Arts & Culture

Local Features

In addition to the local news, WXPR Public Radio also likes to find stories that are outside the general news cycle... Listen below to stories about history, people, culture, art, and the environment in the Northwoods that go a little deeper than a traditional news story allows us to do. Here are all of the series we include in this podcast: Curious North, We Live Up Here, A Northwoods Moment in History, Field Notes, and Wildlife Matters.These features are also available as a podcast by searching "WXPR Local Features" wherever you get your podcasts.

Life is a grain of sand

WXPR | By miranda.vanderleest

Published September 19, 2016 at 3:00 PM CDT

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RJ with his sand art and stained glass jars

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Wendy and RJ working on their first big dream catcher

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One of RJ's first dream catchers

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RJ's first big dream catcher complete and on display at Colorama in St. Germain Sept. 17

Wendy Schmoll

An Eagle River man defied the odds when he was born clinically dead and wasn’t expected to live longer than a couple minutes. Now 20 year old RJ Schmoll is a high school graduate, a college student and a business man. WXPR’s Miranda Vander Leest has that story…

Visit Awesome Outcast's Facebook page to see RJ's work. RJ will be at Cranberry Fest October 1 & 2 selling his art.