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Several annual events in Adams County are cancelled for the 2020 holiday season:
•Visit with Santa at the Niebull Schoolhouse in Friendship has been cancelled.
•Annual Holiday Happenings at the St. Joseph’s Center has been cancelled.
•Annual Parade of Trees at Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics has been cancelled.  

All election results were taken from the County Clerk webpage on the Adams County, WI government website. On the County Clerk webpage election information is listed under information and links.

The Planning & Zoning Committee, with a list of 13 rezone and conditional use permit (CUP) requests, reviewed a wide variety of requests ranging from the traditional desire to add a home, to building upscale camping sites to allowing a new sand mining operation. Three of the requests were tabled for future consideration.

The regular board meeting of the Adams-Friendship Area School District Board of Education was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on November 9, 2020. James Bays III, Vice President of the Board, filled in for Rick Pease who was absent.

The Adams Friendship High School Student Council officers asked our administration if the students could have some dressed days since we missed out on Homecoming this year. The answer was yes so the officers came up with these five.

Stress affects people of all ages from all walks of life.  Sources of stress can range from work and money to thinking about the covid pandemic and the future of our nation.  Stress can have an adverse effect on mood and is linked to depression and anxiety.  Side effects of stress can include headache, muscle tension or pain, upset stomach, and

To begin developing schematic designs and acquire land for the next three phases of construction proposed for county administration facilities, the Ad Hoc Building Committee advanced a resolution committing $240,000 to the effort at its Oct. 30 meeting.
Of the $240,000, $40,000 will be set aside for land acquisition.

Adams County Fire District newest member, Sparky, (costume donated by Stevens Point Fire Dept) spent time with students at Adams-Friendship Elementary School teaching them about fire safety and showing them the fire truck

Schools may be struggling with ways to get students engaged due to the many challenges of COVID-19. Jay Porter, General Manager from Adams-Columbia Electric Cooperative (ACEC), reached out to Nekoosa High School’s art class with a special socially-distanced project.

Last week it was reported that, as part of the October Adams County Property Committee report, plans were being put into place to move Second Harvest Food Pantry to the Adams County Fairgrounds.  Since the Committee meeting, it was decided that Second Harvest Food Pantry would remain at the Adams-Friendship Middle School and will not be relocati