The Jefferson 1/2 Mile ATV Club has announced that monies raised through its Sixth Annual Save the Racks Ride have been donated to the Fort HealthCare Mammogram Voucher Program. The ride, which attracted some 212 participants, was held last month, according to information released by the club. Riders, representing 25...
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Area Rotary, Interact clubs pack some 53,000 meals to feed world’s hungry
By Chris SpanglerVolunteers packed more than 53,000 meals to help feed the world’s hungry when they gathered at Fort Atkinson High School on Sunday.Organized by the school’s Interact Club, an offshoot of the Rotary Club, the Kids Against Hunger event featured 163 volunteers packaging 53,138 rice-and-veggie meals that will go...
UW-Whitewater holds Intergenerational Technology Services grand opening
By Chris Spangler Feel like your grandchildren know more about computers and cellphones than you do? Well, it doesn’t have to be that way. Area adults age 60-plus can receive free technology services through a new program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Intergenerational Technology Services (IGeTS) recently held a grand...
Paid advertisement: Fireside Theatre to present ‘Scrooge, The Musical’
The Fireside Theatre, 1131 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, will be presenting “Scrooge The Musical,” now through Dec. 23.This merry, sparkling, tuneful, boisterous Broadway musical version of the world’s most beloved Christmas story – Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, is based on the popular musical movie starring Albert Finney, SCROOGE THE MUSICAL...
‘Fall back’ by one hour Sunday; check carbon monoxide detectors
The Jefferson County Health Department, in a news release issued last year as the annual adjustment known as “daylight savings time” neared, advised residents to check operations of their carbon monoxide detectors, further advising that the ending of daylight savings time is an optimal time to engage in such precautionary...