By Kim McDarison An ordinance restricting the sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products near school buildings passed a third and final reading during a Fort Atkinson City Council meeting held Thursday, Feb. 17. First and second readings of the ordinance were approved by council on Jan. 18 and Feb. 1,...
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Chancellor’s order modifies on-campus masking requirements
Editor’s note: the following information has been supplied by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Thanks to the continued decline in COVID-19 cases on and off campus, the University of Wisconsin will remove mandatory face covering requirements from the Whitewater and Rock campuses except for classrooms/instruction spaces and individual units that provide...
UW-Whitewater professor receives grant to ‘connect’ self-driving cars
Haijian Sun, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to build advanced communication systems for self-driving vehicles, according to a recent news release.“In the very near future, we expect the growth of smart cars to be...
Fort Atkinson Science Fair winners announced
By Chris Spangler Winners in the 2022 Fort Atkinson Regional Science Fair have been announced. The event was held virtually in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Students’ projects and the awards presentation video may be viewed at http://www.fasciencefair.org/. St. Joseph Catholic School in Fort Atkinson placed first for submitting the most...
St. Joe’s pancake breakfast to be held Sunday
Knights of Columbus Council 3396 will host a pancake breakfast on Sunday, Feb. 27, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1660 Endl Blvd., Fort Atkinson. The breakfast features pancakes, Jones Dairy Farm breakfast sausage, egg dish and applesauce for a free will donation. All proceeds from...