Mini-monster of a puzzle
Navigating 195 near-microscopic pieces, Micah Parsons, 12, assembles a mini-block kit depicting a firey orange dragonet during the Rhinelander District Library’s dino kit-building event for teens on Aug. 18.
Stronger than iron
Rowan Wiczek caught two touchdowns passes from Abe Gretzinger, and the Hodags rallied for 20 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the Oredockers 20-7 in the season opener at Weikal Field.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Aug. 24
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 2-1, Wausau West Invite
Team preview: RHS girls’ swimming
Led by a group of seven seniors — including five returning state qualifiers — the Hodags continue to have high aspirations. This group has been a part of the last three of Rhinelander’s eight straight Great Northern Conference and sectional titles, and has never finished lower than third in the …
Team Preview: RHS volleyball
After a season filled with numerous types of adversity, the Rhinelander High School volleyball team looks to improve during its 2026 campaign. That process began with a four-match scrimmage at Northland Pines on Saturday.
Team preview: RHS boys’ soccer
While the Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team took its lumps last year, going 1-13-4 in head coach John Vojta’s first season, the Hodags played markedly better during the second half of the campaign.
It’s STEAM September in Rhinelander library children’s department
Here are this month’s special events in the Children’s Department at Rhinelander District Library:
Thom: RHS facility improvements on schedule, ribbon cutting set for Sept. 21
With Sept. 21 set for the gala ribbon-cutting for referendum-funded improvements at Rhinelander High School, Bob Thom’s update on the construction project’s budget status and funding was one of the highlights of the School District of Rhinelander school board’s Aug. 17 meeting.
Hodag girls’ tennis goes undefeated in home quad
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team enjoyed some home cooking on Friday, breezing past a trio of opponents in the Hodag Quadrangular at the RHS tennis courts.
Hodag golfers take 5th in first conference match
The Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team experienced a little bit of success Thursday, Aug. 20 as it played in its first ever conference tournament match.
Dishaw nabs B-Mod win at Eagle River
Defending track champion Dave Dishaw passed hometown driver Ryan Brown for the lead with two laps to go and went on to capture his second B-Modified feature win of the year at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday, Aug. 18.
City of Rhinelander’s 2026-2027 bow hunt to begin Sept. 12
The City of Rhinelander is renewing the Bow Hunt for deer within city limits for the 2026-2027 season. The bow season will open on Sept. 12 and run until Jan. 3, 2027. It was approved this year that the bow hunt will continue through the nine-day gun season, muzzleloading season …
Help at home for anxious students
With school’s start looming less than two weeks away, the fun of summer is receding, and some students’ anxiety is surging. More than half of Wisconsin students experience anxiety, the Department of Public Instruction has found. In its 2023 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey, conducted every other year, 51.6 percent …
New assistant fire chief chosen for Rhinelander
Seven months without an assistant fire chief have ended in Rhinelander. At its Aug. 17 meeting, the city’s police and fire commission conducted final interviews for the role and have selected Jonathan Stone.
Crescent board aims to improve Squash Lake boat landing by Labor Day
At the Aug. 13 meeting of the Crescent town board, there was little to report on plans to improve the Squash Lake boat landing, but the time to go forward is coming.
Wisconsin school funding nears historic highs
Wisconsin’s public schools are receiving levels of revenue per student close to historically high levels, according to a recent analysis by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, which argues that the numbers refute recurring claims that the state has chronically underfunded public education.
Brown named Lynne town chairman, doesn’t intend to seek re-election
Two months after Jeff Viegut gave his notification he was planning to resign as Lynne’s town chairman effective July 31, a successor has been named. Town supervisor Jeff Brown was appointed to the position during the Aug. 12 town board meeting.
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Aug. 21
Football: Rhinelander 20, Ashland 7 | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 3-0, Hodag Quad
Pigskin preview Week 1: Rhinelander at Ashland
The 2026 season opens for the Rhinelander High School football team tonight in a matchup of two teams that made the playoffs last season, and would like to do even better this year.
