Advantage, Hodags
Lindsey Hoerchler scored in the sixth minute and the goal held up as Rhinelander defeated reigning conference champion 1-0 in Minocqua.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, April 24
Girls’ soccer: Rhinelander 5, Medford 0 | Softball: Lakeland 1, Rhinelander 0 | Golf: Rhinelander 1st/8, Medford Invite | Track: RHS girls 1st/8, boys 2nd/8, Eagle Relays
Hodag netters fend of Lakeland 5-2 in GNC test
The Hodags swept doubles and picked up close wins in the bottom two singles flights to defeat Lakeland 5-2 in a GNC dual meet.
Mosinee snaps Hodag baseball’s win streak
Reigning GNC-champion Mosinee knocked off the lone remaining unbeaten in the GNC. Zach Nechuta tossed a one-hitter and a three-run first inning was enough for the Indians to get past Rhinelander 5-1 in Mosinee on Tuesday.
No. 2 Mosinee too much for Hodag fastpitch
The Rhinelander High School softball team couldn’t keep up with last year’s WIAA Division 2 state runner-up Tuesday, falling on the road to Mosinee 15-0 in Great Northern Conference play.
Science and smiles
Three-year-old Alexandrea Dunnuck looks at different objects under a microscope during the Earth Day Sustainability Fair on Tuesday, April 22, at Nicolet College in Rhinelander.
Sports Digest
Retzlaff scores runner-up finish at Rockingham | WIAA announces winter sportsmanship award winners
Headwaters Builders Association presents $500 grant to Three Lakes student
Joe Cordova and Ashley Favorite, board members of the Headwaters Builders Association (HBA), presented a $500 grant to Douglas Koshuta, a graduating senior at Three Lakes High School. The grant recognizes Douglas’ commitment to entering the skilled trades workforce after graduation.
CDACs to meet Tuesday evening in Vilas, Oneida
For the last several years, there has been a push by several counties in the Northern Forest deer management zone to return to habitat-based deer management units (DMUs). Similar management zones had been used for decades, up until just over a decade ago.
2025 RAFP annual spring challenge announcement
The Rhinelander Area Food Pantry (RAFP) is challenging local residents to contribute to the annual spring challenge. Two local families, who wish to remain anonymous, have agreed once again to make a partial match for all donations or pledges received from March 1 through April 30.
Oneida County resurrects youth governance program
It hasn’t been active for a few years, but with the informal approval of the Oneida County Board of Supervisors this past month, the county’s UW-Extension 4-H group will be revving up a program to allow area students to sit in on county meetings in a direct hands-on learning approach …
The Lake Where You Live
The fishing season opens next weekend. Have I looked forward to it? Of course, but that doesn’t mean I’ll actually fish. Opening day, for me, is more personal than a square on the calendar.
Oneida County law enforcement taking back unwanted prescriptions
On Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Three Lakes Police Department, the Rhinelander Police Department, the Minocqua Police Department and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Wisconsin Department of Justice will give the public another opportunity to prevent prescription …
Oneida County zoning will review parking restrictions
Beset over the years with complaints of unequal treatment, the Oneida County zoning department will undertake a review of county parking restrictions, especially waivers from compliance, at the request of zoning committee chairman and county board chairman Scott Holewinski.
‘Backyard Bugs and Beyond’
Here comes a hands-on, eye-opening introduction to the incredible world of insects, spiders, and other backyard invertebrates: the Fe University course “Backyard Bugs and Beyond! A Beginner’s Guide to Entomology” with Dr. Chenin Limback!
Preventing problems, not fanning flames
To the Editor: I have worked at the Oneida County Health Department as the Community Health Educator in the Reproductive Health/Women’s Clinic/Family Planning Program from 1982 until 2022. During this time I saw firsthand how the health department works with people and policies to protect the health of the entire …
It’s the economy. It’s the Economy.
Many in the Democratic base are frustrated that their party isn’t pounding away at Donald Trump over his attacks on the rule of law, academic independence and decency. That’s not quite the case. Democrats and others opposed to the president’s toxic agenda are seeing some success in the courts.
