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...
Category: Lifestyle
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...
Special needs: Pathways program teaches community involvement, independent living
By Kim McDarison Four School District of Fort Atkinson students, a special education teacher and an aide gathered recently at Blackhawk Fitness Center in Fort Atkinson. The students were there to learn how to make healthy life choices and feel comfortable as they embrace new experiences outside of a traditional...
Fort senior center fends off coronavirus blues
By Chris Spangler Contributor Right, left, step and turn, toe-heel, toe-heel. Right, left, step and turn, toe-heel, toe-heel. Quarter-touch, right-touch, back-touch, left-touch. Right-together-right, and left-together-left ... It’s Friday afternoon and three women are learning how to line dance at the Fort Atkinson Senior Center. There are a few missteps (and...