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Thom: RHS facility improvements on schedule, ribbon cutting set for Sept. 21
With Sept. 21 set for the gala ribbon-cutting for referendum-funded improvements at Rhinelander High School, Bob Thom’s update on the construction project’s budget status and funding was one of the highlights of the School District of Rhinelander school board’s Aug. 17 meeting.
Help at home for anxious students
Area mental health professional shares advice
With school’s start looming less than two weeks away, the fun of summer is receding, and some students’ anxiety is surging. More than half of Wisconsin students experience anxiety, the Department of Public Instruction has found. In its 2023 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey, conducted every other year, 51.6 percent of its scientific sample of 1,882 students at 42 randomly chosen high schools have experienced anxiety.
New assistant fire chief chosen for Rhinelander
Seven months without an assistant fire chief have ended in Rhinelander. At its Aug. 17 meeting, the city’s police and fire commission conducted final interviews for the role and have selected Jonathan Stone.
Crescent board aims to improve Squash Lake boat landing by Labor Day
At the Aug. 13 meeting of the Crescent town board, there was little to report on plans to improve the Squash Lake boat landing, but the time to go forward is coming.
Newbold mulls discretionary merit program
Board hears of flurry of unauthorized credit card charges
Percolating on a possible town employee discretionary merit program filled nearly a quarter of the Aug. 13 Newbold town board meeting, held at the Newbold Community Center. Town supervisor Mike McKenzie, who suggested the program as a way to reward employees for cost-saving ideas or actions, laid out some criteria he has in mind.
Highlights of SDR summer schools shared with school board
‘Locking out of emails and stuff’ said to cause delay in RHS Jumpstart program
Details and successes of this year’s School District of Rhinelander summer school programs were shared in presentations at this month’s school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 17.
City considering proposal making shoplifting an ordinance violation
Shift away from misdemeanors would ease DA’s load
The Aug. 10 regular meeting of the Rhinelander common council saw the introduction of a proposed new approach to the city’s shoplifters. Created by city attorney Steve Sorensen and police chief Josh Chiamulera, proposed Ordinance 2026-9 had its first of two readings on the busy agenda.
Newbold town board hears latest on Northwoods area real estate trends
Town assessor Jef Muelver delivered a concise snapshot of the real estate in the Northwoods area — Oneida County and its neighboring counties — in his monthly town assessor report at the Aug. 13 meeting of the Newbold town board.
Interim city administrator Gitter debuts
Rhinelander city council hears tentative timeline for new administrator
Filling the seat of the departed Patrick Reagan, interim city administrator Adam Gitter experienced his first full Rhinelander Common Council meeting Monday, Aug. 10, at Rhinelander City Hall. Innovative Public Advisors, who provided Gitter as part of their service in helping Rhinelander find a new city administrator, brought to the meeting some details in need of decisions for the search process.
Pelican agrees to start adoption process on Mirror View Lane
Keeping a promise made at their July 27 meeting, town chairman Nick Scholtes and the rest of the Pelican town board delivered a prompt decision to Mirror View Lane residents at their meeting last Monday, Aug. 10.