The 31st Annual Ernie Pope Art Show is underway featuring art from area student artists. This is the second year the show features student art displayed in the windows of Fort Atkinson downtown businesses. The walkable art exhibition will remain on display through June 1, according to information supplied by...
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System names members of UW-Whitewater chancellor search, screen committee
Edmund Manydeeds, III, president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, and Michael J. Falbo, interim president of the UW System, announced Wednesday the appointment of a 12-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next University of Wisconsin-Whitewater chancellor.Regent Amy Blumenfeld Bogost will chair the Search...
Students, community assemble for senior scholarship awards ceremony
By Kim McDarison This year's Fort Atkinson High School Senior Scholarship Ceremony marked a return to in-person participation, with parents and guests assembling in the Fort Atkinson High School auditorium Wednesday, as community members and organizations awarded more than $528,000 in scholarship money to the community's graduating seniors. The event...
Fort Rotary honors Fort High School Class of 2022 Top Scholars
By Kim McDarisonTwenty Fort Atkinson High School Class of 2022 Top Scholars were honored Sunday by the Fort Atkinson Rotary Club for their academic achievements. The students and their families were invited to a banquet held in the students’ honor at the Fort Atkinson Club community center, Fort Atkinson. With about...
Luther Elementary dedicates Niedecker mural
By Chris SpanglerA Blackhawk Island poet whose prominence has grown steadily since her death in 1970 is now featured in artwork at all of Fort Atkinson’s six public schools. On Friday morning, Luther Elementary School dedicated an indoor mural based on a poem by the late Lorine Niedecker.It shares the first...