The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced that it will begin working on a 1.75-mile stretch of roadway on U.S. Highway 12, between the intersections of Highway 12 and County Trunk M and Highway 12 and Madison Avenue in Fort Atkinson. Work is scheduled to begin Monday according to information...
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Trillium development moves forward in Fort
By Chris SpanglerThe Fort Atkinson Plan Commission has advanced a 141-unit multifamily housing development along Banker Road on the city’s northwest side.Meeting Tuesday, the commission recommended city council approval of the preliminary certified survey map (CSM) for, as well as the rezoning of, land planned for the Trillium Multifamily Neighborhood...
Fort named Tree City USA in 2022; April 28 proclaimed Arbor Day
Fort Atkinson was recognized recently as a 2022 Tree City USA, according to information released by city officials. The recognition, which is given by the Arbor Day Foundation, described on its website as an “American 501 nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, is offered to those cities that have...
Aquatic center subcommittee considers $5 million in improvements; non-binding referendum
By Kim McDarison The Whitewater Aquatic and Fitness Center Subcommittee held its second meeting, Tuesday, April 11, during which each entity that comprises the group — the city of Whitewater and the Whitewater Unified School District — offered considerations from which a contractual negotiation between them might mutually be forged. ...
Whitewater: Committee returns ‘hate bias’ form to staff seeking further recommendations
By Kim McDarison Members of the Whitewater Equal Opportunities Commission, meeting virtually Monday, April 3, opted to return a proposed “hate bias form” and its associated procedure to city staff for further recommendations. The proposal is anticipated to appear on the commission’s next agenda, commission chairwoman and Whitewater Common Council...