Volunteers needed to light up Hodag Park
Help decorate Hodag Park for December’s Lights of the Northwoods! Volunteers are needed every Saturday in October and November.
Guilfoyle never mastered the art of the shakedown
About three weeks before Republicans expect an electoral beating, Donald Trump had to get rid of Kimberly Guilfoyle, his ambassador to Greece. He simply had to.
Richard “Dick” James Johns
Richard “Dick” James Johns passed away October 12th at the Wisconsin VA Home in King. He was 93. Dick was born on February 19, 1933 in Rhinelander to Evan and Mabel Johns. Dick was affectionately known by many as “The Mayor.”
Ride safe
To the Editor: While doing some after supper, early evening shopping these last few 80 degree days I have noticed many young people out getting in some bike riding. The weather has been perfect and traffic is reduced to, supposedly, make it safer. However I also noticed that virtually none …
Bureaucrats shouldn’t decide when a church opens or closes
To the Editor: On this year’s ballot, there are three amendments to our state constitution. One of those impacts religious freedom. A ‘yes’ vote means that the local church decides whether to stay open or closed for any reason and a ‘no’ vote would allow the government to close all …
Not fine at all
Imagine getting a bill from your local government for $900,000 because they see a greenhouse on your property and just assume you’re growing marijuana without a permit. Imagine government demanding $400,000 because you didn’t know to fill out a single-page form.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Oct. 17
Cross country: RHS boys 2nd/8, girls 2nd/8, GNC Meet
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Oct. 16
Football: Rhinelander 27, Lakeland 14
Playoff berths possibly at stake as Hodags, T-Birds battle for Axe
For the Hodags to sleep well tonight and not worry about if they make the playoff field, they’re going to have to do something they haven’t done since 2021 — beat Lakeland for the Axe.
On like Donkey Kong
After playing a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Rowan Wiczek and Vivian Lamers brought out a real donkey for their homecoming court skit during the Hodags’ homecoming pep rally at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium Friday, Oct. 9.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Oct. 15
Boys' soccer: Antigo 3, Rhinelander 1 | Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 124, Merrill 42
Hodag soccer falls at Northland Pines 4-1
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team hoped to play spoiler one final time in the Great Northern Conference race on Tuesday, but a short-handed squad couldn’t take down GNC-leading Northland Pines.
Hodag harriers take second in GNC tune-up
Rhinelander fared well in a test run on the conference course Saturday, Oct. 10, finishing runner-up to Lakeland in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the Hatchet Invite in Tomahawk.
Sports Digest
Retzlaff takes 12th at Charlotte | RNC competes in Wild Rose
Former Rhinelander mayor passes away at 93
Former Rhinelander Mayor Dick Johns, who served in city politics for over 50 years, passed away Monday, Oct. 12 at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, a brief obituary by the Carlson Funeral Home stated. Johns was 93.
