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LIND – Adams County commissioners have officially recognized the contributions of a local civic leader who passed away earlier this month at the age of 88.

On March 15, commissioners passed Resolution No. R-015-2021 honoring former Commissioner William "Bill" Wills, who died March 2, 2021.

Wills served as a county commissioner for three terms, from January 1989 through December 2000. He then served on the Lind Town Council from 2002-08.

Wills served previously in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Radar Hill near Othello, where he met Jeanette, whom he married. The couple raised two...