Friendship News

ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP -- Be sure to watch for Stuff the School Bus during the Adams-Friendship Fourth of July Parade.

MANITOWOC - Roncalli High School junior tennis player James DeRoche has been accepted into the People to People Sports Ambassador Program and will take part in the Youth Friendship Games to be held in Austria later this month.

Robert C. Stodola, 61, Grand Marsh, died June 26, 2009, at the family farm. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Roseberry's Funeral Home in Friendship, Wis.

The following area students graduated May 9 from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville during spring 2009 commencement ceremonies: Frederick Schunke, Arpin, bachelor's degree, civil engineering; Michael Greiner Jr., Arpin, bachelor's degree, civil engineering; Nicholas David, Auburndale, bachelor's degree, electrical engineering; Paul Klein, ...

The Village Pool opens Saturday, June 13. Water Aerobics classes are being offered from 12 to 12:45 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays beginning Monday, June 22, at the Village Pool, 125 McKinley St.

Special education students at two local middle schools did not show sufficient progress in reading proficiency this year, according to the state Department of Public Instruction.

Most people reading this will never experience what Paul Camacho did 65 years ago.

Adams-Friendship's Cory Zimmerman is no stranger to the podium at the WIAA state track and field meet.

A 50-year-old Adams County woman was flown to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield this morning after she was injured in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 73.

Lighthouse Books & Gifts in Wisconsin Rapids has done something a lot of stores of its genre haven't been able to do: Stay in business.

Three years ago, twins Bei and Lei Zheng and their father, Chengxun, studied a map while at home in China searching for a city called Stevens Point.

A state program that helps underprivileged kids do better in school is being boosted by a $2.5 million grant from the federal government.

FRIENDSHIP -- Adams County officials gave few specifics but said they are doing everything needed following the announcement that a local man likely has swine flu.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 10:41 a.m. FRIENDSHIP, Wis. a ' Health officials say an Adams County man suspected of having swine flu was exposed to the virus when he traveled to San Diego last week.

Theda Star and Flight for Life helicopters transported three Fond du Lac men to Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah following a rollover crash Monday evening on County Trunk RP north of Subway Road in the town of Friendship.

Ten talented contestants will sing their hearts out tonight for the opportunity of a lifetime.

Americans who reasonably defend their constitutional right to bear arms are not "gun nuts." Which is why they ought to speak out when real gun nuts run amok.

The last time "American Idol" finalist Michael Johns was in Wisconsin, he and David Cook sang a show in Green Bay wearing cheesehead hats.

Column: Gypsy moths still a local problem April 15, 2009 A couple friends asked recently, "How come you haven't talked about gypsy moths in your column?" My answer could have been, "Why don't you stop bugging me about them?" Instead I said, I'd look into the subject.

Rapids 4:30 p.m. - Wausau West at Wis. Rapids; Rosholt at Port Edwards 5 p.m. - Wisconsin Dells at Nekoosa; Wautoma at Adams-Friendship 3:30 p.m. - Wisconsin Rapids at WVC Indoor Invitational at UWSP 4 p.m. - Rosholt, Tigerton, Almond-Bancroft at Port Edwards 4:30 p.m. - Nekoosa at Mauston.