Friend Public Schools is the recipient of a hydroponics grant to grow produce to benefit the school lunch program and the community. Amy Kohtz, agriculture teacher and co-adviser for the EMF FFA …

The Friend Area Fund is approaching 10 years of community impact on Friend and the surrounding area. Originally established by Mary Kubicek, Kate Vossler, Jamie Tuttle, David Bruntz and Justin …

The Friend School Foundation is establishing a scholarship for non-traditional students who are going back to school and either live in the Friend school district or are alumni of Friend Public …

France Day 10 - July 23 Reims to Paris We left Luxembourg this morning and headed to Reims for two stops. One was a museum that houses the room where it happened, as Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, …

France Day 9 - July 22 The 35th Infantry, Bastogne and Luxembourg American Cemetery We’ve been following the 134th Infantry 35th Infantry Division in its march across Europe. Today we …

France Day 8 - July 21 Lorraine to Sugar Loaf Hill Today didn’t have as much on the agenda. This morning started at the Lorraine American Cemetery. Among the graves we visited was that of …

France Day 7 - July 20 We started the day at Flavigny Bridge, a site where the Americans took the bridge and then were annihilated by the Germans. Two plaques adorn the bridge, one on each side. …

Day 6 - July 19 We spent most of today in the bus, traveling from Caen to Nancy (pronounced non-SEE as far as I can tell). We did make two amazing stops though. Our first was in Amiens, …

The Exeter-Milligan Board of Education heard a July 13 proposal from area coaches to co-op all school activities with Friend beginning in the 2023-24 school year. The coaches, Brian Arp from …

Day 5 - July 18 Today was just hot – it hit 105 in St. Lo, which was where we were for most of the day. I should be used to it. After all, I’m from Nebraska. We started out with a …