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With some reluctance, the Cross Plains Village Board last week approved a cut in sewer rates effective next year. The board also selected a site for a new outdoor swimming pool. 

A Doc and two longtime Middleton Emergency Medical Service paramedics received salutary proclamations during the Tuesday Sept. 17 Middleton Common Council meeting.

The proposed 2025 City of Middleton budget features a $1.3 million deficit between revenues and expenditures and also leans heavily on an affirmative vote in the city’s Nov. 5 Storm Water Utility Referendum.

Artificial Intelligence is “a hot topic especially in the field of education,” stated Brian Miles, director of technology services in the MCPASD, said at the school board meeting on September 23.  He said it is important that district educators and leaders discern how students, teachers and the entire district will interact with the evolving technology.  

If you want an example of what works well in Wisconsin’s educational landscape look no farther than the University of Wisconsin’s Odyssey Project. The Rotary Club of Madison West Middleton’s guest speakers on Friday were Professor Emily Auerbach, co-founder of Odyssey and Odyssey graduate Keena Atkinson.

The City of Middleton is currently working on five sustainability grants that will benefit Dane County residents, City Sustainability Coordinator Kelly Hilyard announced during the Sept. 17 Middleton Common Council meeting.

MIDDLETON – Before filing a lawsuit, former Middleton High School football coach Jason Pertzborn sought at least $370,000 in damages from the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District for allegedly making false and defamatory statements about him, according to his Notice of Claim. 

Over the summer, Middleton High School Key Club co-presidents Noah Duckett and Wyatt Ehrhardt came up with an idea that very quickly turned into a reality.

The City of Middleton is assembling a wide range of ways to reach the public with information about the Nov. 5 storm water utility referendum, according to information shared during the Tuesday, Sept. 17 Middleton Common Council meeting.

Four administrators from Middleton Cross Plains Area School District secondary schools shared the policies for student cell phone access at the September 9 MCPASD school board meeting. Both Kromrey Middle School and Glacier Creek Middle School) require that students’ phones are turned off.