Founded in 1932 and dissolved in 1970, its member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Birnamwood, Rosholt, Tigerton and Wittenberg were all members of the conference's Northern Section and were joined by Mattoon to form a five-member circuit.
[3] The Wolf River Valley Conference would compete with this membership roster for just over a decade before Wittenberg left to compete as an independent in 1948,[4] leaving the conference with seven members.
In the 1960s, rural school district consolidation began to take its toll on Wolf River Valley Conference membership.
[6] Mattoon followed them out in 1962 as their district was consolidated into Antigo of the Wisconsin Valley Conference.