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Permanent display will feature children's stories year round
By Eileen Persike
Editor
The Rhinelander District Library’s Story Stroll at Hodag Park is official open for young readers. Now a permanent feature at the park, the Story Stroll consists of 18 pedestals installed at child-height, each
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Star Journal City council gives Hodag Park master plan thumbs up
Implementation decisions yet to come
By Eileen Persike
Editor
The Rhinelander Common Council took another step toward improvements at Hodag Park last week when it approved a master plan.
Justin Frahm, project consultant with JSD Professional Services in Weston, unveiled a revised plan at the March 8 council meeting.
“The current plan is consistent with the original plan construct,” Frahm said. “We’ve made a few revisions to plan elements to address layout. Zones we talked about – activity zones, sports zones, the passive recreation and active recreation zones, the beach zones and waterfront are all consistent with the original plan.”
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When the sun sets in downtown Rhinelander, Hodag park lights up with thousands of multi-colored Christmas lights.
Cars line up around the block to view the spectacle.
“The windows are rolled down. The kids are staring out. Their eyes are just fixated on these displays. You can see the twinkle in their eyes,” said Shawn Will, the organization’s chairperson of the marketing and public relations committee.
Will has been helping to organize the event since it started four years ago.
This year, he said Lights of the Northwoods has been doing particularly well in spite of, or perhaps because of, the COVID-19 pandemic.