Chancellor Dwight C. Watson has announced the appointment of Ryan Callahan as the next director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Ryan was selected because of his experiences as a former Warhawk athlete, coach and budget manager,” Watson noted in a recent press release. “He was endorsed 100%...
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Nearly $800,000 awarded during high school scholarship awards program
Editor's note: the following story has been updated to reflect some late changes made in a spreadsheet used to track student awards as well as include an award recipient whose scholarship was shared with the school district and Fort Atkinson Online after the award ceremony was conducted. By Chris Spangler...
Fort boys soccer team gets community send off to state championship
Fort Atkinson enthusiasm and hometown pride were on display as several hundred community members of all ages lined Main Street Friday to give the Fort Atkinson High School boys soccer team an exuberant send off before it left to compete today for the State Championship title. The team will compete...
Thousands tested, vaccinated as UW-Whitewater concludes academic year
Editor’s note: the following story was submitted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. As the 2020-21 academic year comes to a close at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, there are multiple success stories that wouldn’t be surprising in a typical May. But this was not a typical year. From classroom learning to...
Unity Project donates books focusing on racial equity to school district
Members of the Unity Project’s School Partnership Committee delivered 800 books recently to the School District of Fort Atkinson, according to information released by the school district. Made in April, the gift included books ranging from kindergarten to eighth-grade reading levels, covering a wide range of topics relating to the...