Rudolph News

The Christian Home Garden Walk slated for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 11, will feature six local homes in the Waupun and Brandon areas.

Friday July 3 - Living Vine Community Church will hold a free show open to the public featuring Steve Carrier the body-builder and weight-lifter who rips phone books, smashes cinder blocks and rolls frying pans in his bare hands.

MEDFORD -- Rudolph 'Rudy' J. Haizel, 94, a former town of Holway resident, died Monday, June 29, 2009, at Memorial Nursing & Rehab Center, Medford.

Organic Dairy Pasture Walk: 1-3 p.m., Les and Audrey Holtz Farm, Rudolph. The Holtz's seasonally milk a herd of 80 crossbreds on 100 acres of diverse pasture.

Contributed photo Staff of Bank-A-Count Corporation and representatives of American Legion Post 485 gathered for a ceremony with family members of 1st Sgt.

"Away We Go'' strikes an artful balance between satirical comedy and heart-wrenching drama.

The village and town of Rudolph are considering sharing a polling place and vote counter in future elections.

Craig Slattery of Rudolph graduated from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., on May 2 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

Dairy farming is a major part of Wisconsin's economy. But as the number of family farms in the state dwindles, Wisconsin residents are in more and more danger of losing their connection to dairy farming as an industry and way of life.

Scott Hellmich was a medic in the Army National Guard for nine years, including a year caring for the wounded in Iraq.

Elmer F Blonien Post 485 of the American Legion held Memorial Day Ceremonies at the all Soul's Cememtery at Rudolph on Sunday, May 24, 2009.

Arnold J. Sternat, 78, of Lomira, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2009, at Kindred Hospital in Greenfield.

Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials will open the first portion of the new expanded Highway 10 between Marshfield and Stevens Point within the next month.

Higgins Ambulance Service has announced its advancement to the paramedic level of prehospital emergency service.

When a portion of the new Highway 10 opens in the next few weeks, drivers in the Wisconsin Rapids area will have some adjustments to make.

* At 3:49 p.m. Thursday, a 37-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man reported the theft of two fishing poles from the 400 block of Grove Avenue.

The Tri City Bridge Club will meet Tuesday at Hotel Mead grill room. Register by 11 a.m. Lunch will be served by 11:20 a.m. For reservations or cancellations call 424-1075 by noon Saturday.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is planning to make several changes to some highway names in Portage and Wood counties following the opening of the new US 10 alignment between WIS 34 north and I-39. The new alignment is currently scheduled to open by July 2009.

At 3 a.m. April 18, a stolen vehicle hit a tree and then a utility pole after overturning and leaving the roadway while traveling south on Highway S just north of Paradise Road.

According to a press release from the Portage County Sheriff's Department, the Rudolph Fire Department, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Portage County Sheriff's Department responded to a brush fire on State Highway 34 in the Town of Eau Plaine, Monday.