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Court allows second amended complaint in PFAS contamination case
Motions to dismiss pending
As 2024 draws to a close, it appears a lawsuit pitting a group of Town of Stella property owners against the current and former owners of the Rhinelander paper mill has reached the end of the preliminary pleading stage.
Council approves cart, vehicle purchases for Northwood Golf Club
Former mayor tells alderpersons to ‘sell, sell, sell’
Six days after voting to resume in-house management of Northwood Golf Club, the Rhinelander Common Council on Monday approved lease/purchase agreements to obtain a utility vehicle and 60 golf carts for the city-owned course.
Fire department to receive inflatable rescue craft
The Rhinelander Fire Department will soon have another piece of rescue equipment at its disposal. On Monday evening, the Common Council voted unanimously to approve the purchase of a Fortuna inflatable rescue craft at a cost of $7,200.
‘A productive struggle’
School board hears update on transition to target-based grading
Students in the School District of Rhinelander are adjusting to the newly implemented target-based grading system, but it’s going to take time for them to become fully comfortable with an approach that requires them to “chase their learning,” district administrators told the school board during the panel’s Nov. 18 meeting.
No caddie needed: City to manage Northwood G.C. in-house in 2025
Council votes to resume management of city-owned golf course
The long-term future of Northwood Golf Club remains uncertain but the Rhinelander Common Council has determined that the city-owned course will be managed in-house for at least the next year.
Woman charged in death of infant seeks bond modification
A 37-year-old Rhinelander woman charged with first-degree reckless homicide in connection with the death of her four-month-old child in April 2020 has filed a motion requesting a modification of bond.
Council gives administrator high marks in evaluation
The Rhinelander Common Council conducted an employee performance evaluation of city administrator Patrick Reagan as part of its Nov. 25 meeting. The group spent approximately 40 minutes in closed session before emerging with a motion to extend additional hours of vacation to Reagan in 2025 “based on his high evaluation score of 3.4 out of 4,” city council president Carrie Mikalauski announced.
Public hearing leads to potential short-term solution to transit troubles
A public hearing Monday evening on the Rhinelander Common Council’s October vote to discontinue the shared ride program (known as Rhinelander Public Transit) ended on a positive note as two private sector businesses, Hodag Cab and Advanced Medical Transport, pledged to do what they can to fill the void.
Two more roundabouts coming to Rhinelander
Three miles of roadway on U.S. Highway 8 are set to be improved and two intersections — State Highway 17 South/Boyce Drive and County Highway G — are to be converted into single-lane roundabouts in 2026, the Department of Transportation has announced.
Chagnon pleads not guilty to child trafficking
All of the pending felony cases the Oneida County district attorney’s office has filed against Albert J. Chagnon have reached the pretrial conference stage now that the convicted sex offender has entered not guilty pleas to the nine counts of possession of child pornography and one count of child trafficking filed on Oct. 8.