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Also on today's calendar: Central WI-Sensory-Friendly Family Night at the Hodag Dome and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Oneida County Health Department Unveils New Public Health Vending Machine (wjjq.com) — Rhinelander residents can now access free hygiene kits, first aid supplies, laundry kits, and even tick removers anytime from a new public health vending machine outside the Health Department and ADRC on Keenan Street. Stocked with items like drug deactivation bags and gunlocks donated by the Rhinelander Police Department and Iron Mountain VA, it's designed to quietly remove cost barriers for families who need basic health and safety support.
2. Rhinelander appoints new city administrator (wjfw.com) — Rhinelander has hired Angela Gorall as its next city administrator, bringing more than 25 years of municipal leadership experience to oversee daily city operations. Starting November 16, she'll work with the mayor, council, staff, and community partners on budgeting, strategic planning, and economic development, shaping how city services and long-term priorities affect residents.
3. United Airlines Cancels 24 Routes From Chicago O'Hare: See Full List Now (simpleflying.com) — Air travelers from Rhinelander are losing a key option as United Airlines ends its Chicago O'Hare–Rhinelander route amid broader cuts to 24 destinations. The change leaves fewer nonstop connections from northern Wisconsin to Chicago and comes as United reshuffles service under FAA flight caps, while still serving other Wisconsin cities like Appleton, Green Bay, Madison, and Milwaukee.
4. Connecting the Dots: History of Rhinelander's WWII era German POW Camp (wjfw.com) — Rhinelander once hosted a World War II German POW camp at the former tree nursery west of town, where prisoners helped local farmers with critical harvest work. This piece traces how that site evolved from a CCC camp to POW housing and later Camp Birchrock buildings, highlighting how global history briefly reshaped everyday life around Rhinelander and nearby farms.
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