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11-27-2012 RHS boys' hockey vs. Marshfield 11-27-2012 RHS girls' basketball vs. Witt-Birn 11-26-2012 Northern Edge girls' hockey at Tomahawk 11-24-2012 Northern Edge girls' hockey vs. Appleton 11-24-2012 RHS girls' basketball vs. Wausau West, DC Everest 11-20-2012 RHS JV/Frosh boys' basketball 11-19-2012 JWMS boys' basketball 11-20-2012 RHS boys' basketball at Wis. Rapids 11-19-2012 RHS girls' basketball scrimmage 11-15-2012 RHS boys' hockey scrimmage 11-11-2012 RIA Squirt A & U14 girls hockey 11-10-2012 Hodag Kickoff wrestling 11-12-2012 RHS boys' basketball at Wis. Rapids scrimmage 11-3-2012 RIA youth hockey 10-26-2012 RHS girls' swim at GNC Meet 10-20-2012 RHS volleyball at EC North 10-19-2012 RHS football at Waupaca 10-18-2012 RHS volleyball vs. River Falls 10-13-2012 RHS volleyball at GNC meet 10-13-2012 RHS cross country at GNC meet 10-11-2012 RHS girls swim vs. Witt-Birn 10-6-2012 Hockey - Street Cats vs. Tennyson 10-6-2012 RHS cross country at Tomahawk 10-5-2012 Football vs. Merrill 10-3-2012 RHS girls' tennis at WIAA Sectionals 10-2-2012 RHS boys' soccer vs. Medford 10-1-2012 RHS cross country at Northland Pines 9-27-2012 RHS volleyball vs. Wausau East 9-25-2012 RHS volleyball vs. Tomahawk 9-24-2012 RHS girls' tennis vs. Ironwood, Mich. 9-22-2012 Hockey Rhinelander vs. Hartland 9-21-2012 RHS football at Lakeland 9-20-2012 RHS volleyball vs. DC Everest 9-20-2012 RHS Cross Country - Three Lakes Invite 9-20-2012 RHS boys' soccer at Northland Pines 9-15-2012 RHS volleyball - GNC Meet No. 1 9-11-2012 RHS volleyball vs. Northland Pines 9-11-2012 RHS boys' soccer vs. Antigo 9-7-2012 RHS football vs. Kingsford 8-30-2012 RHS boys' soccer vs. Lakeland 8-28-2012 RHS boys' soccer vs. Northland PInes 9-6-2012 RHS girls' swimming vs. Tomahawk 9-6-2012 RHS girls' tennis vs. Medford 9-4-2012 RHS girls' tennis vs. Lakeland 8-31-2012 RHS football vs. Mosinee 8-27-2012 Hodag BMX 8-25-2012 Hodag CC Invite 8-24-2012 RHS football vs. Superior 8-23-2012 RHS boys' soccer vs. Mosinee 8-23-2012 RHS Volleyball at SPASH Invite 8-18-2012 RHS boys' soccer Hodag Invitational 8-14-2012 RHS boys' soccer at Ashland 8-13-2012 Hodag BMX Club 7-24-2012 Hodag Hoops Camp winners 8-1-2012 Hodag BMX Warnicke Race 7-28-12 YMCA of the Northwoods Tennis Open 7-12-12 Little League District 5 Championship 7-3-2012 Little League 7-2-12 Hodag BMX 6-18-2012 Hodag BMX Club 6-7-2012 Babe Ruth Baseball 5-27-2012 Rhinelander Little League Tourney 5-29-2012 RHS softball vs. Wausau East 5-8-2012 RHS track at Tomahawk 5/5/2012 RHS girls' soccer vs. Green Bay West 5/4/2012 RHS softball vs. Medford 5/4/2012 RHS golf at Eagle River 5-3-2012 RHS Girls' soccer @ Northland Pines 5-1-2012 RHS Baseball vs. Mosinee 4/27/2012 RHS track at D.C. Everest 4/27/2012 RHS golf at Indianhead G.C. 4/26/2012 RHS boys' tennis vs. Antigo 4/26/2012 RHS softball vs. Antigo 4/26/2012 RHS girls' soccer vs. Wausau Newman 4-24-2012 RHS golf at Inshalla C.C. 4-24-2012 RHS baseball at Northland Pines 4-21-2012 RHS baseball vs. Wausau West 4-19-2012 RHS boys' tennis vs. Lakeland 4-19-2012 Girls' soccer vs. Mosinee 4-17-2012 RHS softball vs. Tomahawk 4-14-2012 RHS girls' soccer vs. Eau Claire Memorial 4-14-2012 RHS softball at Pines, Waupaca 4-12-2012 boys' tennis vs. Medford 4-10-2012 RHS girls' soccer vs. Northland Pines 4-10-2012 RHS baseball vs. Medford 4-7-2012 RHS baseball at Wis. Rapids 4-5-2012 RHS baseball at Mosinee 4-3-2012 RHS baseball vs. Lakeland 3-24-2012 track at Northland Pines Indoor 2-11-2012 7th annual Labatt Blue USA Pond Hockey Championships
2012 Beef-A-Rama 2012 Tomahawk Fall Ride and Bubba's Big Party (Nokomis) 2012 Ice Jam, Sept. 1 2012 NVSRS Grass Races, August 18 2012 Newbold Fireman's Picnic Aug. 18 2012 Three Lakes Wheel-A-Way 9/1/12 2012 ATV Pull August 18 2012 Oneida County Fair, August 2-5 2012 6th Annual Nokomis Lawnmower & Barstool Race, July 28 2012 Hodag Country Festival — Sunday 2012 Hodag Country Festival, Saturday Part 2 2012 Lincoln Reagan Dinner 2012 Rasta Bike Rally, May 13 2012 Three Lakes Bike Rodeo, May 19 2012 Mudfest, May 20 Wisconsin Off Road Series, May 12 2012 Relay For Life, June 15 2012 Hodag Country Festival – Friday 2012 Hodag Country Festival – Thursday 2012 Hodag Country Festival – Saturday Part 1 2012 Hodag Run - June 30 2012 4th of July Parade 2012 Art on the Courthouse Lawn and Car Show 2012 Teen Character Banquet Tom Pease visits St. Joseph School 2012 Careers on Wheels Tug of War JWMS 2012 Hodags, Hops & Vines 2012 Rhinelander High School Prom 2012 NCES Open House Nativity Catholic School Talent Show 2012 RHS Mock Accident exercise Week of the Young Child - YMCA Sustainable Living Fair 2012 2012 Business Expo Pelican Elementary School Earth Day 2012 STIHL Timbersports Competition 2012 CANtastic event April 14 Walmart Easter Egg Hunt 2012 St. Patrick's Day Parade 2012 2012 Fire Dept. Ice Rescue simulation Girl Scouts 100 year anniversary carnival 2012 Northwoods Wildlife Center Photo Contest Music In Our Schools Month Band Concert Music In Our Schools Vocal Concert Leap Day snowstorm 2-29-2012 WPS Safety School Demo-JWMS Mad City Money Central School Penny War Donation Northern Wisconsin Decorative Artists RHS Mock Trial Team practice Prom Expo 2012 CHAMPS Taste of Chocolate 2012 Lion's Club Fisheree 2012 Fairest Tea Party 2012 Hodag Sports Club Gun Raffle Night 2-7 Snow Sculpting In Progress 2012 7th annual United Way Ice Fishing Tourney 2012 Groundhog Day Nicolet Culinary Students 2012 Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner RHS Open House Magical Moments Bridal Expo WPS School Safety Demos-Nativity GM-Toyota RHS visit RASTA Snowshoe Hare race Taste of the Future Fishing Kids Clinic Shop with a Cop Rhinelander-area Christmas Lights 12-24-11 JWMS Holiday Concert Dec. 2011 NCES Holiday Concert Dec. 2011 Crescent Elementary Holiday concerts K-3 - Dec. 2011 Pelican Elementary Holiday concert Dec. 2011 RHS Holiday Concert Dec. 2011 Downtown Christmas parade and tree lighting ceremony 11/25/11 Rhinelander High School construction Downtown trick-or-treating 10/29/11 2011 Homecoming The 2011 Tomahawk Fall Ride: Saturday afternoon at Bubba's Big Party 9/17 The 2011 Tomahawk Fall Ride Thunder Parade, 9/16 47th Annual Beef-A-Rama - Minocqua 34th Annual Hodag Country Festival 2011 33rd Annual Hodag Country Festival 2010
Friday, November 30, 2012
Rhinelander High School technology and business education students took a tour of Rhinelander GM & Toyota Auto Center Monday and got an up close look at automotive-related job opportunities that may be available to them in the future.


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Convicted sex offender to be released from prison
The Rhinelander Police Department sent out a press release Wednesday to notify the public that Jason L. Mullen, 24, will soon be released from state prison and will be residing in Oneida County.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

News
City News | County/State News | Court News
City may allow gas stations to sell alcohol

Rhinelander officials are considering putting an end to the ongoing prohibition on alcohol sales at gas stations within the city limits.
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• State opens budget season in strongest shape since 2001
• Pine Lake maintains same tax levy for 2013
• Governor seeks applicants for Oneida County Sheriff
• Problem of drug abuse in Northwoods will need a group solution
• Mining bill, tax cuts, regulatory review to top GOP agenda
• GLIFWC authorizes night deer hunting, DNR files motion to block

Community
Community News | Area Events Calendar

Rhinelander woman wins helmet

A high-definition TV, a laptop computer, watching a Green Bay Packer game from a plushy recliner in a VIP section of Lambeau Field.

• Revisit prom night Friday at ArtStart
• Cadet receives Gen. Billy Mitchell Award from Gov. Walker and Brig. Gen. John McCoy
• Intergenerational Lunch Day brings children to the Senior Center
• Area veteran acknowledges Veterans Day card with personal letter
• Salvation Army needs more bell ringers
• Rhinelander Railroad Association conducting some Christmas magic

Opinions
Letters to the Editor | Online Comment Guidelines
Fix-the-Debt coalition only wants more corporate tax breaks

To the editor: The article "Ten Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging Hypocrites Pushing Disastrous Austerity on America" by the Institute for Policy Studies describes how the Fix-the-Debt coalition of more than 80 CEOs is using the so-called "fiscal cliff" as an opportunity to press for more corporate tax breaks.

• Why are there no street lights on Barnes Street?
• The sky is not falling
• Think twice before throwing trash out the car window
• High praise for Rhinelander Area Community Band
• Prayer in public shouldn't be prohibited
• Thank you for feeding the minds of area youth

Sports
High School Sports | Sports News | 2012 Pigskin Pick'em
RHS sports recap: Nov. 29

Losses Thursday for RHS boys' hockey, boys' swim teams

• Hodags fall to Marshfield 6-0 in opener
• Northern Edge routs Tomahawk 9-0 in GNC opener
• Swimming: Shawano downs Rhinelander in GNC opener
• Changes made to half-court shot contest
• Area prep recap
• RHS Nordic skiers eagerly await start of season

Outdoors
Outdoor News | Hunting & Fishing Photos | Photographs

Rhinelander youth bags seven-pointer

Jaydin Eternicka of Rhinelander has had quite a fall in the Northwoods. The 11-year-old has taken three deer this fall, with her most recent being a nice seven-pointer on Nov. 19, the third day of the gun deer season.

• Down to the Northwoods: Alaska youth bags buck
• Opening weekend successes
• Opening weekend: Buck registrations up, antlerless down in the Northwoods
• From the archives of Ced Vig's wisconsin Woodsmoke
• Hunters register 4,400 black bear in 2012 season
• Muzzleloader season opens Nov. 26

Education
Nicolet College | School District | Area schools (other)
Three Lakes vocal students attend music festival

Saturday, Nov. 10, the Singing in Wisconsin Vocal Music Festival was held at Wausau East High School in Wausau.

• School district budget information available online
• All American Kids Club receives recognition and grant
• GNC Honors Festival coming to Rhinelander
• Committee proposes new welding class
• Erdahl to retire at end of year


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