By Kim McDarison Fort Atkinson City Manager Rebecca Houseman LeMire Tuesday updated council members regarding the city’s intent to return to in-person meetings beginning Sept. 7. LeMire said upcoming meetings will be conducted using a hybrid format, allowing those wishing to attend to do so in person at the city’s...
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City water works
By Kim McDarison While firefighters battled the five-alarm fire at the D.B. Oak building on Aug. 10, several Fort Atkinson residents learned, perhaps for the first time, about drawdown cycles within the city’s water reserves. Drawdown cycles aren’t new, City Engineer Andy Selle and Water Utility Supervisor Tim Hayden said....
Dane County issues new emergency mask order effective Aug. 19
A new face covering emergency order has been issued by the public health department of Madison and Dane County. The order goes into effect Aug. 19 at one minute after midnight. The order was issued today.A link to the order in its entirety is here: http://fortatkinsononline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-08-17_Order_17.pdf. This is a first page...
Health Department: Fort fire causes excess smoke and increased particulate matter levels
Editor’s note: the following information has been submitted by the Jefferson County Health Department. A local warehouse fire in Fort Atkinson has caused excess smoke and increased particulate matter levels in local air quality. Jefferson County Health Department (JCHD) is coordinating with Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of...
Court binds Fort woman accused of homicide over for trial, arraignment set for September
Elizabeth Durkee — the 36-year-old Fort Atkinson woman accused of first-degree intentional homicide, strangulation, arson and mutilating a corpse after the body of her grandmother was discovered in a house on Foster Street — has waived her right to a preliminary hearing and will be arraigned before the Jefferson County...