Local gymnasts compete at YMCA Nationals
With this year’s YMCA National Gymnastics Championship & Invitational just a short drive away in Green Bay, the YMCA of the Northwoods Club program decided to try its had at the nationwide event for the first time.
American Made Crafts
Five-year-old Raven Counts colors in a Fourth of July themed picture during the Fourth of July Week Fun for Kids program on Tuesday, July 1, at the Rhinelander District Library.
Track season continuing in Rhinelander
Eighty-five athletes came out for the first ever Northwoods Track Club summer meet. While the event itself was pretty laid back — athletes signed up at the beginning of the night and could then decide whether or not to do an event minutes before it started — the opportunity to …
Rebels win 1 of 3 at Merrill
Rhinelander won only one of three games in the Art Perkins Memorial tournament, defeating Minocqua Post 89 10-7 on Saturday morning. Though the Rebels made late comebacks in their other two games, big innings were too much to overcome in a 10-6 loss to Merrill Post 46 on Friday night …
Snowhawks, Pukall Lumber Studs entertain a packed crowd with a fun game
The Lake Tomahawk Snowhawks defeated the Pukall Lumber Studs in a 21-1 contest Monday night at Snowshoe park. Despite the runaway score, the game was filled with big hits and exciting moments.
Sports digest
Monsters’ games nixed when Rapids no-shows | Three Hodag golfers named GCAW Academic All-State | Carlson joins WIAA as administrative assistant
Oneida Vilas Transit Commission eyes Rhinelander site for office and bus facility
The Oneida Vilas Transit Commission (OVTC) has sent a letter of intent to purchase property to the city of Rhinelander. The OVTC has been looking for a new home for Northwoods Transit Connections (NTC), the public transportation partnership the two counties have.
Bangstad arrested, charged for harassment, causing disturbance
Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad has posted a cash bond in Oneida County circuit court after being charged with two misdemeanors — disorderly conduct and bail-jumping — for a disturbance at his Front Street location last Friday, in which six others at the scene were also arrested and charged …
Rhinelander man charged with 4th-degree sexual assault
A Rhinelander man was arrested on June 24 for allegedly approaching a woman in the public with his genitals exposed and touching her inappropriately.
Harshaw Sports Club looks to continue building
The Harshaw Sports Club has gained quite the reputation around the Northwoods, and with events like the Scholastic Clay Target Program it hosted in May, it’s gaining respect around the state too.
River News: Our View
A famous film director, Justine Bateman, has an expression of deep feeling pinned to the top of her X account: “Decompressing from walking on eggshells for the past four years.” Bateman posted that after last November’s election, and it captures the emotions of many Americans who feel that they can …
TikTok runs the table: After Mamdani, Democrats mull picking their poison
In Woody Allen’s iconic film “Annie Hall,” protagonist Alvy Singer instructs his new girlfriend that our existence is divided into two categories: the horrible and, if you’re really lucky, the miserable. For many Democrats who find Donald Trump and his presidency an abomination, their alternative seems a Democratic Party dominated …
Donald Curtiss Rolain
Donald Curtiss Rolain, 97, died Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Legacy of the Northwoods in Eagle River. He was born at home in Rhinelander, on Dec. 2, 1927. Don was the fifth of 11 children in the Walter and Elin (Nordquist) Rolain family. He attended Pine Grove School and Malvern …
Sherry Lee Fish
Sherry Lee Fish, 75, of Rhinelander, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2025. She was born on May 20, 1950, in Rhinelander, to Elmer and Raeburn Mathews. Sherry was a graduate of Rhinelander High School, Class of 1968. She married her high school sweetheart, Gary Donald Fish, on June 21, …
Mardelle “Mardi” Sachse
Mardelle “Mardi” Sachse, 75 of Harshaw passed away on Wednesday, June 25 at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau. Mardi was born on August 9, 1949 in Milwaukee, the daughter of Edward and Shirley (nee Japp) Kluender. She married Paul Sachse on May 25, 1968. She graduated from cosmetology school and worked …
Area Independence Day Happenings
The city of Rhinelander will host their annual “Fourth of July Fireworks” at dusk on Friday, July 4. Due to the street construction project in and around the Hodag Park area, this year’s fireworks will be launched from Westside Park at dusk.
F-35 flyover at Rhinelander Fourth of July Parade
The Rhinelander 4th of July Parade committee is proud to announce an F-35 flyover. The flyover will take place Friday, July 4 approximately at 11:30 during the Rhinelander 4th of July Parade. The F-35 Flyover is courtesy of the 115th Fighter Wing, a Madison based Air National Guard flying wing. …
Monkey Bar Madness
Ten-year-old Nariya Hackey swings across the monkey bars on Friday, June 27, at Pioneer Park in Rhinelander.
