Editor’s note: the following information has been released by Fort Atkinson City Manager Rebecca Houseman LeMire and Police Chief Adrian Bump. It has never been easier to connect with members of the community than it is in 2021. The rapid expansion of public and social media platforms carries a fresh...
Category: Community
BASE drive-through breakfast to be held Sunday
Badgerland After School Enrichment Program (BASE) is hosting its annual Wings & Wheels Breakfast on Sunday, June 6, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Fort Atkinson High School.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a drive-through-only event. “To ensure the safety of our attendees, volunteers and greater community, we will...
WRAP show to be held at Cultural Arts Center in June
The Whitewater Arts Alliance will be hosting the Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) exhibit that features the works of non-professional Wisconsin artists at Whitewater’s Cultural Arts Center, 402 West Main Street, from June 4 through June 27, according to a recent press release. Visitors will be asked to participate using...
Fort observes Memorial Day
By Kim McDarison Fort Atkinson residents turned out en masse Monday to honor fallen soldiers. The Memorial Day observance, organized by the American Legion Post 166 Memorial Day Committee of Fort Atkinson, included among its activities a parade, which began at the American Legion Dugout in downtown Fort Atkinson and...
Fort hero inducted into Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Hall of Heroes
By Kim McDarison By all counts, Capt. Scott Robinson Alwin, a soldier during the Vietnam War and a preacher’s son growing up in Fort Atkinson, was a man of strong faith and a hero. Recently he also was remembered as a man who admired actor Errol Flynn and was something...