Hannah Brock

1 week ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Hannah Brock |Reilly Strand

Tucked inside an inconspicuous, small building at the Sapp Bros. truck stop in Cheyenne, a chapel holds church services for truck drivers every Sunday and stays open on most weeknights to lend a listening ear. It’s called the Coffee Pot Bible Fellowship, a reference to the chapel’s main rule: Always have free coffee ready for drivers and visitors. Chaplain Alan Matie and his wife, Kristi Matie, run the chapel, a branch of Cheyenne’s Faith Baptist Church, the main church they attend.

1 week ago | dailyunion.com | Hannah Brock

FORT ATKINSON — More than 40 people lined Fort Atkinson’s Main Street bridge over the Rock River on Thursday, joining thousands across the nation in a show of solidarity on International Workers’ Day, as part of a May Day National Day of Action. “I am standing up for our democracy and the constitution against a dictatorship, which I see, is what Trump is doing,” said area resident Tom Ward.

3 weeks ago | dailyunion.com | Hannah Brock

FORT ATKINSON — Tom Belzer, a member of Rose Lake Friends and the Jefferson County (Wisconsin) Birders, begins his April morning early, with a cup of coffee and a visit with the birds at Dorothy Carnes County Park near Fort Atkinson. With a canister of birdseed in hand, he watches songbirds land nearby. kAm~?46[ 2 49:4<2566 9@AA65 :?D:56 9:D 4@?E2:?6C E@ 8C23 2 D665] q6=K6C D92C65 E92E 2 D>2== D665 =:3C2CJ[ =@42E65 @? E96 H6DE D:56 @7 s@C@E9J r2C?6D r@F?EJ !2C< ?62C E96 #@D6 {2<6 3:C5 @3D6CG2E:@?

3 weeks ago | cowboystatedaily.com | Hannah Brock |Reilly Strand

When the wind picks up in Jeffrey City, it creaks through buildings, old cars and signs, including the remnants of Kevin Robinett’s projects at the Green Mountain Motel. The late owner’s tinkering endeavors are scattered throughout the motel’s grounds, which have fallen into unexpected, grieving hands. After his death last year, his children are left to sort through the inheritance their father left behind.

4 weeks ago | dailyunion.com | Hannah Brock

FORT ATKINSON — Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha & Jefferson Counties has staked its first-ever footprint in Fort Atkinson — and in Jefferson County. The organization held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday at a home site at 700 Schumacher Way, in Fort Atkinson, that will soon be under construction. kAmw23:E2E 92D ?6G6C 367@C6 3F:=E :? E96 4:EJ[ ?@C :? y6776CD@? r@F?EJ]k^AmkAm“(6 2C6 3C62<:?8 W8C@F?5X :? y6776CD@? r@F?EJ[ D@ :E :D 2 3:8 562= 7@C FD[” D2:5 $2C2 r=2C<[ 5:C64E:@? @7 9F>2?