Lighting up the longest night
A crowd watches the burning of a wooden sculpture during the Winter Solstice Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 21, at the Nicolet College Northwoods Community Gardens in Rhinelander.
Assume nothing
If the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team goes on to do big things over the final two thirds of the season, it can look back to the second half Monday night as the turning point.
Everest piles up goals early in win over Hodags
It took all of 53 seconds for the floodgates to open against the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team on Monday night, and the torrent continued through the first two periods.
Hodag Nordic kicks off season at WinMan
The Hodag Nordic Ski Team took part in its first race of the 2025-26 season Saturday, Dec. 20, competing in the WinMan Early Bird race at the WinMan Trails in Winchester.
Youth Sports Roundup
Rhinelander Wrestling Club hosts Arneson Memorial tourney | JV Hoops | Youth Skiing
WIAA task force conducts initial conference realignment review
The WIAA’s Conference Realignment Task Force assembled and reviewed submitted applications at the first meeting of the 2025-26 conference realignment process for all sports except football earlier this month.
Aspirus Rhinelander Clinic welcomes new CNM to women’s health team
Aspirus Rhinelander Clinic is pleased to announce that certified nurse midwife Laurie Buckman, CNM, APN, has joined the clinic’s women’s health team at the North Shore Drive location. With decades of experience in obstetrics, gynecology, and midwifery care, Buckman brings a patient-centered approach to empowering women throughout every stage of …
Rhinelander fire chief to resign
On Monday, Dec. 22, Rhinelander fire chief Brian Tonnancour tendered his letter of resignation to the city administrator, mayor, members of the Rhinelander city council as well as the city’s Police and Fire Commission. His resignation will be effective as of Jan. 16, 2026.
Ice conditions improving, caution still advised
While ice is still in its early stages of forming on area lakes, it’s getting to the point where people, in general, can ride snowmobiles and fish with less stress of falling through. However, anytime a person ventures onto hardwater, caution should be taken.
Could traditional food resource consumption put tribal communities at greater PFAS risks?
Gavin Dehnert of Wisconsin Sea Grant at the University of Wisconsin Madison was asked by the Voigt Intertribal Task Force to come look at contaminants found in the liver of several wolves found by the task force. This started some research into looking at more traditional food sources consumed by …
Federal jury convicts Dugan in immigration case
A federal jury has convicted Milwaukee County circuit judge Hannah Dugan of felony obstruction of federal immigration agents. Authorities accused Dugan of interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they attempted to arrest an illegal immigrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, at the Milwaukee County courthouse. Flores-Ruiz has since been deported.
Rhinelander District Library is more than just books
Gone are the days of only going to the library looking to read a good book or work on a public computer. There is so much more to today’s library. It helps saying ring true, “If you haven’t been to the library lately, you haven’t been to the library!”
River News: Our View
The Christmas season arrives every year with its stubborn insistence, quite like the sudden ringing of a bell on a quiet street, stopping us in our tracks to take a look around. It reminds us, with its cold weather and warm beverages, its white snow and bright lights, its soft …
Tiffany talks transparency as reader awaits action
To the Editor: I received an email from Rep. Tom Tiffany on Nov. 19. The subject line read, “Release the Epstein Files.” The body of it contained the same message as his social media post on the same topic, as follows: “I wanted to provide you with an update. This …
Rhinelander fends off Pines, remains unbeaten in GNC
Devon Feck and Mylo Albrecht both scored 24 points, but it was Feck’s Hodags that made more plays down the stretch as Rhinelander defeated Northland Pines 60-55 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
We wish you a merry Christmas
Second and third grade students perform from Northwoods Community Elementary School during their holiday concert in the John and Dori Brown Performing Arts Center at Rhinelander HIgh School Wednesday, Dec. 17.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Dec. 22
Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 50, Wis. Rapids Assumption 22 | Boys’ hockey: D.C. Everest 12, Rhinelander 0
