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Wisconsin’s constitution, in Article VIII, requires uniform taxation of most property, whether it be real or personal property.  The legislature sets taxes on forest property and agricultural/undeveloped land is exempted from the uniform taxation requirement.  The basic rule is that ALL property is taxable unless specifically exempted by state l

Raymond Vogt, age 67, of Qunicy, appeared in Adams County Court on Aug. 11 facing charges of battery and disorderly conduct.

Adams, Barron, Douglas, Grant, Langlade, and Price counties now have a program to help low to moderate homeowners stay in their homes by assisting with delinquent property taxes.

Michael Whalen III, age 40, of Arkdale was brought before Adams County Court on Aug. 17 facing three charges including maintaining a drug-trafficking place, possession of THC as a second offence, and possession of drug paraphernalia. His first conviction for THC possession was in 2001 in Rock County.

On August 11, 2021, at approximately 10:25 PM, The Adams County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a one vehicle rollover crash with injuries at STH 82 and CTH Z, Town of Springville. The vehicle was occupied by a lone male subject, later identified as Michael Buddy Lee Carroll, (37) of Adams, WI.

Donald Geoghan, age 43, of Madison, appeared in Adams County Court on Aug. 11 facing over 60 counts since 2019 including, strangulation, intimidation, battery, 4th degree sexual assault, disorderly conduct, and multiple felony bail jumping charges. Geoghan lived in Quincy at the time of the charges.

A resolution was advanced at the Aug. 6 Administrative & Finance Committee that will create a workgroup to create plans for utilizing the County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Adams County has already received $1,963,749.00 and will receive the same amount again in May of 2022.

Christopher Engel, age 43, of New Lisbon, appeared in Adams County Court on Aug. 4 facing three drug-related charges including possession of THC, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia to manufacture. Compound, convert, or store methamphetamine, a Class H felony.

Managing federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds took center stage at the July 28 Wisconsin Towns Association meeting. The Town of Adams Town Hall was packed with town supervisors from across the county to  get an understanding of how local governments can use the federal funds allocated to them.

You may have seen the white boxes with a counter going across roadways in Adams County and around the state and wondered what they were.  They are called traffic counters and they collect short duration traffic counts that collect data used to calculate Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT), which is the number of vehicles expected to pass a given