Almond News

International bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss, a Stevens Point resident, will speak next week at the Almond Public Library.

The Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association recognized Nancy Bozek of Almond for outstanding contributions to the Association at WWOA's 30th anniversary annual meeting banquet Sept.

John Q. Adams, 93, Plover, formerly of Almond, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at Whispering Pines Assisted Living Facility in Plover.

Portage County Health Care Center Committee, 4:40 p.m., West Conference Room of the Health Care Center, 825 Whiting Ave.

State Superintendent Tony Evers honored four local schools that earned the Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition award today in Madison.

Today School District of Tomorrow River Wellness Committee, 3:10 p.m., District Board Room, District Office, Amherst.

Portage County Board of Adjustment, 7:30 a.m., leave County Annex, 1462 Strongs Ave.

Ghosts and goblins are making their way into central Wisconsin just in time for Halloween.

Portage County Human Resources Committee, 3 p.m., Conference Room 1 and 2, Portage County Courthouse Annex.

The Polish Heritage Awareness Society of Stevens Point would like to take this opportunity to thank Adeline Sopa for her dedication to the community of Stevens Point and surrounding areas in researching and compiling ancestral records of our Polish ancestors.

"Celebrating Native American Culture Through The Arts" is the title of a new show at the Alexander House in Port Edwards.

Disorderly conduct: At 10:18 p.m. Monday near the 2800 block of Lindbergh Avenue, officers received report of a man who had been punched in the face.

John Walsh, age 81, of 1517 Nagle Ave., Manitowoc, died on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at Aurora Medical Center in Two Rivers.

Four local schools have received recognition for academic progress despite having some of the highest poverty rates in the state.

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

ALMOND -- Fourth-grader Derek Baumgartner of Almond-Bancroft School knows exactly what makes him feel peaceful.

A 52-year-old man killed himself in a Portage County park Sunday night just as police were closing in on him for the hit-and-run death of a woman outside a Neenah Walmart store.

Neenah police say a man believed to be driving a van which killed Wendy Danke in a hit-and-run crash at a Walmart has shot and killed himself.

BANCROFT -- The Stevens Point FFA Alumni Corn Maze opens this weekend at 7580 Highway BB in Bancroft .

Lloyd J. Stoeger, 81, Appleton, passed away in his sleep on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Appleton Health Care Center.