Rhinelander News

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.

The guidelines from a government task force say women should start getting mammograms at age 50, not 40 as recommended before.

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.

The community of Rhinelander is getting ready to welcome home members of the 951st Sapper Unit with thousands of yellow ribbons.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Deputies say they've arrested the man wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Exeland.

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.

Charles D. Havill, Appleton, age 86, died Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Appleton Retirement Community.

AccuWeather predicts more dreary for northern Wisconsin into next week.

The Wisconsin DNR deer hunting meeting in Rhinelander was widely attended; DNR wants to change 2010 deer season to 16 days; many hunters oppose.

Nicolet College in Rhinelander Board of Trustees have ordered staff reductions because of a more than $500,000 budget shortfall.

A Rhinelander manufacturer cuts 33 jobs. According to the Department of Workforce Development, Solon Manufacturing will end those positions immediately.