No need to save your spare change … at least to pay library fines. The Dwight Foster Public Library has eliminated charging for late returns on all materials. Starting Feb. 15, the Fort Atkinson library dropped all late fees, following a nationwide trend that has been growing during times of...
Category: Opinion
Behind My Door: What’s made your face go red?
By Sandi Bernhardt Who has had an experience that was so embarrassing it was almost impossible to stop thinking about it? The answer: everyone! You couldn’t sleep, you couldn’t eat, and the tape of that horrendous moment kept playing in your brain: “If only I hadn’t said that!” One...
Off The Record: A tale of two forts
So I Googled FortAtkinsonOnline.com the other day, only to be asked if I meant FortAtkinsonOnline.org. No, I didn’t. But I went there anyway, just to satisfy my curiosity. One click whisked me all the way to Nebraska, and a nonprofit called Fort Atkinson State Historical Park. It appears to be...
Our Take: State superintendent election is more than ‘just a primary’
In case you didn’t know it, and we wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t, there is a primary election Tuesday, Feb. 16. It certainly won’t be anything like the last time we all cast ballots to fill public offices (thanks goodness), but it is just as important in its own...
Our Take: Dig out those fire hydrants, please
We were driving around Fort Atkinson the other day and couldn’t help but notice the large number of fire hydrants buried in snow. It wasn’t like the white stuff just had fallen, either. It was in between snowstorms and the sidewalks and driveways had been cleared. Yet, corner after corner,...