The City of Fort Atkinson invites you to enjoy a visit to our historic community.
Spend time exploring all that Fort Atkinson has to offer travelers and residences. Visit the Fort Atkinson State Preserve built to keep the Winnebago Indians on Neutral ground after their removal from Wisconsin in 1840 and to provide protection for them from the Sioux, Sauk, Fox and from white intruders on Indian land. Interested in the outdoors? Visit Lake Meyer, a 156 acre park is the County Conservation Board's headquarters. Lake Meyer offers tent & trailer camping, drinking water and showers, toilets, skiing, hiking trails, picnicking areas, lake fishing in a 38 acre lake, boat ramp and a nature center. To find out what else the little town of Fort Atkinson has to offer, visit us today. Fort Atkinson where history and heritage collide.
RENDEZVOUS DAYS
September 27th. & 28th., 2024
For more information,
contact Kay Schmitt 563-534-7455
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WCHPC Presentation on Historic Mills of Winneshiek County
2024 Fort Atkinson Repair Project
The "Assessing and Repairing 4 Extant Buildings at Fort Atkinson Historic District" project is supported in part by a Save America's Treasures grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the Nation Park Service, Department of Interior.
City News & Announcements
Their ANNUAL, “SUPPER WITH SANTA” Sponsored by the Fort Atkinson Library
Posted on November 15, 2024
December Council Meeting
Posted on November 15, 2024
FORT ATKINSON STATE PARK IS NOW OPEN
Posted on July 3, 2024
2024 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT
Posted on April 1, 2024
How agenda & minutes enter on web site
Posted on August 9, 2023
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WELL UPDATE
Fort Atkinson citizens are now finally using water from our NEW WELL! The project is FINALED OUT AS COMPLETED, with a few bumps in the road that will be covered by the two year warranty on the project.
We are pleased to announce and Congratulate Greg Barta on being named the American Water Works Association Iowa Section Region 4 OPERATOR OF THE YEAR 2024!!!
TELLING THE FULL HISTORY: NORTHEAST IOWA’S “NEUTRAL GROUND”
Indigenous communities have called Northeast Iowa home since time immemorial, but the story of their presence in this region is not widely known and, in some cases, is misunderstood... read more.
THE CITY OF FORT ATKINSON RECOGNITION OF GRANT FUNDING
The City of Fort Atkinson has recently received a grant in the amount of $ 2500.00 from
THE DEPOT OUTLET, this grant is to replace the sidewalk in front of the Community Center
and make the entrance more handicap assessable.
The City also was awarded a $ 2500.00 grant from the Community Foundation of Northeast
Iowa to help fund the sidewalk replacement at the Community Center.
We have also received an ALLIANT ENERGY COMMUNITY TREE GRANT, this grant will
pay for 20 White Swamp Oak trees that will be planted in the Community Park in the spring.
These trees will replace the ones being removed that were killed by the famous Emerald
Ash Borer.
THANKS TO THE DEPOT OUTLET, WINNESHIEK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
AND ALLIANT ENERGY FROM THE CITY OF FORT ATKINSON!
We do business in accordance with the Federal Fair Housing Law (the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1968)
It is illegal to discriminate against any person because of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Handicap, Familial Status, or Natural Origin.
In the sale or rental of housing or residential lots
In advertising the sale or rental of housing
In the financing of Housing
In the provisions of real estate brokerage services
In the appraisal of housing
Blockbusting is also illegal
PLEASE CONTACT FORT ATKINSON CITY HALL AT 563-534-3029 IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO HOUSING DISCRIMINATION