RHS Sports recap: Thursday, March 26

Softball: Rhinelander 7, Crandon 3; Crivitz 7, Rhinelander 1 | Track: RHS boys 2nd/9, girls 2nd/9, Northland Pines Indoor

Team preview: RHS Softball

While the Rhinelander High School softball team still has a way to go to contend with the top teams in the Great Northern Conference, 2025 was a significant step in the right direction.

N-Joying a game

Amber Scholten (left) and Ramona Randall share a laugh Wednesday, march 25 at the ADRC of Oneida County’s monthly bingo get-together. The lively event is open to the public.

RHS boys win two events, take fourth in Ashland

The Rhinelander High School boys’ track team was still missing a number of key pieces on Tuesday, but turned in a fourth-place performance in the eight-team Oredocker Large School Invitational in Ashland.

Hodag girls finish runners-up in Ashland

The Rhinelander High School girls’ track team got a number of pieces back in the lineup on Tuesday, and the results showed in the team standings.

Sports Digest

Hodag Hoops senior Devon Feck earns honorable mention all-state | RHS alum Joe Schneider earns WIAC pitcher of the week honors | Retzlaff nabs Darlington top 10

Spring practice notebook

Rhinelander High School started the baseball season with the first day of practice on Monday, March 23.

City Council OKs Messer Street Project expansion

Council members got the latest scoop on city projects galore at Monday’s Rhinelander Common Council meeting. Delivered by Mark Barden of Town and Country Engineering, the update filled much of the meeting, held at Rhinelander City Hall.

Team review: RHS gymnastics

Coach Kristina Aschenbrenner had a five-year plan to rebuild a Rhinelander High School gymnastics program that was struggling just to field a full lineup, let alone have success, when she took the reins.

Youth Sports Roundup

State-bound wrestlers | Short-handed middle school bowlers edge Wisconsin Rapids

Without debate, Oneida County rubber stamps push for new transportation funding

Oneida County supervisors have endorsed without debate a statewide campaign calling for additional transportation funding from the state, approving a resolution Tuesday that urges lawmakers to adopt a “sustainable” funding model for Wisconsin’s roads and bridges.

SDR board approves upgrades to tracks and tennis courts

Approvals of some six-digit purchases to benefit students both physically and mentally were among the highlights of Monday’s meeting of School District of Rhinelander school board, held at Rhinelander High School’s Superior Diesel Advanced Learning Center.

Extensive U.S. Highway 8 improvement project starts next month in Pelican

Next month a $6.2 million transformation will get underway for US 8, between highways 47 and 17 North, in the town of Pelican. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Thursday that Gov. Tony Evers has signed a $6.2 million contract for the construction project. Details such as staging, schedule, traffic …

Road and bridge repairs begin soon for U.S. 51 in Nokomis and Woodboro

To invest in Wisconsin’s transportation system, Gov. Tony Evers has signed a $2.8 million contract to improve U.S. Highway 51 between U.S. Highway 8 and County Highway L in the towns of Nokomis and Woodboro, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Friday, March 20. Work is scheduled to begin in …

Pine Lake eyes city’s water and sewer extension plan

A potential development’s impact to Shepard Lake Road’s right of way made for a lively discussion at the Pine Lake town board meeting on Wednesday, March 18. With chairman Jim Flory absent, the meeting at the Pine Lake Community Building was chaired by Tim Oestreich.

Commitment to readying youth for life after high school earns SDR and community the spotlight as national role model

Those in the School District of Rhinelander know it’s something special, with its above-and-beyond efforts in preparing youth for life after high school. Others have been taking notice, too — most recently Julie Anixter, an author who lives part-time in Three Lakes.

April 15 tax deadline approaching, use IRS free file to file a return

For 2026, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products through Internal Revenue Service (IRA) Free File to taxpayers with an Adjusted Gross Income of $89,000 or less in 2025.

Oneida/Vilas snowmobile season thrives with last two winters in rearview

The snowmobile seasons in Oneida and Vilas counties shined this winter season, the first in three years the Northwoods had an adequate amount of snow to support heavy influxes of snowmobilers.

The art of taxing fairly is messy

“The rich should pay their fair share of taxes.” Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions.

April events galore are on the way for adults and teens at the Rhinelander District Library

The Rhinelander District Library Adult Department has a full roster of events this April. From tech help to poetry, there's something for everyone!