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A Warm Welcome Home for Soldiers Returning from Afghanistan
A journey separating loved ones for the past year is now complete. Saturday, about a hundred soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guarda s 951st Sapper Engineer Company returned from Afghanistan.
Environmentalist seeks restitution delay for damaging U.S. Forest Service property in Rhinelander
MADISON - A radical environmentalist imprisoned for a 2000 vandalism attack on a forestry research station in northern Wisconsin is asking for more time to pay restitution.
In search of older sibling. This would be a male born in 1968 in Rhinelander, WI.
951st 'Sapper' Company Returning Home Saturday
The 951st 'Sapper' Company is returning home on Satruday. Approximately 100 soldiers from the unit based in Tomahawk and Rhinelander will arrive home to Wisconsin at around 3:30 p.m. at Rhinelander High School.
Rural legislators unveil 2010 job creation agenda
Republican State Representatives from North Central Wisconsin gathered Monday with job creators and economic development experts in Rhinelander to release a new rural job creation plan for 2010.
New Guidelines For Breast Cancer Detection Surprising
The guidelines from a government task force say women should start getting mammograms at age 50, not 40 as recommended before.
Breast cancer survivor speaks out about new recommendations
For years, women over 40 were told to get a yearly mammogram. Now, experts say women should wait until they are 50 and then, get one every two years because of radiation risks.
Grandparents organize special troop homecoming with yellow ribbons
The community of Rhinelander is getting ready to welcome home members of the 951st Sapper Unit with thousands of yellow ribbons.
Roads Traveled: Head up north to Rhinelander -- 'Hodag City'
Think "Rhinelander," and you likely envision hodags, the mythical beasts that resemble a funky reptile: spine of a dinosaur, face of a bulldog, horns of a devil.
Wisconsin guard members return from Afghanistan
Most of the members of a northern Wisconsin-based Army National Guard engineer company have returned to the United States after a dangerous mission in Afghanistan.
Governor Doyle set to address the Northern Wisconsin Economic Development Summit
Governor Jim Doyle is on hand at the Northern Wisconsin Economic Development Summit in Rhinelander.
The Delta Kappa Gamma International-Alpha Psi Chapter of Marshfield will meet at 5 p.m. Nov.
DNR Seeks Nominees for Ethical Hunter Award
The gun-deer hunt is a few weeks away, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is already taking nominations for the 13th annual Ethical Hunter Award.
Stained-glass artist sees new life for church
Derek Chambers is not a religious man, but tearing out the old pews and carpeting from a 97-year-old church on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Thomas Street will be painful for him.
Family collaborates talents for exhibit
Katherine and Susan Kloch Wendlandt will exhibit two pieces of artwork together at the Nicolet College art exhibit themed 'Collaboration.' Susan, Katherine and Tessie Kloch collaborated to create 'Under the Sea,' a blank embossed Intaglio Print.
20-Year-Old Robbery Suspect Arrested in Rhinelander
Deputies say they've arrested the man wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Exeland.
UPDATE 4: Third bank robbery suspect captured
Authorities have captured the last suspect in a bank robbery in Exeland. Robert McCallie was taken into custody in Rhinelander.
Load Management Skip Pizzi mentions a " proposal " for electric utilities to load-shed by temporarily disconnecting heavy power users.
* Brittney Miilu, daughter of Thomas and Kathy Miilu, Wausau, will receive one of the prestigious Provost's Awards beginning this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The Provost's Award is a $1,500 scholarship that's renewable for three additional years for qualifying students.
Havill, Charles Duncan 'Chuck'
Charles D. Havill, Appleton, age 86, died Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Appleton Retirement Community.

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