occupied Hong Kong

    Matthew Stapleton was head of one of Rhinelander’s oldest and most distinguished families. Stapleton settled in Rhinelander in 1883 and worked as an overseer of the Brown Brothers’ boom operation. In 1904 he was elected mayor of Rhinelander and later went on to serve as postmaster. Despite all that, it was his daughter Beatrice who made history during World War II.

    5 min

  6. 09/09/2021

    It’s ‘raining PFAS,’ even in remote areas of the Upper Peninsula

    Atmospheric PFAS is falling as rain even far away from industrial sites. Plus, a nonprofit has identified 42,000 places in the U.S. as possible PFAS sites.

    5 min

  7. 09/02/2021

    National Forest Withdraws Maintenance, Closes Some Campgrounds, Frustrating Longtime Visitors

    Ambling down a path through the forest to a serene lake, Greg Krueger explains why he likes this area.

    5 min

  8. 09/01/2021

    The Mill Strike of 1892 and the Origins of Organized Labor in Rhinelander

    Organized labor’s campaign for a ten-hour workday gained momentum in the 1870s and 1880s. The often-violent response to union demands in places like Chicago and Milwaukee served to make the public more open to union ideas. The Northwoods was slow to accept the inevitable, but by 1892 the push for a ten-hour workday hit Rhinelander.

    4 min
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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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  • Creator
    WXPR Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2021
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Local Features