The Jefferson County Highway Department has announced it will be resurfacing County Trunk M, between U.S. Highway 12 and County Trunk N in the Town of Koshkonong. The work is scheduled to take place beginning April 27. According to the release, existing deteriorated asphalt pavement will be milled prior to...
Category: Government
Zimmerman to run for Assembly District 31 seat
Editor’s note: information below has been provided by a political candidate announcing her intention to run for office. Other candidates wishing to run for political office will have equal opportunity to announce their intensions. The “Maryann Zimmerman for Wisconsin State Assembly” campaign has announced that its candidate will be running for...
Musical maps: Assembly and State Senate districts drawn; candidates come forward
By Kim McDarisonThe Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday, April 15, ruled that legislative maps as drawn by the State Legislature will be used to define Assembly and State Senate districts for the next 10 years. The new ruling reverses an earlier decision, which was made by the Wisconsin Supreme Court and published in...
UW-Whitewater teachers union circulates petition against ‘political interference’
By Kim McDarison As of Easter Sunday, 31 people have signed a petition begun by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater teachers union local 3535. The union represents UW-Whitewater faculty and academic staff. The petition, available on the Action Network, is titled: “Protect UW-Whitewater from political interference.” According to the the union’s...
Municipal clerks recognized on ‘National Clerk Appreciation Day’
Two area clerks were recognized with words and tokens of appreciation by an impromptu group of community members, according to information shared with Fort Atkinson Online by Kathleen Townsend, a community member who helped organize the group. In a phone interview earlier this week, Townsend noted that Tuesday, April 12,...