 | | | News | | |  | | Legal battle over proposed Bible camp continues | The long-running legal battle over a proposed Bible camp on Squash Lake near Rhinelander continues as Eagle Cove Camp & Conference Center Inc. has served notice it will appeal a May 17 ruling by Oneida County circuit judge Mike Bloom affirming the Oneida County Board of Adjustment's order and determination denying the plaintiffs' application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to build the camp. (subscriber access)
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 17:46
| Oneida County green lights Bangstad to keep business open | The Oneida County zoning committee and department have given Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad the green light to keep his Front Street retail business open but will seek to confirm that he will meet the parking conditions of his administrative review permit, the county's assistant zoning director told The Lakeland Times Thursday. (subscriber access)
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 17:47
| Wildcat enters not guilty plea in hit-and-run death case | Vilas County circuit court judge Martha Milanowski has scheduled an Aug. 16 pretrial for Laurie Wildcat, a 24-year-old Lac du Flambeau woman who entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to one count of hit-and-run involving death, a Class D felony. (subscriber access)
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 17:49
| Grothman bill pushes back against
Biden's gender identity school funding policy | U.S. Reps. Glenn Grothman (R-Wisconsin 6) and Diana Harshbarger (R-Tennessee) - joined by Northwoods U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisconsin 7) - have introduced legislation to prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture from withholding federal funds from schools that do not adopt the Biden administration's views and policies about gender identity discrimination. (subscriber access)
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 17:51
| Room tax listening session
| A quorum of the Rhinelander Common Council was present last Tuesday evening, June 28, 2022, for a listening session on the subject of room tax. (subscriber access)
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 18:10
| Criminal justice coordinating council talks resurface in Oneida County | The formation of a criminal justice coordinating council (CJCC) - a step that could potentially pave the way for a drug treatment court - has been on the radar since 2019 as a possibility in Oneida County. (subscriber access)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 12:04
| Waste Management fire triggers MABAS | Several area fire departments were called to a fire Monday at the Waste Management facility on County Highway J. (subscriber access)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 12:06
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| | | Community | | | | | Purdue students visit Nicolet to learn about northern ecosystems | A contingent of nearly 50 wildlife ecology students from Indiana's Purdue University recently visited Nicolet College to learn about and experience the rich and diverse northern natural ecosystem on campus.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 18:13
| For the K-9s | Representatives of Peoples State Bank and Casa Mexicana were at the Rhinelander Police Department Thursday, June 30 to present RPD with the proceeds from a recent K-9 fundraiser event.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 18:15
| Rhinelander Fourth of July Parade to include F-16 flyover | The Rhinelander Fourth of July Parade committee has announced a F-16 flyover will take place during the parade.
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 11:54
| River News honored with 21 awards from WNA | The Northwoods River News won 21 awards, including four first-place awards, in the 2021 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were announced Friday, June 24 during the WNA Foundation Awards Banquet in Madison. (subscriber access)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 11:57
| Tavern League supports Parade
| The Rhinelander Fourth of July Parade is almost here! Pictured is Dale Schlieve, Rhinelander Parade Chairman, receiving a check for $700, which will sponsor Janesville Fife & Drum in the parade, from Amy Swearingen, Oneida County Tavern League Treasurer.
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 12:02
| Oneida County Board of Health announces citizen position vacancy | The Oneida County Board of Health (BOH) is accepting applications from interested Oneida County residents for one citizen vacancy.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 26, 2022 14:13
| Wakeboats and lake capacity issues to highlight Northwoods six-county meeting July 15 | Lake group leaders and members from six northern Wisconsin counties will convene for a discussion of the environmental impacts of wakeboats, the proliferation of short-term rentals and other issues related lake recreational capacity on Friday, July 15.
Friday, June 24, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 22, 2022 12:11
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| | | Opinions | | | | | The Democrats' approach to governance | OK, class, today's task is to study colossal failures in human history, in which the human actors behind those failures apparently asked themselves a simple question: How do we take a big problem and make it bigger?
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 31, 2022 18:05
| Automatic weapons are not mentioned in the Constitution | To the Editor:
Since abortions are prohibited because they aren't mentioned in the Constitution, could automatic weapons be next?
(1 comments)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 28, 2022 16:21
| Your Right to Know: Judge was wrong to bar recordings of trial | Since 1979, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has allowed cameras and microphones in state courtrooms, subject to reasonable restrictions.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 26, 2022 14:20
| A response to Norden letter | To the Editor:
Hey Marilyn, FBI report: there were 12 mass public shootings (mps) in 2021. Those that died were our children and fellow citizens. Their deaths must not be diminished. The act of killing another human for no other reason than kill them must be condemned.
(1 comments)
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 26, 2022 14:21
| Pastors say Jesus wouldn't endorse local pride event | To the Editor:
What do you think about Northwoods Pride Fest? We write as Christians to urge consideration of this ever-present issue. We are to speak the truth in love - this letter is an attempt to do so.
(2 comments)
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 26, 2022 14:22
| Northing to show for it | To the Editor:
Ok, ok... I now realize that I droned on in Richard Moore-esque fashion the last time (5/20/22) that I ventured into the political arena.
Friday, June 24, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 22, 2022 12:08
| Rise to the occasion | To the Editor:
These are some tough times. Inflation at a forty-year high, so painfully evident at the gas pump and in the grocery store; record-breaking heat waves, wildfires, drought, and flooding, both in the U.S. and around the world; heat-trapping carbon dioxide at a four million-year high in our atmosphere.
Friday, June 24, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 22, 2022 12:08
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| | | | | Sports | | | | | Hodags' Smith on winning WBCA All-Star team | Rhinelander basketball standout Jacksen Smith had eight points and a pair of rebounds as his Red squad held off the White team 124-111 in the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 2 All-Star Game Thursday in Wisconsin Dells.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 4, 2022 08:38
| Team review: RHS girls' soccer | The Rhinelander High School girls' soccer team beat a WIAA state qualifier this year, and came within a whisker of sharing the Great Northern Conference title.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 4, 2022 08:38
| Babe Ruth Roundup | Rhinelander lost control of its destiny to win the Northwoods Babe Ruth Prep League Thursday night. Crandon scored twice in the bottom of the sixth, which proved to be the difference as the Cardinals defeated the Hodags 8-6 in a battle for first place at Palmer Park.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 4, 2022 08:39
| Hodag Hoops takes two in Wausau League | The Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team won two games Tuesday in Wausau Summer League play, defeating Marathon 51-45 and Wittenberg-Birnamwood 43-29 at Wausau West High School.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 4, 2022 08:40
| Sports digest Hodag golfers Gechas, Kowieski compete in State Am qualifier | Two members of this past spring's Rhinelander High School golf team took part in a qualifier for the Wisconsin State Amateur held Thursday at Bass Lake Golf Club in Deerbrook.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 | | Read more... | |
July 4, 2022 08:24
| Babe Ruth Roundup | Rhinelander methodically worked its way past Tomahawk on Monday afternoon, scoring in four of the first five innings to take an 8-0 victory over the Hatchets in Northwoods Babe Ruth Prep League play at Stafford Field.
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 09:46
| Hodag hoops assistant Smith hired to lead rival Robins | Shaun Smith, who as served as a Hodag assistant coach the past three seasons, has been hired as the new head coach of the Red Robins. Antigo activities director Tom Schofield announced the hiring in a press release Monday.
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 09:44
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| | | Outdoors | | | | | UMBCS teams take on Boom Lake | Last Sunday, the Upper Midwest Bass Challenge Series (UMBCS) was on Boom Lake for their second stop of the year for the Central Division. (subscriber access)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 12:12
| Rod Gaskill Memorial Bass Tournament set for Aug. 27 | Rod Gaskill was an avid bass angler who moved to the Northwoods from Las Vegas in the early 1990s. He was one of the founding members of the Hodag Bassmasters bass club and was active in introducing kids to the sport of fishing. (subscriber access)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 12:14
| The Lake Where You Live | Since we've lived here on Birch Lake, four large white pines rooted right on the shoreline have fallen into the water. In one case a storm was responsible. In the others the trees' root systems simply failed to hold; perhaps age and the constant soaking in water weakened them. (subscriber access)
Friday, July 1, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 29, 2022 12:10
| Oneida County Land and Water Committee learns about purple loosestrife control | Oneida County aquatic invasive species (AIS) coordinator Stephanie Boismenue updated the land and water conservation committee on purple loosestrife control efforts in Three Lakes during the panel's most recent meeting on June 13. (subscriber access)
Friday, June 24, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 22, 2022 12:14
| The Lake Where You Live | The annual Six-County Lakes Meeting is a great time for lake advocates to focus on the most current issues and to network with peers from across the Northwoods. (subscriber access)
Friday, June 24, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 22, 2022 12:16
| Getting to know Lumberjack RC&D:
What is a Resource Conservation and Development Council? | Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) is "a rural development program focusing on conservation, development and the use of area natural resources to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions for area citizens," according to the Lumberjack RC&D website. (subscriber access)
Friday, June 17, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 15, 2022 12:12
| The Lake Where You Live | The colorful signs you may have seen at the ends of lake home driveways recently aren't for political candidates. They're from companies that have sprayed the properties to kill mosquitoes. (subscriber access)
Friday, June 17, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 15, 2022 12:14
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| | | Education | | | | | 4K Read Across America Challenge | On March 1, 2022, Mrs. Coleman's 4K students and families were challenged to read as many books as they could to create a colorful paper chain.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 12, 2022 12:44
| RHS students take part in Trig Star competition | This spring, mathematics students at Rhinelander High School participated in the Trig-Star mathematics exam, sponsored by the National Society of Professional Land Surveyors (NSPS), the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors (WSLS) and the Northern Lakes Chapter (NLC) of the WSLS.
Friday, June 10, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 8, 2022 13:36
| May students of the Month | The Rhinelander High School Students and Staff of the Month for May were honored at a presentation recently in the RHS Library.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 5, 2022 12:52
| Run Into Reading event was a success | On the afternoon of May 17, 98 School District of Rhinelander elementary students and their families came together for the first ever Run Into Reading family engagement event. (subscriber access)
Friday, June 3, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 1, 2022 12:30
| Nicolet College announces dean's list for spring term | Numerous students from Rhinelander and the surrounding area earned a place on the Nicolet College dean's list for the spring term 2022. To qualify, students must have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, based on a 4.0 scale.
Friday, June 3, 2022 | | Read more... | |
June 1, 2022 12:31
| RHS senior receives two exemplary soloist awards | Mallory Myers, a senior at Rhinelander High School, was recognized as an Exemplary Soloist at this year's Wisconsin School of Music Association State Solo Ensemble Festival at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | | Read more... | |
May 30, 2022 12:12
| Local law students receive legal education scholarship | The Oneida/Vilas/Forest County Bar Association has announced that Markus Johnson and Sydney Schallock, both of Rhinelander, have been selected as the co-recipients of the 2021 Oneida/Vilas/Forest County Bar Association Legal Education Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 each.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | | Read more... | |
May 30, 2022 12:06
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