Erin Gottsacker
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Radio reporter for The Ohio Newsroom. Previously @WXPR and @PeaceCorps Ethiopia. Seeking small town stories. Reach me: [email protected].
Joined August 2015
RT @LucyMayCincy: In Ohio health care deserts, schools step up - via @erin_gottsacker
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The pandemic exacerbated rural mental health care gaps. A state program is trying to help.
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RT @WisConVoices: Do you know about the network of tribal nations who are bringing bison from the national parks to tribal lands, including….
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The Forest County Potawatomi Community is quickly expanding its bison herd. It has received 40 bison in the past few months. Two Yellowstone bulls arrived just last week.
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RT @NNNnativenews: The Watersmeet Township School District in Michigan’s UP is bringing #Ojibwe language and culture into the classroom. Mo….
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RT @WXPR: Northern Wisconsin has been a summer vacation haven for decades. Now, it’s even more popular. But while visitors flock to lakesi….
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Northern Wisconsin has been a summer vacation haven for decades. Now, it’s even more popular. But while visitors flock to lakeside towns, some locals wonder how many more tourists the region can...
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Last weekend I went spearing with members of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe tribe. Their ancestors have caught fish like this for hundreds of years. Now tribal leaders are making sure the traditions live on by teaching kids.
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The practice of spearing has evolved over time, but it has not disappeared. Tribal leaders want to make sure it never does.
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A shift is underway in small towns across the country as remote workers move in and drive house prices up. I went to Ironwood, a small town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, to report on this story for NPR’s @MorningEdition. Listen on your member station!
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An increasing number of people are moving to small towns in rural America to, in part, take advantage of cheaper housing. But some local residents and long-term renters are being forced out.
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RT @WXPR: Rhinelander Mayor Chris Frederickson has declared a winter snow emergency from 5 p.m. today through 5 p.m. Saturday. The streets….
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Rhinelander Mayor Chris Frederickson has declared a winter snow emergency for a 24 hour period from 5 p.m. Friday through 5 p.m. Saturday. The streets must be clear of vehicles during that time.
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RT @WXPR: “It’s the spirit of the struggle. It’s the spirit of the battle. It’s the spirit of recovery."
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Antonio Alvarez and David Turney designed and painted the mural to inspire each other and others who go through the Vilas County Jail’s Readiness for Recovery program.
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RT @WXPR: When tribal leaders from the Forest County Potawatomi Community started a farm, they had no idea the world would soon face a pand….
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When tribal leaders from the Forest County Potawatomi Community started a farm, they had no idea the world would soon face a pandemic. But that’s what happened, and the farm proved to be a valuable...
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RT @BenMeyer715: Our investigation has found Vilas Co. Board Chair Ron De Bruyne is costing the county experienced employees through his “a….
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RT @WPR: For an increasing number of northeastern Wisconsin residents, housing is taking a bigger chunk of their income as rents and home p….
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Amber Edwards spent most of the last three years trying to find a place she could afford to live. In 2018, Edwards’ landlord told her the Green Bay duplex where […]
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RT @NaomiKowles: I've spent months pouring over hate crime investigation reports in Wisconsin. A rise in reported hate and dozens of cases….
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News 3 Now Investigates found nearly 200 investigations based either partly or completely on hate in the last three years.
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RT @robertmentzer: The “Community for All” resolution was voted down last week at the Marathon County Board’s executive committee. The New….
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In Wausau, Wis., the county board has debated a resolution aimed at embracing inclusion for nearly a year, with no agreement. Racial tensions that had simmered beneath the surface are now roiling the...
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Loved getting to go frog listening for this story!.
“This is really special. I think we’re getting both the chorus of the peepers and the chorus of the boreals,” Dorothy Skye said. As a volunteer for the DNR, she spends one evening each month of spring listening for different frog and toad species.
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RT @NPR: Knowing what to recycle is confusing. With 11,000 programs in the U.S., recycling varies from one community to the next. For Eart….
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Knowing what to recycle is confusing. Here's a look at the process, from store to recycling facility.
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I live right next to a lake and I have been enjoying the ~very cool~ sound of melting ice for the past few weeks. If you’ve never heard melting ice groaning and popping before, this is worth a listen!
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After a winter of heavy snow blanketing the woods creating a peaceful silence, the sounds of spring can be almost deafening.Birds return. Frogs wake from…
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RT @WXPR: Laona, Three Lakes and Crandon school districts all stopped requiring masks following the state Supreme Court ruling overturning….
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Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Gov. Evers statewide mask mandate, face coverings are still required at many stores, like Aldi, Pick 'n…
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RT @BenMeyer715: Good evening. With dozens of races across the Northwoods, I'll be updating results all night. Head to .
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Wisconsin voters are selecting a new State Superintendent of Public Instruction and choosing candidates in many local elections across the Northwoods,…
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“Somebody in this industry is making literally a price-gouging killing, but as logging contractors, we’re paid less now than when that piece of plywood was eight bucks a sheet," Matt Jensen says.
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From home renovations to home building, the pandemic pushed people to start projects.But not all of those projects are cheap – especially if they require…
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RT @WXPR: “As state superintendent, I would prioritize rural school districts and making sure I’m visible in all corners of the state," Und….
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On Tuesday Wisconsin voters will take to the polls to decide Wisconsin’s next top education official.Two candidates are vying for the position – former…
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