RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, May 19
Track: RHS boys 1st/8, girls 1st/8, GNC Meet | Baseball: Rhinelander 13, Edgar 6 | Girls' soccer: Rhinelander 14, Antigo 0
A Cheerful Earful
Filling the air with a joyful noise at Rhinelander’s Trinity Lutheran May 14 are (l-r) Gail Maney (obscured), Kevin McSorley, Kathy Tromp, Bill Boldon and Kim Boldon. They’re part of the merry group known as the Hodag Ukers, who play at Grace Manor the first Thursday of the month, and …
Hodag track sweeps home invite
The Rhinelander High School track team had plenty of success Thursday, May 14 as it hosted its home invite. The Hodags are hoping for similar success at home this afternoon with the Great Northern Conference titles at stake.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, May 18
Baseball: Rhinelander 3, Lakeland 2 | Boys’ golf: Rhinelander 5th/8, GNC Meet No. 8
RHS tennis wins twice in home invite
The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team completed its final non-conference tune-up this past weekend at the RHS tennis courts prior to Thursday’s attempt at a historic Great Northern Conference 12-peat.
RHS baseball dealt first loss of season by Mosinee
The Rhinelander High School baseball team lost its first game of the season to the Mosinee Indians on May 14 by a score of 2-0. It was Mosinee’s 10th straight win after they started the season 2-5.
Hodag golfers locked in third entering GNC finale
Barring something unusual, the Rhinelander High School golf team went into yesterday’s scheduled Great Northern Conference tournament finale at Indianhead Golf Course in Mosinee knowing it would finish third in the final conference standings.
Grand opening of Vancos Family Splash Pad to be held May 22 at Hodag Park
The Kiwanis Club of Rhinelander, in partnership with the City of Rhinelander, is excited to announce the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Vancos Family Splash Pad at Hodag Park on Friday, May 22, at 1 p.m.
City Council approves TID 13 and amendment to TID 10, hears city infrastructure updates
Rhinelander is now just one Joint Review Board vote away from having a 13th Tax Incremental District (TID). TID 13, a mixed-use district of 25 contiguous parcels in the North Stevens Street area, with new residential development along with light industrial and commercial, received the approval of the Rhinelander Common …
Hodag softball looks toward regionals
After a lopsided loss to Mosinee at Haug Diamond Thursday, May 14, the Rhinelander High School softball team will now look to their first playoff game against Antigo on May 26.
Special Olympians compete at regional track meet
The Rhinelander Area 2-05 Special Olympics team competed Saturday, May 9 at the region 2/3 regional track and field event in Colby. Nine athletes competed, with results as follows:
Brewers vs. Mets bus trip offered through the Y
Join the YMCA of the Northwoods for a fun-filled summer day at the ballpark! The Y is hosting a comfortable coach bus trip to American Family Field on Wednesday, July 22 to watch the Milwaukee Brewers take on the New York Mets.
Newbold town board hears update on skyrocketing property values
Newbold is slated for revaluation next year — and its town board heard eye-opening news relating to it in Jef Muelver’s monthly town assessor report at its May 14 meeting. Muelver began by recapping the number of residential and commercial sales in the township in 2025: a total of 47.
Leadership Oneida County graduates 15th class
The Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce proudly announces the graduation of the 15th class of Leadership Oneida County. Seventeen new graduates of the program were recognized in a ceremony at Nicolet College on Thursday, May 14. These community and business leaders participated in monthly day-long activities September through May, and …
Nine-year sentence for Eagle River senior citizen said to use fentanyl ‘like cash’
A 75-year-old Eagle River woman has been sentenced to nine years in the Wisconsin prison system after having been found guilty of one count of possession with intent to deliver more than 50 grams of fentanyl as a party to a crime.
Oneida County panel forwards Stewardship land purchase
A divided Oneida County executive committee voted last week to send to the full county board a resolution of support for a proposed state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) land acquisition in the town of Minocqua, setting up a debate over development, public land ownership, taxes, recreation, and the future …
Lake Tomahawk asks county to shift RV-shop permit to CUP after resident pushback
The Lake Tomahawk town board on May 13 didn’t recommend approval of an administrative review permit (ARP) application, but instead agreed to send it to the county to see if it should be a conditional use permit (CUP) application.
Midges emerge in Northwoods
Joining the warmer weather, insects have started to emerge, and among them are various species of midges. The short-lived midges swarm along our lakes and provide an important food source for the rest of the environment.
Sunscreen under fire: Safety questions ignite an ‘anti-sunscreen’ movement
Statistics show that at least one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. I recently became that dreaded one out of five when my doctor came across a small basal cell cancer on my arm during a routine dermatology appointment.
