Two young Rhinelander entrepreneurs opened the Northwoods’ first dedicated boxing gym, filling a decades-long gap and giving local fighters a place to train without driving hours south.

Rib Lake’s new gymnasium caps a $19.5M community-funded renovation connecting separated buildings and bringing tournament-quality facilities to a rural Northwoods district.

The legendary Apostle Islands ice caves opened for the first time since 2015, drawing thousands to Lake Superior’s frozen shore before a storm closed them again. Here’s why these formations are so rare and so magical.

Marathon County Historical Society’s new 38,096-square-foot archive center will consolidate 70 years of Northwoods artifacts into climate-controlled storage, preserving lumber-era history for future generations.

Rhinelander’s first dedicated boxing gym opened when two young amateur fighters decided to stop waiting for someone else to build it. Now Hodag Den is training the next generation.

Kevin Hermening, a Wausau financial advisor, enters the race for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. His focus on fiscal responsibility and local values resonates across the Northwoods.

When an Eagle River family’s cat vanished for two winter days and turned up 40 feet high in a tree, a local Phelps tree service staged an unlikely rescue that brought the whole neighborhood together.

A Wood County jury acquitted Randall Harris Jr. in his father’s October 2025 death, accepting his self-defense claim after a retrial prompted by prosecutorial errors. The case highlights complex family violence issues in Northwoods communities.

Day 5 of Randall Harris Jr.’s homicide trial focused on family history, with witnesses describing years of violence and substance abuse in a Wisconsin Rapids household.

A Wood County jury acquitted Randall Harris Jr. in his father’s Halloween 2025 death, accepting his self-defense claim after testimony revealed years of family violence in Wisconsin Rapids.

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Wausau has restored its food pantry to weekly Thursday service after community grants and donations helped overcome supply shortages that had forced a temporary cutback.

Rome residents are fighting a 2,000-acre solar farm that would clear-cut recreational forest and install massive battery storage, but Wisconsin’s PSC has approved every solar project for five years straight.