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The final legal challenge from Charles Phieffer to the ownership of the Friendship Lake dam came to an end on Saturday, August 7, when the Friendship Lake District and Phieffer signed a final settlement agreement, it was announced at the Aug. 11 Friendship Lake District Quarterly Board Meeting.

Public Safety Family Night hosted by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office will be held on Thursday August 19 from 4:00 to 7:00pm at the Adams County Fairgrounds, CTH J in Friendship.  This free event is designed to bring awareness to crime prevention efforts in the community and to foster positive interactions with law enforcement.

The Waller family, who resides in the Friendship and Arkdale area, were honored during an Honor Stone Ceremony on July 31 at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville, Wisconsin.  The stone honored and represented three generations of veterans from three branches of the military who served in three different wars. 

Kay Dahlke, who works in the office at Roche-A-Cri State Park, has an interesting job this summer. She just finished her first year at Fox Valley Technical College in Forensics Science and was looking for a summer job. She happened to see a notice for a job in the office at the state park in Friendship. 

On August 1, 2021, at approximately 5:40 P.M., deputies were dispatched to Petenwell Lake near 20th Aveand Chicago Avenue in the Town of Strongs Prairie for two missing boaters. Witnesses reported a juvenilefemale and her father had jumped into the water and not resurfaced.

The Village of Friendship took up the matter of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds it received at its August 2 meeting. The Village will receive a total $68,767.24 from the federal government to help offset the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To help kick off football season and reunite fans with some of their favorite Packers alumni, the Packers announced that several members of the Super Bowl XLV championship team would be taking a “Packers Road Trip” to visit with fans at surprise locations around Wisconsin from July 22-25.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office welcomed two new members to the Office, recently. Two new K9 members. K9 Tesla and K9 Lana, both two year old Malinois’, have been paired up and are on the job. Deputy Craig Orlowski has been partnered with K9 Tekla and Deputy Walker Kierstyn, who was recently promoted, now works with K9 Lana.

The 45th Annual Roche a Cri Lions Rec Days was held on Saturday and Sunday July 17 and 18.  The weather was beautiful for this event and everyone had a great time with sports, a parade, food, music and fun!

The Adams Friendship Times Reporter is interested in learning the history of the Tiny Town building along Hwy 13 in Adams.  If you have information about it, please email timesreporter1@afnewspapers.com.- PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN S. LANDORF PHOTOGRAPHY.