By Kim McDarison Seventeen fallen military and working dogs were honored and scholarship fundraising plans were announced during the 7th Annual K-9 Veterans Day Observance. This year’s videotaped ceremony, sponsored by the Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson, Inc., was released Friday, March 12. K-9 Veterans Day is observed annually statewide on...
Category: Government
School board candidate responds to questionnaire
By Kim McDarison A General Spring Election will be held April 6. Residents within the School District of Fort Atkinson, including the city of Fort Atkinson, will find one candidate running for a single School District of Fort Atkinson Board of Eduction at-large seat on the general election ballot. Rhona Buchta described...
Whitewater Common Council, school board candidates forums set
The League of Women Voters of the Whitewater Area will be hosting two virtual candidate forums, Saturday, March 13, in advance of the April 6 Spring Election. The first forum, for City of Whitewater Common Council candidates, will be held in the morning, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The second...
City: recently received block grant funds to be used for water main replacement
Editor's note: Information received today by email from the City of Fort Atkinson states the following: On March 2, 2021 the City of Fort Atkinson was announced as a recipient of Community Development Block Grant for CLOSE Public Facilities (CDBG-CL-PF) funds by the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration in...
Four city council candidates are vying for three seats in April
By Kim McDarison A General Spring Election will be held April 6. City of Fort Atkinson residents will find four candidates vying for three open Fort Atkinson City Council seats on the general election ballot. They are incumbents Mason Becker and Chris Scherer, and challengers Megan Hartwick and Jordan Lamb. Fort Atkinson...