RHS Sports recap: Friday, Dec. 19

Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 60, Northland Pines 55 | Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 54, Northland Pines 25 | Wrestling: RHS girls 9th/22, boys 21st/25, Hodag Scramble

Feck’s career-high 25 leads Hodag Hoops past Warriors 61-38

A Hodag team that struggled to find its stroke in games the previous week looked like its old self again on Tuesday night. Devon Feck scored a career-high 25 points and the Hodags were 46% from the floor in a 61-38 victory over Wausau West in non-conference play at the …

Canon soloists

Max Nelson performs a solo next to fellow soloist Mareta Lammert-Levan as the Rhinelander High School Concert Chorale and Ensemble Singers perform “The First Noel/Pachelbel’s Canon” during the RHS winter choir concert at the John and Dori Brown Performing Arts Center Monday, Dec. 15.

RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Dec. 18

Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 115, Tomahawk 43 | Gymnastics: Ashland, Lakeland at Rhinelander, ppd. | Boys’ wrestling: Rhinelander at Mosinee, ppd.

Hodag gymnasts open season with best score since 2012

The Hodags came out of the gates strong at home Saturday, Dec. 13, posting a score of 125.65 points as they took third in the Snowflake Invitational at the YMCA of the Northwoods.

RHS swimmers down Lakeland, finish second at Hodag Relays

The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team continued the busy first half of its season with two meets over the course of four days. After taking second at its home relay meet on Saturday, Dec. 13, Rhinelander returned to GNC play on Tuesday where it took care of a short-handed …

Lady Hodags fall to No. 9 SPASH on the road

The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team couldn’t keep up with one of the state’s best Division 1 programs on Tuesday night, falling to Stevens Point 61-32 in a non-conference matchup in Stevens Point.

Antigo pulls away in second period, downs Hodag hockey 6-2

The Hodags showed flashes Tuesday night, but three unanswered second-period goals by Antigo allowed to Red Robins to create some separation and skate away with a 6-2 win in a Great Northern Conference contest in Antigo.

Rhinelander tourism committee funds several projects with room tax money

It was grant awarding time for the Rhinelander tourism and marketing committee at its Dec. 15 meeting. The committee was tasked with more grant application asks than they had money to give out. This would mean they would need to make the difficult decision to either not fund some projects …

Hodag girls finish sixth in first GNC/WVC Challenge

The Rhinelander High School girls’ wrestling team got its first taste of conference competition on Tuesday as it took part in the first round of the Great Northern/Wisconsin Valley Conference challenge series in Wausau.

Boys’ wrestlers take 18th in Crandon

The Hodag boys’ wrestling team had a mix of varsity and JV competitors Saturday, Dec. 13 as it finished 18th out of 21 teams in the Rebel Invite hosted by the Laona/Wabeno/Three Lakes co-op at the Forest County Potawatomi Community Center in Crandon.

Youth Sports Roundup

RBA hosts girls’ basketball tournament | JV gymnasts 4th at Snowflake

Comeback nets Eagle co-op first win of the season

A comeback effort provided the Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op its first win of the season on Tuesday.

Hodag bowlers split D9 matches

The Rhinelander varsity bowling team finished split a pair of close decisions, defeating Merrill/Tomahawk 5-4 before losing to Wittenberg-Birnamwood by the same margin Sunday, Dec. 14 in the second round of Wisconsin High School Bowling Club District 9 play at Dale’s Weston Lanes.

Hodag powerlifters win in Ashland

The Rhinelander High School powerlifting club swept the boys’ and girls’ competitions in a Wisconsin High School Powerlifting Association Region Six meet in Ashland Saturday, Dec. 13. The Hodag boys won with 108 points and the girls won with 96 points.

Oneida County snowmobile trails open today

The Oneida County snowmobile trail system opens today at noon. On Dec. 16, the county’s forestry, land and recreation department issued a public service announcement (PSA), after the snowmobile council voted that afternoon, warning that while the trails are set to open, all lake and river trails in the county …

Zoning committee votes to extend permits to three years

The Oneida County planning and development committee has voted unanimously to change the county’s zoning ordinance to address practical delays faced by property owners during construction, as well as to tighten rules that enable zoning scofflaws to continue obtaining zoning permits.

Wolf advisory committee updates prompt questions from Conservation Congress

The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) wolf advisory committee met this month at the Mead Wildlife Area in Milladore to hear updates on wolf management efforts in the state, including progress on the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) re-established wolf advisory committee.

River News: Our View

At a Dec. 4 Oneida County Public Works Committee meeting, during which the county’s disastrous response to the season’s first major snowfall was discussed, supervisor Billy Fried uttered what may have been the most revealing sentence of the entire 45-minute deliberation.

Patricia Ann “Patsy” (Bray) Rollins

Patricia Ann “Patsy” Rollins, 72, of Rhinelander, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 14, 2025. Patsy was the undeniable foundation of the Rollins family, the glue that held everything together and, famously, the only person on earth who could truly control her husband, Stephan. She was genuine, fiercely …