Fort Atkinson News

America's twin crises of sky-rocketing energy costs and catastrophic climate change effects shouldn't be a convenient excuse to push nuclear power as a viable replacement for coal, oil and natural gas ...

WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2008, 6:11 p.m. By Jesse Garza Storms knock out power to 20,000 Heavy rains flooded an intersection and stalled this vehicle Wednesday in Howards Grove.

Some high ranking FEMA officials and Wisconsin's head of military affairs visited Rock County today.

An off-duty correctional officer was killed on his way home from a shift at the Rock County Jail on Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from the Rock County Sheriff's Office.

Evansville has gone full circle, at least for midseason, since rejoining Home Talent League baseball in 2005.

Jefferson: The City of Jefferson opened the Wisconsin Avenue bridge earlier this week, easing traffic concerns in that city.

Steve Merson saved and saved for the trip of a lifetime to Alaska. But the way it turned out, he caught a once-in-a-lifetime fish that could have sent him home a much richer man.

Lakes and rivers attract relief-seekers as summer heats up. But floodwaters are receding slowly.

While sorting newspapers in my flooded basement - the papers that weren't soaked - I found a Northwestern food page from Sept.

Of the 30 years that The Week has been a part of Walworth County, I've been around for 17 of them.

Harvey William Goulder, 73, Fort Atkinson, Wis., died June 22, 2008, at home, surrounded by his loving family.

The swollen Rock River crested at Jefferson on Wednesday. A 3 p.m. reading showed the river at 15.64 feet, the expected high-water level, according to Jefferson County Administrator Gary Petre.

FEMA finally got to Jefferson County Friday. It's one of the hardest hit parts of our state and it has still not been declared a disaster area.

Governor Jim Doyle is meeting Friday with officials in Jefferson County and touring areas hard hit by this month's flooding.

Residents in this flood ravaged county are waiting. They are waiting for the water to recede.

Federal officials have added three more counties in Southeastern Wisconsin to the list of those in the state with disaster area status, and they'll see more territory they could add today.

As the Rock and Crawfish rivers rose steadily in Jefferson Saturday, swamping some homes and businesses and threatening others, crews of volunteers fanned out over the city to fill and stack sandbags.

Raw sewage is being dumped directly into the river, City Manager Steve Sheiffer told residents at a neighborhood meeting Sunday in the partially submerged Mole & Sadler's subdivision.

' President Bush started declaring Wisconsin counties federal disasters on Saturday, paving the way for residents to apply for federal relief money.

American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin is responding and will continue to respond to the communities affected by the severe weather and flooding.