Gay marriage is a political hot button. For years, the issue has drawn ideological lines between political candidates, families and communities.
When Facebook users changed their profile pictures in March of 2013 to red-hued versions of an equality logo created by the LGBT-advocacy group the... + continue reading
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Imagine a long-slumbering mine, located on the edge of a residential neighborhood or nature conservancy, roaring to life one day without any review or recourse for those affected by the operation’s noise, dust and traffic.
That could happen in dozens of sites across Dane County, according to... + continue reading
The City of Middleton will require developer Erdman Holdings, Inc. to hire a third party consultant to weigh in on the use of septic tank systems in the proposed Pleasant View Ridge subdivision. The consultant’s report would influence the city council on whether or not to approve the... + continue reading
Just four years after Ideal Builders, Inc. completed construction on a new public safety headquarters for the City of Middleton, the building already appears to have problems. Much to the city’s chagrin, the police department and municipal court building, located at 7341 Donna Drive, is... + continue reading
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Outright conference champions.
Sectional favorites.
Pursuers of a WIAA Division 1 state title.
Middleton’s girls basketball team wears all of those titles following another exciting... + continue reading
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Because of weather cancellations on Monday and Tuesday of last week, teacher Andrew Harris did not actually start his new job teaching science at Kromrey Middle School until Wednesday morning. That... + continue reading
In Business
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Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB) announced Tuesday its world headquarters, several North American divisional operations and its technology center, in all totaling more than 500 full-time... + continue reading
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Edward Heinrich Hoch passed away Sunday October 27, 2013. Edward was born in Kirkwood, Missouri on July 6, 1921 to Edward J. & Ida (Weiss) Hoch. While Ed was still a boy, his family moved... + continue reading
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Raphael J. “Bud” Nonn, 81, of Lower Burrell, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, surrounded by his family. He was born in Madison, Wis., Sept.... + continue reading
The Geiger Counter
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I used to trade English words for Chinese food.
It was a good deal, even though they didn’t understand all my words, and I couldn’t identify most of what I ate. It was also preferable to... + continue reading
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When you work at a book store, in a shopping mall in New Jersey, there is only one productive way to pass the time. You flip through the inventory, searching for characters with interesting jobs.... + continue reading
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A local man who hoped to avoid having his name listed in this newspaper’s court report, which usually runs near the back of the newspaper, has found his way onto the front page after being... + continue reading
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From the desk of Pamela Westby, director of the Middleton Public Library:
Preprinted income tax forms will no longer be available at Middleton Public Library in 2014. The late release of printed... + continue reading
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