Rhinelander News

RHINELANDER -- Concertgoers lined up with lawn chairs Wednesday night for first dibs on prime real estate for the 32nd annual Hodag Country Festival this weekend.

The Hodag Country Festival kicks off tomorrow in Rhinelander. But before the fun can begin, people are trying to find the perfect place to be once the music starts.

The Stevens Point Chapter DAR held a Flag Retirement Ceremony at the Korean War Memorial in Plover on June 13, the Saturday before Flag Day.

Great Depression-era folk followed the exploits of gangster John Dillinger with the same excitement that had captivated America upon contemporary Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

It's summer time and the readin' is easy. At least it is for plenty of bibliophiles who like to use the hot months as an excuse to pull out the light stuff.

GREEN LAKE -- The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control has approved a realignment appeal that will move Merrill from the Great Northern Conference back into the Wisconsin Valley Conference beginning in the fall of 2010.

MERRILL --A Lincoln County judge sentenced a Rhinelander woman Friday to five years in prison for her role in a brutal April 2007 stabbing death -- a sentence that exceeded even the requests of prosecutors.

A 20-year-old Rhinelander woman convicted of helping plot a robbery that led to the stabbing death of a woman at her Tomahawk home is going to prison.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

Do you think there should be a wolf hunting season in Wisconsin? Yes, it would be good to protect livestock and pets.

Robert 'Bob' Paul Marcell, known to his many friends as 'Rocky,' died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the age of 86.

Perry Gould, 67, Rhinelander, formerly of Wausau, died Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Milestone Memory Care in Rhinelander.

The 2009 Children's Miracle Network Celebration is now history, but the gifts given and the memories made will last forever.

Wausau Paper Co. is asking the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for an exemption that would allow the company to re-burn fly ash in Mosinee.

I suspect, and perhaps with a touch of hope, that most of you are getting your Antigo Daily Journal fairly early today.

A 21-year-old Rhinelander mother charged with felony child neglect in her baby's death is expected in court Monday.

As the Wausau area positions itself to take advantage of economic opportunities when the recession recedes, it could use help at the state level to make Wisconsin more business-friendly. That was among the messages shared by experts Thursday evening during a business summit hosted by The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce.

Wisconsin schools are in line for millions of dollars as part of an anti-trust settlement with Microsoft.

Jun. 4, 2009 11:34 a.m. With the summer travel season under way, drivers may notice new signs on Wisconsin highways alerting them to locations of E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline that can be used in flex-fuel vehicles.

Conserve School of Land 'O Lakes, Culver Academy of Indiana, and Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen due in Vilas County court on Monday to present arguments to Judge Neal A. Nielsen in ongoing legal dispute.