By Eileen Persike Editor RHINELANDER – The city’s largest park will be a construction site this summer. Rhinelander officials and community members broke ground Wednesday for ...

RHINELANDER – The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigation, in connection with other northern law enforcement agencies, are requesting ...

PRESQUE ISLE – A downed power line in Vilas County is responsible for a fire and the subsequent death of two people, the Vilas County Sheriff’s ...

Hodag Highlights for the week of May 9 Track The annual Otto Bacher track meet was held last Friday in Merrill, after not being held since ...

Schedule of festival events, specials, contest details For the Star Journal RHINELANDER – On the heels of National Travel and Tourism Week, Rhinelander – and anyone ...

By Eileen Persike Editor The Rhinelander School Board is expected to vote May 16 on whether to bring an operational referendum to voters in November. The ...

By Chef Andy Mueller Galley 57 Restaurant Julius may have ruled Rome, but he had nothing to do with the Caesar salad. This distinction belongs to ...

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) By Brevin Persike For Living on the Lake What do pileateds look like? Pileated woodpeckers, the largest of all North American woodpeckers, ...

Opportunity to plan for healthy lakes and shorelines By Eileen Persike Editor It’s spring in the Northwoods. The days are getting longer, the snow has finally ...

MCNAUGHTON PUB The Rhinelander Area Chamber Ambassadors visited Mike Osterdal and Conrad Deskus, the new owners of the McNaughton Pub. Osterdal said he spent a lot ...