RHINELANDER - Early Saturday morning, the WIAA released the final 224 team field for the football playoffs. Despite a tough loss in Medford last night, and finishing the regular season with a (3-5) overall record, the Rhinelander Hodags are on the list.
Rhinelnader was among the eight teams in the Division 3, Group A field - which also included Great Northern Conference foes Mosinee and Medford. The Hodags will be making their first appearance in the playoffs since 1989.
On Wednesday, the WIAA granted Rhinelander what was termed "temperary relief" of their final year of a 4-year post season ban. Rhinelander was put on the ban because they left the Wisconsin Valley Conference voluntarily to join the Great Northern Conference. Five teams from the GNC will be in the playoffs. They are Antigo, Medford, Merrill, Mosinee, and Rhinelander.
Other teams making the playoffs include Northland Pines (Division 4), Crandon (Division 5), Laona/Wabeno (Division 6), and Florence (Division 7).
Meetings throughout the state will be held later today. The final pairings as well as locations and times are expected to be released either late this afternoon or early this evening.
RHINELANDER - Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its specialty paper business to a new company sponsored by KPS Capital Partners L.P. (“KPS”), a New York-based private equity firm with significant experience in the paper industry.
The new company will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC (“Expera”).
KPS, as previously announced, has also entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the specialty paper business of Packaging Dynamics Corporation
ANTIGO - Most of us waited eagerly for spring so we could start our summer hobbies.
But farmers wait for spring so they can get to work.
John Schroeder runs a potato farm in Antigo.
He says the late spring could mean a bad harvest for crops like alfalfa, but potatoes should be just fine.
"It generally started a little wet and cold, he said. "We were probably three or four days behind planting right now, but we had a good week last week, so we're catching up."
Motorcylcist speeds away from Lincoln Co. Sheriff's Deputies at 100+ MPH
Submitted: 05/20/2013
MERRILL - When most people see flashing red lights, they pull over.
Lincoln county deputies are looking for a motorcycle rider who didn't.
A Cafe Racer bike flew down highway 51 around 7pm last night going 84 miles per hour.
A deputy south of Tomahawk tried to pull the driver over, but the biker took off at over 100 miles an hour. For safety reasons, the deputy did not start a chase.
MERRILL - A Rhinelander man died in an ATV crash in Lincoln County this weekend.
The Sheriff's Office responded to a crash just after 6 Saturday night in the town of Harrison.
49-year old Randy Romenesko appeared to have lost control of his ATV and crashed into a tree. He was taken to Ministry Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say Romenesko was wearing a helmet but wasn't properly secured. Speed may have been a factor, but police believe alcohol was not.
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