Friesland News

The children of Ray and Judy Stiemsma happily announce the couples 50th wedding anniversary.

Kimberly Wiersma and Mark Gessner, both of Portage, announce their engagement. Parents of the couple are Ken and Jennifer Wiersma of Randolph and Tom and Jeanette Gessner of Portage.

The Byron Kok Walking and Biking Lane was dedicated in the town of Fox Lake on Oct.

Sabrina Catherine Karst and Michael Ryan Hoeft, Waupun, exchanged their wedding vows on Oct.

Abandoned vehicle - The Randolph Police Department had an abandoned vehicle towed at 11:35 a.m. on Oct.

Burlington Catholic Central at Shullsburg Kickoff -- 7 p.m. Radio -- WGLR-FM 97.7 Last year -- Did not play Outlook -- Shullsburg appears to be heating up at just the right time, but it'll really have to crank up the heat in doing battle with the defending state champions.

Walter Wiersma considered introducing a photo of his children - 5-year-old Spencer and 3-year-old Rianna - into the written record of Wednesday's Public Service Commission of Wisconsin hearing to illustrate his opposition to electricity-generating wind turbines in northeast Columbia County.

Two members of the Randolph-Cambria-Friesland FFA were named American Stars at the national FFA convention last week - Benjamin Alsum and Tony Crescio, both of Randolph.

The Wisconsin FFA Association has made history once again this year as two members from the same chapter have earned one of the highest awards that the National FFA Organization can bestow upon its membership.

We Energies has run into some headwinds in its bid to build the biggest wind farm in the state.

Alvin and Ann Boerson will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 23, 2009.

A Cambria businessman and veteran who found a way to quit smoking is spearheading an effort to give others the opportunity to do the same.

Dylan Weber, left, and AJ Fox of Fox Computer & Networking opened a new location in Beaver Dam in early September, expanding the computer maintenance and repair business to accommodate their Beaver Dam and Randolph clientele.

A soup supper and silent auction is planned for Sept. 25 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Cambria-Friesland High School to raise money for the Cambria pool.

The annual Randolph Cambria-Friesland FFA Alumni Labor Day pancake breakfast will be held on Monday from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Randolph High School cafeteria.

More than produce is harvested each year on 40 acres west of Randolph. Donated by the late Eugene A. Jenkins to the Randolph Cambria-Friesland agriculture and FFA foundations, the land serves as a laboratory.

Members of the village of Friesland's planning commission Tuesday shared horror stories of a wind farm in a nearby county, but said that the prospect of another wind farm near the village is only one of many reasons why Friesland wants to extend its zoning authority up to 1.5 miles from the village limits.

CAMBRIA A proposed crossing guard program was the focus of the Cambria-Friesland School Board meeting on Monday.

Zion Congregational "Old Stone Church," located on Amity Road at County Trunks EE and AS one-half mile north of Alto, will hold its annual service at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The village of Cambria no longer has a police department. The village board Monday passed ordinance changes dissolving the department - and with it, the job of Police Chief Rick Nelson, who had held the post for 10 years.