The Fort Atkinson Generals will be back at bat when they host Kewaskum in their opening-day baseball game April 18 at Jones Park.Here is the Generals’ schedule for the 2021 season:Fort Atkinson Generals 2021 schedule: Sunday League games | Night League games| Exhibition gamesApr. 18 – Kewaskum at Fort Atkinson Generals...
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Friends of the Bark River Hatchery fund second annual perch release
By Kim McDarison Anglers dotted the the Rock River early Friday morning as about 10 people, many of whom are involved with the Bark River Fish Hatchery and its associated fundraising group, awaited the arrival of a truck from Dodgeville carrying fingerling perch. The group of volunteers and spectators...
How serving students with disabilities became a priority mission at UW-Whitewater
Editor's note: This story was submitted by UW-Whitewater. After Paul Lauritzen arrived on the Whitewater State College campus in the fall of 1964 to start a special education program in its college of education, he soon found himself providing informal services for students with disabilities through the admissions office. One...
Fort resident is $30,000 Publishers Clearing House winner
Editor's note: this story has been updated. By Kim McDarison "I’m just flabbergasted!" said Fort Atkinson resident Paul Casey as he stood Friday in the doorway of his apartment building on the city’s northeast side. It was 11:30 a.m. and he’d just learned that he was the winner of $30,000....
Warm Belly Farm employs high-tech farming, offers year-round berry picking
By Kim McDarison Editor’s note: Francis Wisniewski, owner of Warm Belly Farm, said he wanted to say ‘thank you’ to Vern Zech for posting information about his new Fort Atkinson-based, high-tech agricultural business on his online community page, so he invited Zech to pick some farm-fresh, hydroponically-grown strawberries. Zech, who...