Representatives of some of the public and
private interests that came together to raise
money for a $3.7 million sports complex at Rice
Lake High School break ground Tuesday, April 28
to mark the constuction phase of the project.
Literally digging in are, from left,
Rice Lake School superintendent Paul Vine,
Student Council representative Allison
Salisbury, Sports Booster Club representative
John Rae, Mayor Dan Fitzgerald, Dairy State Bank
president Mike Bock, School Board president Ray
VanGilder, Herman Friess, representing the
Foster Friess family who donated $500,000 to the
project, Rotary Club president Bruce Markgren,
Lakeview Medical Center president Ned Wolf and
Marshfield Clinic-Rice Lake administrator Jolene
Anderson.
The complex, which officially
is named The Friess Family Community Campus, is
expected to be completed over the next 2 years.
It includes facilities for football, track and
field, softball, baseball and soccer. About
$500,000 in donations are still needed to
complete the project.
Information provided by
Rice Lake
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