NEWS
Homecoming royalty
Mia Tulowitzky and Greyson Gremban are paraded down Brown Street Friday, Oct. 4 after being named queen and king of the 2024 Rhinelander High School Homecoming court. Ladies on the homecoming court included Ellyse Younker, Callie Hoerchler, Evelyn Sawyer, Luna Grage, Julia Gerdes, Brynn Teter and gentlemen included Michael Schiek, …
City council hears funding options for municipal building
Seven months after authorizing the engineering firm Vierbicher to investigate and evaluate potential options for funding the construction of a new municipal building to house the city’s police and fire departments, the Rhinelander Common Council heard a report from the company’s planning and community development manager Andy Kurtz.
City to hold tourist house forum
On Tuesday evening, immediately following its 5 p.m. meeting, the City of Rhinelander plan commission will fulfill the Common Council’s request that the group hold a public forum/work study to gather community feedback for consideration of potential changes to the city’s tourist house ordinance.
Whooping cough cases on the rise locally and across the state
Oneida County and counties across the state are seeing an increase in whooping cough (pertussis) cases in both adults and children. Late last week, the Oneida County Health Department reported it has documented four cases since July 16, 2024. In a typical year the agency usually sees just one case, …
Nicolet College Foundation presents Friends and Partners Award
The Nicolet College Foundation recently presented its 2024 Friends and Partners Award to the Three Lakes School District, honoring the district’s dedication to enhancing educational opportunities for students through collaboration with Nicolet College.
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Overdose death trial postponed to February
The trial of the La Crosse County woman charged with first-degree reckless homicide (drug delivery) in connection with the death of a 45-year-old Rhinelander man back in January 2023 has been postponed until February 2025. Andrea Jean Walker, 43, was originally scheduled to stand trial this week but the case …
Nicolet to provide students a direct transfer opportunity to UW-Madison Online
Nicolet College has announced a new partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, creating a streamlined pathway for students to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree through UW–Madison Online
Former Rhinelander library director to be inducted into Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin Heritage Center, an initiative of the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation, announced last week that Kristine “Kris” Adams Wendt, former Executive Director of the Rhinelander District Library, has been selected for the 2024 Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame.
In a horse race, it’s (somebody) by a nose
Polling guru Nate Silver says this is the closest presidential election in his 16 years of analysis, and a spate of recent polls bear him out, with Vice President Kamala Harris clinging to a tiny but stable lead in most of them but also well within the margin of error …
Rhinelander District Library eliminates fines for most materials
The Rhinelander District Library (RDL) has announced it has eliminated fines for nearly all materials, and most existing fines will be removed from RDL patron accounts.
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Hodag Musky Challenge sees good fishing
Musky anglers fishing the Shoeder’s RV & Marine Hodag Musky Challenge can choose from many lakes around the Rhinelander area. Boom Lake and the Wisconsin River, the Moen Lake Chain, Pelican Lake, Lake George, Crescent Lake, Bearskin Lake, Lake Julia and the Sugar Camp Chain are all available for teams …
Training at Tesomas
Members of the Rhinelander Northwoods Composite mountain bike team practice starts at Tesomas Scout Camp in Pine Lake Monday, Sept. 30. Camp Tesomas will be the site of the fifth round of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League season this Sunday, Oct. 6 — the first time that Rhinelander has hosted …
Ahlstrom: Rhinelander paper mill ‘performing well’
While the parties wait for a federal judge to decide whether a group of Town of Stella property owners will be allowed to amend for a second time their lawsuit alleging that the spread of PFAS-contaminated sludge from the Rhinelander paper mill on local farmlands contaminated their drinking water, the …
Tri-County Council faces massive decrease in funding
A local non-profit organization devoted to helping victims of domestic and sexual violence is in peril due to what executive director Angie Fanning called a “devastating” 70% reduction in Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding.
Autumn Art Tour set for Oct. 11-13
Autumn is here and that means the Northwoods Autumn Art Tour is right around the corner.. Wisconsin’s finest artists will open their doors to their studios and galleries for visitors from Friday, Oct. 11 to Sunday, Oct. 13.
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