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No ice is 100% safe; be extra careful on frozen waters

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages all heading out on ice to use caution and remember that no ice is safe ice.

Recent warmer temperatures can cause ice to thin. Sn...

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Redmen easily advance, take winning streak to Assumption
Rib Lake’s Isabelle Gumz pushes the pace as she leads a transition opportunity during the first half of the team’s 62-31 win over Northland Lutheran Tuesday in a WIAA Division 5 regional quarterfinal. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Redmen easily advance, take winning streak to Assumption

The Rib Lake girls don’t win a lot of style points by flat-out shooting the basketball, but theyâ€...

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Redmen easily advance, take winning streak to Assumption
Rib Lake’s Isabelle Gumz pushes the pace as she leads a transition opportunity during the first half of the team’s 62-31 win over Northland Lutheran Tuesday in a WIAA Division 5 regional quarterfinal. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Redmen easily advance, take winning streak to Assumption

The Rib Lake girls don’t win a lot of style points by flat-out shooting the basketball, but theyâ€...

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Rothmeier All-GNC 2nd team on vault; gymnasts finish in third
Raider gymnast Raylin Rothmeier pushes off the vault during her first attempt at Saturday’s GNC championships at Lakeland. This is the attempt that earned a score of 9.2, giving Rothmeier second place in the Large Schools Division for the second straight year. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Rothmeier All-GNC 2nd team on vault; gymnasts finish in third

Raylin Rothmeier earned a secondteam award for the second straight year and the Medford-Colby gymnas...

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Medford well-represented in U.S. Senior Men’s National Championship
Medford curlers had a strong showing at the national bonspiel with the team of Jeff Hemer, David “Beaner” Lemke, Jeff Mueller and Chuck Tlusty taking second in the second event in the 49th annual U.S. Senior Men’s Curling Association National Championships held Feb. 19-22. Wausau Curling Center hosted the event with competitions also taking place in Medford and Stevens Point. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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Medford well-represented in U.S. Senior Men’s National Championship

More than 300 curlers converged on central Wisconsin this week, competing in the 49th annual U.S. Se...

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Raiders aim for peak performance at state curling championships

The 2025-2026 high school curling season comes to a head this weekend with the Wisconsin High School Curling Championships.The state championship tournament is held on Friday and Saturday. Teams are ranked and placed into pool play with a round-robin format within the pools with the winning teams in each pool advancing to the semifinals and finals on Saturday afternoon and early evening.According ...

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Raiders get key win over Pines, doomed by slow start on Monday
After a steal, Medford's Nick Krause drives in for a layup during the first half of Monday's 73-59 non-conference loss to Eau Claire Memorial at Raider Hall. Krause had 11 points and 5 rebounds in the loss. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS
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Raiders get key win over Pines, doomed by slow start on Monday

Not likely to get a serious challenge from last-place Tomahawk in their regular-season finale, the M...

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