Editor's note: The School District of Fort Atkinson recently updated its link to the 32nd Annual Academic Awards Program. The new link includes two previously missing slides showing tenth grade students earning a certificate and two stars. The new link and two slides have been added to this story. By Kim...
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COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Fort Educators Tuesday in Whitewater
Fort Atkinson and other area educators will be able to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a day-long clinic at Whitewater High School on Tuesday, March 16.SSM Health announced that teachers from the School District of Fort Atkinson, Whitewater Unified School District, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and the...
K-9 Veterans Day observed; Terry Beck scholarship announced
By Kim McDarison Seventeen fallen military and working dogs were honored and scholarship fundraising plans were announced during the 7th Annual K-9 Veterans Day Observance. This year’s videotaped ceremony, sponsored by the Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson, Inc., was released Friday, March 12. K-9 Veterans Day is observed annually statewide on...
School board candidate responds to questionnaire
By Kim McDarison A General Spring Election will be held April 6. Residents within the School District of Fort Atkinson, including the city of Fort Atkinson, will find one candidate running for a single School District of Fort Atkinson Board of Eduction at-large seat on the general election ballot. Rhona Buchta described...
One of five finalists withdraws from UW-Whitewater provost bid
One of five finalists for provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has withdrawn her candidacy for the job. UW-Whitewater announced that Dr. Lavonne Cornell-Swanson gave no reason for her decision to drop out of consideration for the position. Currently the associate provost for faculty...