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Middleton spikers settle for second

Submitted by MTT News on Sat, 04/17/2021 - 21:01

KAUKAUNA — Cole Sweitzer couldn't look.

Neither could Ruben Emmerich.

The two Middleton boys volleyball standouts sat on the end of their bench Saturday evening and put their heads down. At the other end of Kaukauna High School, Kimberly was receiving its gold trophy and individual medals after winning the WIAA state championship.

And Emmerich, Sweitzer and many of the Cardinals kept thinking about what could have been.

“It was difficult to watch,” said Sweitzer, a junior outside hitter. “We were really hoping to end on a higher note. We just couldn’t get it done.”

The Cardinals came awfully close, though.

Middleton battled nerves and inconsistency and dropped the first two sets. The Cardinals mounted a spirited rally, but Kimberly simply had too much firepower and eventually posted a 25-21, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23 win.

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Tennis Cardinals headed to state

Submitted by MTT News on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 18:02

Middleton girls tennis coach Matt Given admittedly doesn’t worry all that much about final results.

Instead, Given just asks his team to give him everything they have — and the rest will take care of itself.

That was certainly the case at the Monona Grove Sectional on April 14.

Middleton took first place in six of seven flights and was the runaway winner of the sectional. The Cardinals finished with 53 points to easily outdistance runner-up Madison West (36).

Middleton sent four players to the individual state tournament, which will be held Thursday and Friday at Lake Geneva Tennis Club and Badger High School. The Cardinals that advanced to individual state are singles players Netra Somasundaram and Sophia Agapov, and doubles teams Karsen Dettman/Noor Rajpal and Rose Ryan/Cece Hujanen.

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Middleton High School Theatre to Present Cinderella

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 13:08

MIDDLETON–This pandemic year has been full of altered and interrupted plans in the academic and extracurricular lives of students and teachers. Since it has not been possible to bring audiences to the Performing Arts Center, Middleton High School (MHS) Theatre has presented several virtual performances this year.  

MHS Theatre is excited to present its spring musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” on a virtual platform, available for viewing from April 16-18 only.  But while the performance will be virtual, the creation of Cinderella allowed some in-person gathering of students and staff in socially-distanced, masked cohorts, working together to produce a visually stunning, filmed performance.  

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Free LED Lightbulbs Available at Two Events

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 13:04

MIDDLETON–Residents in the City of Middleton will be able to exchange their old incandescent and compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs for new LED bulbs at two separate events on April 23 and April 28. The events are sponsored by the Middleton Sustainability Committee.

The first event is at the Middleton Recycling Center at the corner of Parmenter Street and Schneider Road from 3-5 p.m. You may bring up to five lightbulbs to exchange per family. 

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Library to Add In-Person Hours

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 13:03

MIDDLETON–The Middleton Public Library has announced it will open for some in-person hours beginning April 29. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the library was first closed, then offering only curbside service. 

Residents will be allowed inside the library three days per week, Thursdays from 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Curbside service will continue Mondays from 12-6 p.m., Tuesdays from 12-8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 12-6 p.m. They will remain closed on Sundays.

Guests will be allowed to browse the physical collection, self-check holds pick-ups and use computers, printers, fax and scan documents and use the WIFI. Restrooms will also be open. The inside book drop will also be open during the new hours, and curbside drop off is still available 24/7.

Guidelines for in-person visits include:

• No food or drink

• Masks must be worn at all times

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DC Sheriff’s Office Joins 30x30 Pledge

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 13:02

MADISON–Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney says one of the reasons he wanted to join the 30x30 Pledge–an initiative to hire 30 percent women to law enforcement by 2030–was to lead by example. And as the head of the National Sheriff’s Association, he has a big audience, the organization has 3,080 sheriff’s offices as members throughout the country.

“When it was brought forth to me, I immediately felt it was the right direction for us to move in, and I was happy to sign,” Mahoney said of the measure.

Policing Project, a division of the NYU law school, outlines that female officers are less likely to use excessive force, have fewer complaints and lawsuits, are perceived to be honest and compassionate, have better outcomes for crime victims, especially sexual assault cases and make fewer discretionary arrests, particularly of non-white residents.

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Her Name in Lights

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 13:01

My friend died this morning.

When I learned of her death, I dug up the first words I ever wrote about her, in 2013, the first of many:

“It was the early 1950s when a young farm girl named Bonnie Bakken stood in the doorway of her parents’ home in Black Earth. Her hands on her hips, the fiercely independent young woman told her mother she was leaving the farm, the church, and Wisconsin.

She was going, she said, to see her name in lights. 

“And I did,” she reflects today with a nod, cradling a small cup of coffee and flexing her hands to counteract the arthritis that often binds them. “I saw my name in lights many times.”

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Value Black Lives

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 13:01

I had just started to write this column early Monday morning about the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, and the fact that the defense is hellbent on putting George Floyd on trial. (I will get back to that topic.) Instead, I decided to read the news first. 

I was horrified to read a story about a man in Virginia, Army Lt. Caron Nazario, allegedly being threatened and pepper sprayed when he did not pull over immediately but went to a well-lit gas station to stop. Nazario is Black and Latino and held his hands up when the police officer approached and told him he was scared to get out. The officer responded, “Yeah, you should be.” The cop then pepper sprayed him. Police proceeded to illegally searched his vehicle.

His crime? Not displaying a license plate. But there was a temporary plate in the window, which police saw when they approached according to the police report.

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MCPASD Board Discusses First Evaluation of SROs

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 12:59

MIDDLETON–The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (MCPASD) Board of Education reviewed its first time evaluation of the school resource officer (SRO) program which embeds a police officer at each of the middle schools and the high school.

In June 2020 students, parents and community members called on the City of Middleton to suspend its contract with the MCPASD while the SRO program was reviewed. 

The Middleton Common Council tabled its agreement with MCPASD to provide police officers at Middleton High School and Kromrey Middle School. School district administrators said they would undertake a thorough review of the program to be completed by January.

Superintendent Dana Monogue presented the evaluation to the board noting it was the first evaluation since the program began in the mid 1980s.

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