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The City of Middleton is getting a 15-square foot, $60,000 glass sculpture for the new Lake Street Park, thanks to a 7-1 vote on Tuesday Feb. 4 approving the awarding of the commission for the sculpture to The Milligan Studio.

The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (MCPASD) is navigating a period of significant growth and transformation as it adapts to serve an expanding and increasingly diverse student body. Over the past 15 years, enrollment has climbed from 6,058 students in the 2009-2010 school year to 7,203 in 2024-2025—an 18.9% increase.

After lengthy discussion the Middleton Cross Plains Area School board voted to approve a resolution authorizing the borrowing of an amount not to exceed $10,485,000 to fund sustainability projects, but tabled a motion to approve the specific projects until more details can be provided by district officials and McKinstry Essention, LLC  at the February 10 board meeting.  The resolution as passed “puts forward to the

TOWN OF MIDDLETON – The town will again seek to obtain village status in order to protect its borders, according to Town Chair Cynthia Richson. 

The City of Middleton has officially reorganized its Public Works Director and City Engineer positions, thanks to action taken Jan. 21 by the Middleton Common Council.

MCPASD  board hears reportson special ed, open enrollment 

The City of Middleton is paying a $1,252.82 claim for damages incurred to a vehicle parked on a city street in connection with a Dec. 20 incident in which the vehicle was damaged by the plow.

The Middleton Common Council definitely had Scouting on its mind on Jan. 7, when Mayor Emily Kuhn and alders approved presenting three proclamations — two to new Eagle Scouts and one to a longtime Scout leader.

MADISON – A Middleton woman who stated that she was buying two pistols for herself when she was actually purchasing them for a Madison man, was placed on three years’ probation Friday for lying on federal firearms forms. 

Despite some misgivings by a Middleton Police Department official, the Middleton Common Council on Jan. 7 voted to approve a $41,000 change order from Eagle Point Solar for the Police Station Battery Storage Project.