By Kim McDarison Visitors to Jones Park on Thursday were treated to a unique lesson in Midwestern history. Sponsored by the Dwight Foster Public Library, the 'BUS-eum,' a traveling museum made from a retrofitted school bus, made a four-hour stop in the park where anyone interested could learn about some noteworthy aspects of Midwestern...
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Rhythm ‘Remix’ lineup announced
A popular Fort Atkinson summertime event, Rhythm on the River, has been restyled this year and will be held as a daytime music festival, according to information released by the Fort Atkinson Area Chamber of Commerce and Fort Atkinson Summer Charity Concerts, the two groups hosting the event, which is...
FCCU cookout raises $1,616 for Jefferson County Cancer Coalition
Fort Community Credit Union held its annual brat cookout to raise funds for the Jefferson County Cancer Coalition on Saturday, June 5. The cookout took place at FCCU's main office located at 800 Madison Avenue in Fort Atkinson, according to information recently released by FCCU. To ensure that 100% of...
American tale: from Lorman to Loeb-Lorman and expansion into worldwide markets
Editor’s note: this is the second of a two-part history of the former Loeb-Lorman scrapyard in Fort Atkinson. The story’s first part is found here: https://fortatkinsononline.com/american-tale-immigrants-dream-creates-recycling-history-in-fort/. By Kim McDarison The history of the former Loeb-Lorman scrapyard in Fort Atkinson began with the toil and vision of 20th-century emigrants from Russia...
Here’s the video! Some highlights from the ‘American Patriotic Pops’ concert in Barrie Park
The “American Patriotic Pops,” Fort Atkinson Community Band concert recently performed before an audience of abut 100 people in Fort Atkinson's Barrie Park. The program, held July 5, included a potpourri of patriotic songs, selections by American composers and a poem titled “Bullets & Bravery,” written by Fort Atkinson’s “Radio...