June 2013

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27
Jun
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Slow/No Wake Declared On Lake Monona

 

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney have signed a declaration officially calling for a Slow/No Wake Order be issued for Lake Monona, including Squaw Bay, and Lake Waubesa.  The County Board Chair has expressed his support for the declaration as well.

The orders are in effect for the entire surfaces of the lakes. 

Recent flooding rains have increased lake levels and the order is being issued in part due to the potential for additional rainfall over the next 24 hours.   

Under Slow/No Wake, boats must move as slowly as possible while still maintaining steering control and produce no wake.  The order is in effect as of this morning and will be in effect until at least Monday, July 1st.

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Jun
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Jun
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The More Things Change...

Seventy-five years ago, Emily (Zarndt) Knoche (Class of ’38) walked across the stage, shook the principal’s hand, and graduated from Middleton High School with 28 of her fellow classmates. The country and Middleton had been mired in the great depression, but on that day the mood was nonetheless optimistic.

Fifty-five years ago, Karen (Knoche) Stampen (MHS Class of 1958) walked across the stage, shook the principal’s hand, and graduated from Middleton High School with 91 of her fellow classmates. The post-war baby boom was in full swing, Rock and Roll music was gaining traction and the mood in the country was optimistic.  

Wed
26
Jun
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Once Mulling Middleton Expansion, Capital Brewery Instead Chooses Sauk

Plans to expand Capital Brewery in Middleton appear to have fallen by the wayside as multiple media outlets early this week reported that the business plans to build an $11 million, 50,000 square foot production facility in Sauk City.

 
Former Capital Brewery general manager Carl Nolen had been in talks with city leaders in Middleton about expanding the brewery here. But after Nolen was let go by the brewery’s board, and longtime, iconic brewmaster Kirby Nelson departed to found the Wisconsin Brewing Company with Nolen in Verona, negotiations with the city languished. 
 
The city at one point considered providing Tax Increment Financing to ensure that the expansion occurred here.
Wed
26
Jun
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Owen Tries To Lower MG&E Rates

A Middleton-based energy consultant doesn’t think MG&E’s requested yearlong rate freeze goes far enough. He believes the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) should cut the utility’s electric rates this summer.

Robert H. Owen Jr.’s degrees in meteorology, mechanical engineering and law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and decades of work in utility regulation led him to oppose MG&E’ electric rates based on its coal-fired generating plants, he argued.

“That’s where [MG&E] distinguishes itself as the most costly utility in Wisconsin and possibly the Midwest. I haven’t found comparable ones,” Owen said in a phone interview.

Owen quotes MG&E’s 2012 annual report, in which revenues per customer reach 15.8 cents per kilowatt hour. The closest other utility is Westfield Milling and Electric at 14.3 cents per kwh, he said.

Wed
26
Jun
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Local Man Sold Hundreds of Pounds of Pot

A man who sold hundreds of pounds of marijuana before moving to his father’s Century Avenue condominium pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to conspiring to sell a controlled substance.

According to a complaint filed in court:

Nicholas Bokas, 33, began selling ounces of marijuana per week in late 2011, which escalated into sales of up to 10 pounds weekly at $3,400 a pound, according to a complaint filed with the court.

Bokas and Justin Triplett shared an apartment on E. Mifflin Street in the spring of 2012 when Bokas arranged to sell 50 pounds of pot to Joshua Campbell through Triplett.

Campbell was wearing a recording device when he met Triplett at the Mifflin Street apartment. There, Campbell saw 20 pounds of marijuana and Triplett said he could provide another 30 pounds within an hour.

Wed
19
Jun
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Local Olympians Shine At State Summer Games

Seven Madison Youth Special Olympics athletes went to the Special Olympics State Summer Games at the UW-Stevens Point campus June 6-9. Six of them were from Middleton-Cross Plains. They are Lauren Hopp (MHS): shot put - 2nd place, 100M run - 3rd place, 4x100 relay - 6th place; Nick Annen (Cross Plains): shot put - 1st place, 4x100 relay - 6th place; Nikki Ordaz (Madison): 200M dash - 4th place, 1500M run - 4th place, relay - 6th place; Faith Engle (MHS): Turbo jav - 5th place, 4x100 relay - 6th place; Ashlee Hrdlicka (MHS) - Standing Long Jump - 1st place; Regina MacLean (MHS) - 50M run - 2nd place; Gavin Katovich (Kromery Middle School) - 100M run - 5th place.

Pictured here from left to right are agency manager/coach Jean Hopp, Regina MacLean, Coach Joe Ordaz, Ashlee Hrdlicka, Lauren Hopp, Nick Annen, Gavin Katovich and coach Debbie Borth. Not pictured are athletes Faith Engle and Nikki Ordaz and chaperone Jane MacLean.

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Jun
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19
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Good Neighbor Fest Nominations Sought

Middleton Good Neighbor Festival organizers are seeking nominations for the 2013 Good Neighbor Awards.  Each year, in association with the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival, the Good Neighbor Award is given in recognition of individuals whose volunteer efforts have made a difference in the Middleton community and who embody what it means to be a Good Neighbor.

The recipients of the Good Neighbor Award have made community involvement part of their life every day. Members of the Middleton community are encouraged to nominate those deserving of such an honor. Awards are generally given to between four and seven individuals each year.

Wed
19
Jun
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Soccer Cards will be loaded in 2014

 

MILWAUKEE — Perhaps 2013 will prove to be the appetizer.

Maybe the main dish will be served in 2014.

Middleton’s girls soccer team was a surprise qualifier for this year’s WIAA Division 1 state tournament. But the Cardinals were a relatively young team, and could be even more dangerous next year.

“We should be really good again,” Middleton coach Mary Duffy said. “We’ll have a lot of talent back.”

The Cardinals say goodbye to a gifted seven-person senior class.

Keeper Meghan Ledin, a University of Wisconsin recruit, led that group. Ledin posted eight shutouts this year and had a goals against average of just 0.83.

The rest of the senior class included forward Shannon McCauley, midfielders Ryleigh Wolff, Jocelyn Tiedt and Cassidi Goll, and defenders Carly Kirkpatrick and Bridget Arnold.

“We had a really good group of seniors,” Middleton junior midfielder Caroline Keenan said. “But we should have a great group coming back.”

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