By Kim McDarisonAmendments within a proposed multipart alcohol consumption and nuisance ordinance met with varying outcomes during Tuesday’s Fort Atkinson City Council meeting. Each of four amendments were scheduled for a third reading Tuesday. Council typically adopts ordinances and amendments that change them after a third reading. During Tuesday’s meeting, an amendment...
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Annexation of Banker Road property moves toward approval
By Kim McDarison The Fort Atkinson City Council Tuesday approved a second reading of an ordinance allowing for the annexation into the city of 75 acres along Banker Road.The city-owned land is currently included within the town of Koshkonong. While the ordinance to annex the Banker Road territory was placed on Tuesday’s...
Happy birthday, Medicare! What happens when you turn 65?
Editor’s note: The following information is provided by the Aging and Disabilities Resource Center of Jefferson County. Submissions are written by Jeff Barta, Social Security district manager in Waukesha, Wis. This July marks the 56th anniversary of Medicare. Did you know you can apply for Medicare online even if you are not...
Fort police respond to two traffic accidents Thursday afternoon, one with a fatality
Editor's note: This story has been updated. By Kim McDarison The Fort Atkinson Police Department responded Thursday afternoon to two traffic accidents, one of which produced a fatality, according to Lt. Brandon Sachse. Few details were available about either accident as of Thursday evening, Sachse said, pending notifications of...
Juvenile driver strikes utility pole leaving 530 without power
By Kim McDarison Some 530 We Energies customers in the Fort Atkinson area were without power yesterday morning after a vehicle driven by a teenager struck a utility pole. According to Chief Deputy Jeff Parker of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the car involved in the single-vehicle accident was a...