The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that in addition to the numerous resources available on the DHS COVID-19 vaccine page, Wisconsinites can now call 844-684-1064 (toll-free) for personal assistance with their vaccine-related questions. “Learning about the vaccine, trying to find a location, and registering for a COVID-19 vaccine...
Category: Community
Donations sought to honor the late John McKenzie
When Lions Club member John McKenzie, 89, lost his courageous battle to cancer on Oct. 22, 2020, Fort Atkinson and Jefferson County lost one of their most distinguished and dedicated community servants. He was a banker, bicyclist, cross-country skier, Lion and volunteer, and now his friends are raising money for a...
Disinformation and its impact on collective thought presented as lecture topic
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership and UW-Whitewater are co-sponsoring a virtual lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30.Siva Vaidhyanathan will present "Cacophony: How Disinformation, Distraction and the Heckler’s Veto Undermine Collective Thought.”This virtual lecture is free and open to public. Visit https://thompsoncenter.wisc.edu/events/ for details on how...
FACTalks lecture series beginning March 16
The Fort Atkinson Club is offering six new FACTalks via Zoom this Spring. The talks are always free and open to the public. The theme for this season in Finding Hope in a Crisis. These talks are for anyone interested in tuning in and are geared toward residents of southeastern...
Sign-up available for ‘No Mow May’
Heart of the City, a community-based nonprofit group, has announced that a process is now in place through which residents can sign up for "No Mow May," a community-based initiative created in Fort Atkinson to increase pollinator habitat and awareness of the necessity of biodiversity. "After being cooped up in...