RHS baseball sweeps Tomahawk

The offense of the Rhinelander High School baseball team proved two runs too many for the Tomahawk Hatchets in each game of their back-to-back series Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1.

Odin hangs up his badge

A number of people were on hand Friday, May 1 as Rhinelander Police Department K9 officer Odin has his retirement ceremony at Rhinelander City Hall. “Odin has been a member of our department for nearly eight years with his first day on the road being September 24, 2018,” the Rhinelander …

RHS Sports recap: Monday, May 4

Baseball: Rhinelander 9, Wausau East 2 | Boys’ tennis: Rhinelander 1-1, D.C. Everest Triangular

Packed defenses ‘frustrating’ Hodag soccer

The way the Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer offense feels at the moment is a bit like someone already running late, and getting held up by rush hour traffic.

Track squads third in Kaukauna Invite

The Rhinelander High School track team tested itself Friday in cool conditions in a championship-style meet against a number of Division 1 and 2 programs.

Six seniors sign in Hodag celebration

As part of the senior signing day festivities at Rhinelander High School Thursday, April 30, six members of the RHS senior class shared with their families, friends and classmates their intentions to continue following their athletic passions at the collegiate level.

Hodag netters have winning weekend at Wausau West

The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team went 3-2 in its matches Friday and Saturday in the Wausau West Invitational.

Weather plagues RHS golfers during long week

The Rhinelander High School golf team battled Mother Nature all of last week. She finally won out on Friday.

‘It just took a little bit of time’

In May of 2023, Nicolet College hosted one of the 3/4 scale, traveling versions of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Casey Lehmann, an eight year veteran of service in the Wisconsin Army National Guard (WIARNG) that included a 2003-04 deployment to Iraq with the WIARNG’s 724th Engineer Battalion , is the …

Youth in Governance Program open to teens in Oneida County

Oneida County 4-H is now inviting high school students from throughout Oneida County to apply for the 2026 Oneida County Youth in Governance Program, a hands-on civic leadership experience that places teens directly on Oneida County Board committees as youth representatives.

One inning spoils late-game comeback from Hodag softball

The Rhinelander High School softball team was again plagued by one inning of breakaway scoring by the opposition, this time coming from the Tomahawk Hatchets at Tomahawk High School on April 30. Even after a late rally by the Hodags, the Hatchets had enough of a buffer early in the …

Aspirus fires vice president over assassination post

The escalating fallout from a Minocqua brewery owner’s social media post appearing to celebrate an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has now cost a senior Aspirus Health executive his job and drawn sharp responses from local officials, tourism leaders, and federal law enforcement.

Free city-wide cleanup coming May 15-16

Bring your used to be loved, but are no longer needed items to the Rhinelander City Shop on May 15 and 16, and the city will dispose of them for free. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 15 and 7 a.m. to noon …

Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital nurse earns DAISY award

Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital has honored Claire Horant, RN, with the DAISY award for extraordinary nurses in recognition of her commitment and patient-centered approach to care, the health care provider announced.

Charges mount for Florence woman, now facing fines up to $110,500 if convicted on drug, other charges

A preliminary hearing date of May 14 has been set at the Oneida County Courthouse for a Florence woman charged with multiple drug-related felonies from October 2025 to March of this year, as well as bail-jumping and shoplifting charges.

Chicago man found guilty in 2024 Woodruff armed robbery

A Chicago man will be sentenced next month for his role in an armed robbery in the area of Thies Road and Lorann Drive in Woodruff in mid-January, 2024. As part of a plea agreement, Oscar Resendiz, 34, was found guilty in Oneida County court by Oneida County judge Mary …

State files suit against LdF Tribe for fishing regulations on reservation lakes

The state of Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit against the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians because of fishing regulations the tribe enacted which disallow non-tribal members from targeting walleyes and muskies on nearly 20 lakes within the reservation and banning non-tribal members from using forward trolling …

Oneida County Court Report

The following cases were recently filed or heard in Oneida County Circuit Court from April 14 to April 20:

Volunteers credited for successful year in free tax assistance

To the Editor: I would like to thank all the volunteers, sites, and site personnel that helped make this tax season a success. We completed 1,289 tax returns, up from 1,144 last year. We saved our clients $193,350.00 in tax prep fees and got them $1,499,589.00 back in refunds, up …

The Ballroom amounts to taxpayer abuse

Some years ago, I was president of an organization called the Association of Opinion Journalists. Every year we would run a convention in a different city and end it with a celebration in the hotel’s ballroom space. Our speaker on that closing night was usually some well-known political opinionator.