A Resounding Finale

Karley Davidson wowed the crowd in closing out this season’s Hodag Park Concert Series on Tuesday evening, Sept. 8.

In it to win it

After nearly a two-year hiatus, the Rhinelander High School volleyball squad earned a Great Northern Conference win over Tomahawk Tuesday night at Hatchet Fieldhouse in Tomahawk.

RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Sept. 10

Boys’ soccer: Rhinelander 2, Medford 1 | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 7, Medford 0 | Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 136, Tomahawk 25; Rhinelander 134, Colby/Abbotsford 34

Hodags hitting reset button ahead of Mosinee game

Following a 42-point loss at home last Friday, coach Aaron Kraemer said the Rhinelander High School football team is hitting the reset button ahead of tonight’s Great Northern Conference contest at Mosinee.

Raiders run wild over RHS in GNC opener

Medford’s Will Wojcik rushed for 250 yards and five touchdowns, and the Raiders added another 201 yards on the ground, in a 62-20 victory over the Hodags in the Great Northern Conference opener.

Hodag soccer ties Mosinee, falls in PK shootout

Rhinelander played Mosinee to a scoreless draw at Mike Webster Stadium, but it was Mosinee that prevailed in PKs 4-3 after two of Rhinelander’s six attempts failed to find the target.

We remember 9/11

The shocking attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are unforgettable. Millions of Americans recall exactly where they were and what they were doing the moment they heard the United States was under attack.

PFAS study gets funding to proceed, Stella board hears at meeting

Nearly a year after hearing her presentation on a PFAS study she hoped to conduct, the Stella town board welcomed doctor Amy Schultz of UW-Madison to its latest monthly meeting Sept. 8. Schultz had received great news last week and was back to share it.

Hodag golfers finish sixth in Wisconsin Rapids

The Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team shot 229 on Tuesday as it came home sixth in the third leg of the Wisconsin Valley Conference golf tournament at Bullseye Golf Club in Wisconsin Rapids.

Sports Digest

Rhinelander’s Lamers selected for Positive Athlete award | RNC mountain bike team competes in season opener | Retzlaff 21st in Chase opener | Six new winners in Eagle River Speedway season finale

Daniels pleads guilty for part in Hodag Park shots, high-speed chase

A member of the trio of Crandon teens charged with allegedly shooting a firearm in Hodag Park and subsequently leading a chase of up to 100 mph with area law enforcement May 22 has pleaded guilty and been sentenced.

Weekly ‘Starting Point’ sessions begin Sept. 15

Beginning Sept. 15 and running throughout the fall, Saving Grace Lutheran Church in Enterprise will offer its “Starting Point” program for anyone interested in attending and learning more about their heavenly Father and His plans for them.

Trump orders review of wolf protections

President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Department of the Interior to determine whether gray and Mexican wolves have recovered sufficiently to remove them from federal Endangered Species Act protections, a move that drew enthusiastic support from Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany and a promise of litigation from major …

Deer archery and crossbow opens Saturday

The statewide archery and crossbow deer season begins tomorrow, Sept. 12 and concludes Jan. 3, 2027. On the Fall Hunting Forecast webpage distributed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), interim deer program specialist, Derek Johnson, said “the deer herd going into the fall looks to be strong and …

Heritage Quilt home safe on display in Enterprise after 50 years

It’s been a twisty trail downstate and back, but half a century after being awarded as the grand prize in the town of Enterprise’s Bicentennial celebration, the 100-inch-long, 60-inch-wide Heritage Quilt of Enterprise has returned home and been enshrined in a towering full-length display case in the Town of Enterprise …

The Best of us: 25 years later, reflecting on windows of hope

For those who remember the way savagery shattered serenity on Sept. 11, 2001, the last 25 years haven’t dimmed the memory of the evil that occurred that day. One remembers the photos of the missing, murdered plastered on Manhattan’s buildings and street poles and The New York Times obituaries — …

Carey M. Durkin

Carey M. Durkin, 50, of Rhinelander, passed away peacefully on September 7, 2026, surrounded by the people she loved most, following a long and courageous battle with cancer.

September 11 seems like yesterday in New York City

Smoke still rose from the ruins of the World Trade Center, and the smell of nearly 2,000 deaths lingered miles uptown. A reporter asked New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani whether he worried that the city’s Muslim neighborhoods would be attacked in revenge for that Islamist-inspired atrocity. Giuliani responded that he …

Remembering 9/11

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, shook the world and have continued to affect global politics and international relations well into the 21st century. While that impact was not on the minds of Americans in the early hours of Sept 11, this timeline of that fateful morning, courtesy of the …

President Bush addresses the nation

On the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, millions of Americans were struggling to make sense of the events that occurred earlier that day. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, Americans were forced to confront the unsettling reality that America was under attack.