Adams News

FRIENDSHIP -- Adams County's property tax rate will go up 15 cents per $1,000 of equalized value in 2010.

ADAMS -- Again this year, 'A Night in Bethlehem' will offer local families the opportunity to experience a trip back in time to the first Christmas, more than 2000 years ago.

Fair Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 --- 6:37 p.m. On 11-11-09 at approximately 1:17 p.m., the Adams County Sheriff's Dept.

Fond du Lac is one of 30 counties in southern Wisconsin eligible for money through the 2008 Flood Recovery Program.

This month we're acknowledging the work of a group of local volunteers who, through their Project H.O.M.E., are supporting our troops by sending them a little taste of home.

Colleen Ann Crocker, 50, of Adams died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, following a long battle with injuries following an automobile accident that took place Dec.

The history of a community can be gleaned in part from its street names. Aside from the obligatory Main Street, Broadway, and of course numbered streets and avenues, unique street names give us a glimpse into a community's past.

ADAMS -- On Sept. 13, the Adams Community Center hosted the Adams Thrivent Chapter annual meeting.

Contributed photos Adams County Habitat for Humanity partnered with Thrivent Builds of Adams to sponsor a fundraising spaghetti dinner recently at Immanuel Lutheran Church.

The Adams County Public Health Department, in collaboration with Home Health United, will offer the seasonal flu vaccine 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept.

The Agricultural Retailers Association has been informed that the Department of Homeland Security sent notifications to 137 facilities regarding their final tiering status under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards rules.

One Wisconsin Rapids and two Adams-Friendship area elementary schools have been recognized for their student achievement, despite battling high poverty rates.

New rules governing the transport of hunter-harvested and vehicle-killed deer from the chronic wasting disease - management zone of southern Wisconsin take effect on Tuesday, Sept.

ADAMS -- 'Shades of Blue' Jazz Ensemble group of the U.S. Air Force Band will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Adams-Friendship High School.

Deputies arrested a man and a woman after serving search warrants at two homes and finding drugs.

" Wisconsin River Brand, a Mauston meat processor, is voluntarily recalling two types of bratwurst sold in south central Wisconsin stores, because they contain soy but do not list it on the label, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today.

Fountain Lutheran Church in Hustler recently made a very significant contribution, $10,000, to Habitat for Humanity of Adams and Juneau Counties.

By BARRY ADAMS 608-252-6148 badams@madison.com The route includes Lodi, where a duck named Susie is celebrated; Muscoda, with its spring crop of morel mushrooms; and Prairie du Chien, one of the most historically significant communities in Wisconsin.

Moundview Memorial Hospital & Clinics will mark 50 years of providing health care services Monday.

The Adams County Sheriff's Department and the state Department of Justice are re-examining an unsolved homicide case from the early 1980s.