Obituaries

Raymond H. Gustafson

Raymond H. Gustafson, age 78, died November 3, 2024, with family at his side. He was born in Racine, WI, on December 13, 1945. He later moved to Chicago and then California to study Business and Mortuary Science. He became a resident of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast for...

Community, Government

Turnout at Fort’s polls: ‘brisk’

By Chris SpanglerNot surprisingly, turnout was brisk today as Fort Atkinson voters went to the polls to cast ballots in the presidential and other general election races.When the doors to the Fort Atkinson Municipal Building gym opened at 7 a.m., the line of voters snaked down North Water Street West.On...

Obituaries

Louis F. Yanz

Louis F. Yanz, the big lefty has been called up to the Eternal League to pitch for St. Peter’s Angels, with the trade becoming official on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (He always had a heavenly swing.) Louis Yanz passed peacefully at the Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek, WI,...

Opinion

Happy Halloween from FAO and WhitewaterWise

Editor’s note: WhitewaterWise and Fort Atkinson Online, with help from a poem, titled: “Scaredy Cats,” by Ron “RadioRon” Stelse, wish our readers a happy Halloween. Scaredy Cats My eyes, my whiskers, My tail and nose The thing about cats Is that anything goes. We purr, we hiss We nap and...