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Drug Free Adams County held its March 2022 meeting by Zoom on 3/24/2022.  As usual, the meeting was attended by representatives from Adams County, Juneau County, and various local agencies.  It was announced that Gundersen Moundview in working on choosing a representative to attend future meetings.

The City of Adams Council Regular Session was held on March 21, 2022.  The session was chaired by Council President LeAnn Jungenberg-Klumb.  
After the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call the minutes for the February 21st meeting were approved.  

The Adams County Board of Supervisors held two sessions over three hours on March 15, passing eight resolutions and five ordinances including a new County Forest Ordinance and a new Nonmetallic Mining Ordinance.

City of Adams Police Chief Sam Wollin said, “Balancing safety for students and adjusting for an increase in traffic,” is what has been a recent work in progress for law enforcement and Adams-Friendship Middle School administration and staff.  

Adams Friendship High School is proud to announce the 2022 Senior class Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the upcoming graduating class.  This year the highest ranking student graduating is Audra Gallick. Her rank is based on the highest grade point average in the class. Second in the class and named Salutatorian is Karley Beaver. 

 The Quilts of Valor Foundation covers service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing quilts. They award quality handmade quilts that are machine made or hand quilted. The quilts say “Thank you for your service and sacrifice in serving our nation.” 

Based on new guidelines approved by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Adams County COVID-19 Plan was updated by the Administrative and Finance Committee on Monday. The new guidelines set a three-tiered approach to trigger certain requirements like the wearing of masks and social distancing. 

The City of Adams now has five wards because of recent federal census data changes.

On Sunday, February 27, 2022,  there were two separate incidents where a machine went through the ice at the same location.  The open ice has been taped off with caution tape. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging the public to avoid the ice on Castle Rock Lake under the County Highway Z bridge near Four Seasons.

The ARPA Workgroup met on February 25 to consider funding requests using the approximately $3.9 million given to Adams County through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) approved by Congress and signed into law by President Biden.
Six new projects were proposed at the meeting.