WJFW-TV (Rhinelander, WI)

Local news at your fingertips. Covering the Northwoods region, WJFW-TV serves as the NBC-affiliated television station for Northern Wisconsin, specifically licensed in Rhinelander. It delivers a high-definition digital broadcast on UHF channel 16 from its transmitter located in Starks. Owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting, the station operates from its studios on South Oneida Avenue in Rhinelander. WJFW offers a variety of popular syndicated shows, including Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and People's Court. Additionally, viewers in Wausau can catch the station on a digital translator, W27AU channel 27, which transmits from Mosinee Hill near the I-39/U.S. 51/WIS 29 interchange.

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Pickleball games ready to return at Hodag Dome

5 days ago | wjfw.com | Mitchell Skurzewski

RHINELANDER (WJFW) — Pickleball games will be back at the Hodag Dome starting Tuesday. While tennis isn't ready for a return while waiting on delivery of new tennis standards, the Rhinelander Pickleball Group helped assemble nets to get the Dome ready for pickleball, according to a Facebook post on the Hodag Dome page. The Dome will now be ready for pickleball to return.
One dead in single vehicle accident in Taylor County

5 days ago | wjfw.com | Jake Force

TOWN OF LITTLE BACK (Wis.) - One man is dead from a single-vehicle accident in Taylor County early Sunday morning. The call came into the Taylor County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center at approximately 6:15 a.m. The caller reported a severely injured man who appeared to have been ejected from the vehicle. Upon arrival, first responders found a black Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck flipped on its roof with significant damage in the East ditch of Gibson Drive.
McKinstry scores on wild pitch and MLB-leading Tigers top Royals 1-0

6 days ago | wjfw.com | Cody Friesen

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach McKinstry hit a leadoff triple in the third inning and scored on Kris Bubic's wild pitch to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Sunday. Riley Greene had two of Detroit's five hits as the Tigers bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Kansas City on Saturday that ended their five-game winning streak. They took two of three from their AL Central rivals for their 14th series win this season.
St. Germain home total loss after house fire started in garage by eBike

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Mitchell Skurzewski

ST. GERMAIN, Wis. (WJFW) — A St. Germain house is a total loss after a fire Tuesday which started in the garage by an electrically powered bike, according to a Vilas County Sheriff's Office release. At 9:35 p.m. Vilas County dispatch received a call from a resident of a home in the 8100 block of Greenwood Drive stating they had a garage fire, according to a Vilas County Sheriff's Office news release. All of the residents were able to get out of the home safely and with no injuries, the release said.
CTD - History of Chief St. Germain, an iconic Northwoods statue

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Kerry Bloedorn

ST. GERMAIN, Wis (WJFW) - At the intersection of Highways 70 and 155 in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, a tall figure stands with arms folded across his chest, stoic, strong, and unforgettable. For generations, the “Chief St. Germain” statue has greeted visitors to the town that shares his name. Though not based on a historical person, the statue has become a cultural landmark that embodies a deeper story: one of blended heritage, artistic passion, and the enduring spirit of a small Northwoods community.
Restaurant in Sugar Camp hosts Jeep "n" for Veterans

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Christopher Bushong

SUGAR CAMP, Wis. (WJFW) - Memorial Day just took place and to help honor the veterans in Three Lakes, a local diner hosted a fundraiser to help create a memorial. Denelle Starke, the owner of Dee Dee’s Diner, said this event started from an initiative by her father to make a veteran’s memorial in Three Lakes. “My father is one of the members of Three Lakes veteran’s memorial, that will be built in Three Lakes, so I thought we would do something to support that,” said Starke.
Crandon unveils new World War II veterans memorial

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Christopher Bushong

CRANDON, Wis. (WJFW) - Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and a day to thank those who fought for our freedoms, and here at Crandon they are doing just that with a new memorial. In honor of Memorial Day Earl Cummings decided to start an initiative to get a World War two memorial in Crandon honoring the whole generation and his father. “I thought it would be a good thing to put a statue here in honor of the world’s greatest generation and in memory of my father,” said Cummings.
Elderly man suffers burns, house a total loss after Presque Isle house fire

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Mitchell Skurzewski

TOWN OF PRESQUE ISLE, Wis. (WJFW) — A 92-year-old man suffered burns in a Presque Isle house fire, but was able to get out of the home. The house is a total loss, though, as a result of the blaze. Just after 6:30 p.m. Vilas County dispatch took a 911 call from the neighbor of of a home in the 11500 block of State Line Road in the Town of Presque Isle, reporting a possible structure fire, a Vilas County Sheriff's Office news release said.
Crandon Farmers and Makers Market sells all sorts of goods each Tuesday at Veteran's Memorial Park

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Christopher Bushong

CRANDON, Wis. (WJFW) - The Crandon Farmers and Makers market is now in its fifth year. Every Tuesday until October the Crandon Farmers and Makers Market is set up Veteran's Memorial Park in downtown Crandon. Sandra Conley, a vendor at the market, said they have anything from produce to sourdough bread. “They sell everything you could imagine — flowers, any kind of vegetable, wonderful vegetables actually, and we have a guy that sells shrimp, a guy that sells fish,” Conley noted.
Crandon unveils new World War two veterans memorial

1 week ago | wjfw.com | Christopher Bushong

CRANDON, Wis. (WJFW) - Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and a day to thank those who fought for our freedoms, and here at Crandon they are doing just that with a new memorial. In honor of Memorial Day Earl Cummings decided to start an initiative to get a World War two memorial in Crandon honoring the whole generation and his father. “I thought it would be a good thing to put a statue here in honor of the world’s greatest generation and in memory of my father,” said Cummings.