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Before logging, the area that would become Hayward was a forest of pine and hardwoods cut by rivers and lakes. [9] In later years Ojibwe people dominated the area along with much of northern Wisconsin, [10] until the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters, when they ceded it to the U.S. [11]
The new commissioners were instrumental in a series of new legislation regulating hours, wages, and employment conditions. They established free employment services in Milwaukee, Superior, La Crosse, and Oshkosh. They passed the nation's first modern apprenticeship law, incorporating area vocational schools, training 625 apprentices in the ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,350 square miles (3,500 km 2), of which 93 square miles (240 km 2) (6.9%) are covered by water. [10] It is the fifth-largest county in Wisconsin by land area.
WEDC was established in 2011 during the tenure of Gov. Scott Walker to replace the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.The impetus for WEDC resulted from a 2010 report titled “Be Bold Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Competitiveness Study” that recommended a non-political authority be created to design and deliver a statewide economic development strategy.
The Rhinelander School District serves the area. Zion Lutheran School is a Christian Pre-K-8 school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Rhinelander. [20] Nativity of our Lord Catholic School is a pre-K-8 school of the Diocese of Superior. [21] The Lake Julia campus of Nicolet Area Technical College is located just outside Rhinelander.
Total employment in the county grew 1% from 2016 to 2017. From 2017 to 2018, employment shrank 0.12%, another 0.03% from 2018 to 2019, and another 7.12% from 2019 to 2020 for three consecutive years of contraction. The decrease in employment from 2019 to 2020 was the largest experienced in the county since at least 1976.