The Fort Atkinson Club (FAC) has announced that it will be hosting a FACTalk titled: “Bee-friendly: How ‘No Mow May’ Protects Pollinators and How You Can Be Part of the Solution.” The presentation is offered as one in a series of informative free seminars which will be held at the...
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Fort Community Band announces summer concert, band rehearsal dates
Wayne Crook, director of the Fort Atkinson Community Band, has announced that rehearsals for band members will begin Monday April 18. Additionally, Crook noted, five concerts have been scheduled for this, the 62nd season of summer concerts, beginning in June. According to a news release, the community band is composed...
‘No Mow May’ returns for a second year
“No Mow May,” a citywide pollinator advocacy program, will be returning to Fort Atkinson for a second year, according to an announcement released by the nonprofit group Heart of the City. The group is the facilitator of the program. According the the release, the No Mow May program is designed...
Frances Jones Highsmith Art Show opens; Karow proceeds to fund art scholarship
By Kim McDarison An opening reception was held Saturday at the Fort Atkinson Club community center for the Frances Jones Highsmith Art Show. The show, which runs through April 7, features the work of several local artists, including husband and wife Brian and Angie Szabo, and Mark Skudlarek, a potter...
April showers bring May flowers?
A torrent of wafting particles turned Fort Atkinson and Whitewater into a giant snow globe early Saturday, as Mother Nature gave the adage: “April showers bring May flowers,” a new twist, but the effect didn’t last long as the afternoon brought warmer temperatures, turning the snowflakes back into water, setting...