Fort Atkinson News

Two witnesses reported hearing a plane's engine "coughing, sputtering and missing" before it crashed in northwest Iowa last month, killing three Wisconsin men.

July 5, 2009 3:34 p.m. A 12-year-old boy was struck in the head by some fireworks Saturday at a Fourth of July party, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.

Another $210,000 restoration has been set for the Fort Atkinson Water Tower, a 108-year old, 80-foot structure resembling an old-fashioned rocket perched at South High and South 4th streets.

Anheuser-Busch InBev said Wednesday it will sell four packaging plants to Ball Corp.

Three Wisconsin men who died in a plane crash Tuesday loved to fly and were on their way to western South Dakota to hunt prairie dogs, friends said.

Three men who died in a plane crash Tuesday in Iowa were en route to South Dakota to hunt prairie dogs, according to the brother of crash victim Thomas Boos.

McCartney nets $2,157 as the co-angler winner thanks to five bass weighing 13 pounds, 2 ounces.

AFTER : Renee Barr likes books, but the problem at her Fort Atkinson home is she likes too many.

A new chef and other comings and goings mark the news from restaurants near and far this week: Central Coast restaurant in Fort Atkinson has hired a chef and will reopen the week of June 21.

Ryan Gasper didn't let the elements rain on his NCAA Outside Track and Field Championships parade.

One year after the flood waters, life is pretty much back to normal in the city of Fort Atkinson.

EDGAR -- Edward William Wiederhoeft, 91, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2009, at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital.

We have received the following death notices: Rose M. Clark, 96, Merrill, died Sunday, June 7. Arrangements are pending with the Taylor-Stine Funeral Home, Merrill.

Maps of the official detour routes for both the Highway 59 and Highway 12 construction projects are available online from the city of Whitewater at www.ci.whitewater.wi.us/Departments/Public_Works/projects.html . Incoming freshman and transfer students who will be attending Plan-It Purple at UW-Whitewater can find detour maps at ...

Motorists should remain alert to work zones in Rock and Jefferson counties, and when appropriate, use alternate routes.

MANITOWOC - Bill Walters' voice has been silenced by death for more than a year, but his love of agriculture continues to speak volumes.

Lakeshore Technical College student Julie Huber recently received the most outstanding student in the dairy industry award given by Hoard's Dairyman.

DAWN M. KRUEGER, 37, Fort Atkinson, at 5:56 p.m. Sunday in the 3300 block of Milton Avenue, Janesville, on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The school board will consider Laue's appointment when it meets Tuesday, May 26.

For 23-year-old Tonya Liska of Wrightstown, her first half marathon was no sweat.