Members of The Unity Project of Fort Atkinson will be hosting the seventh annual Fort “Fall Fiesta” this Saturday. The event will be held in Jones Park, 600 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, between noon and 4 p.m. The event is free to attend and open to the public. According to...
Category: Lifestyle
Jefferson, Walworth counties named among America’s healthiest communities by U.S. News and World Report
By Kim McDarisonU.S. News and World Report has ranked 500 counties, naming them as the healthiest communities nationwide in 2024.In the Fort Atkinson Online and WhitewaterWise readership area, both Jefferson County, ranking No. 196, and Walworth County, ranking No. 419, made the list.Wisconsin was well represented among the top 500...
Hoard Museum downtown walking tours to be held Saturday
Walking tours led by members of the Hoard Historical Museum staff will be held this Saturday, according to a recent news release. Tours of Fort Atkinson’s downtown area will be held at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with each tour lasting roughly one hour, museum director Merrilee Lee, who will...
Paid advertisement: AAUW used book sale slated for September
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will be sponsoring its annual used book sale, Friday, Sept. 13, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 14, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. The event will be held at the Fort Atkinson Municipal Building, 30 N. Water St., West,...
‘Friends of Lorine Niedecker,’ ‘Write On, Door County’ announce fellowship
Two Wisconsin nonprofit groups, The Friends of Lorine Niedecker and Write On, Door County, have announce that they are seeking applicants for the Lorine Niedecker Fellowship. According to a recent release, the fellowship is offered every two years to an established or emerging poet familiar with the work of the...