The Rock River Coalition, Ball Corp, and River Network are hosting a weeklong, virtual and in-person Rock River basin and Fort Atkinson cleanup event in August. The event, called: “By Water & By Land, Let’s All Lend a Hand,” will take place between Aug. 1 and 7. Activities are as...
Category: Community
Grow Solar community volume purchasing program introduced
By Kim McDarison Several groups -- including the Fort Atkinson-based nonprofit organization the Heart of the City; the Custer, Wis.-based Midwest Renewable Energy Association, and the Waukesha County Green Team -- have collaborated to create the Jefferson/Waukesha Grow Solar program. The program, according to information suppled by the organizers, focuses...
Fireside Theatre restarts season with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’
After 16 months without a Broadway musical on its stage, The Fireside Theatre has announced the restarting of its theatre season with the opening of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "CINDERELLA." Information recently released by the theater notes: The show opened on July 22 with an enthusiastic capacity audience and will continue to run...
Sorrels donate Black Hawk War artifact to Hoard Museum; open house Aug. 13
Bill and Julie Sorrel, along with children Joseph, Kim and Susan, have given a unique piece of local history to the Hoard Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson. The artifact, an 1809 Prussian-made bayonet, was found by Bill on their farm in Cold Spring in 1982 while he was removing a...
Fort AAUW continuing to accept book donations
The Fort Atkinson Branch of the American Association of University Women is continuing to accept donations for its 2021 fall Used Book Sale.The sale takes place Friday and Saturday, Sept, 17 and 18, at the Fort Atkinson Municipal Building.There will be a number of changes to the sale’s format, including...