Adams News

Local officials hope state funds will make Lake Petenwell a cleaner, healthier body of water.

Habitat for Humanity Adams & Juneau Counties is in the process of selecting families for a house in Adams County, to be built in early 2010.

The Adams County commissioners on Monday gave the final OK for a new landfill south of Denver International Airport, but the bitter dust swirling around the project probably won't settle for a long time.

Central Wisconsin residents should be on the lookout for small, white, web-like tents in their trees -- a sign that an eastern tent caterpillar has made its mark, a representative of the Department of Natural Resources said.

Mid-State Technical College will be closed on Fridays during June and July. College campuses in Marshfield, Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids as well as its learning center in Adams will observe summer hours.

On its own, the gypsy moth can spread three to five miles a year; with the help of people, its destructive caterpillars might expand their territory nine to 12 miles annually.

Justine Hasz, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources senior biologist for Adams, Juneau and Wood counties, will speak on "A Guide to Fisheries Management" at the June 13 Adams County Lake Alliance meeting.

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.

The third Central Wisconsin Lakes Conference is 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday at Adams Count Community Center, 569 N. Cedar St., Adams.

Waukesha County authorities have reported at least three probable cases of swine flu and closed three schools for at least a week.

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.

Plans are being finalized for aerial spraying to suppress gypsy moths across 10,563 acres at 135 locations in 23 Wisconsin counties.

Today Portage County Joint Highway and Finance Committee, 7 a.m., Portage County Highway Facility, 800 Plover Road, Plover.

ADAMS -- 'Mom, I'm hungry!' It's a common lament in many households. Kids today often need a snack before it's time for their next meal, but finding the right snack might be trickier than you'd think.

Josh Huber of the Thrifty Pals 4-H Club and Lindsey Kroening of the Arkdale Kings and Queens 4-H Club have been selected as the Adams County Wisconsin 4-H Key Award winners for 2008.

Businesses have come and gone in Lake Mills over the last 80 years but the American Legion Post 67 hamburger stand has been a constant on the city's downtown square.

Within the next year, local fans of public radio will have a station that can reach their homes with talk radio programing throughout the day.

Local officials are concerned proposed cuts to the state food aid program will reduce services at a time when the need has never been greater.

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has announced the names of students who qualified for the university's dean's list and honor roll during the fall semester of the 2008-09 school year.

* At 5:16 p.m. Tuesday, a car driven by Sara J. Dick, 27, Nekoosa, struck the rear of a van driven by Noelle M. Tetzlaff, 40, Wisconsin Rapids, on Baker Street, near 12th Street North Tetzlaff was transported to Riverview Hospital where she was treated and released.