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With several employees wearing company garb, Bruce Company officials on July 16 vented their frustration with another change in their effort to develop The Garden District with T Wall Enterprises during a two hour Middleton Common Council meeting.

The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District board of education approved a preliminary budget of $148,370,086 for the 2024-2025 school year with over 68% attributed to general operations including salary and benefits, services, supplies, equipment and miscellaneous. Special education accounts for 14.5% of expenditures, and debt service 8%.

Middleton, WI- The Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District is thrilled to announce it has been awarded a $200,000 grant to modernize its transportation fleet with the addition of one clean school bus. This funding, made possible through the 2023 Clean School Bus Program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and championed by U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, 

One of the best moments of the year for us at WayForward is the day when students who participate in our annual Back to School Program get to choose their backpacks and pick up supplies. The excitement is palpable! We’re still thinking about the kindergartener last year who was so thrilled to get a new backpack featuring his favorite character, Sonic the Hedgehog.

The Middleton Common Council authorized conditional approval of the Second Addition to Redtail Ridge — provided the developer can complete a series of contingencies by July 31.

Rejecting a staff recommendation to deny the final plat, the Middleton Common Council voted to postpone action on the first addition to Redtail Ridge between High Road and Pheasant Branch Road until July 2.

TOWN OF MIDDLETON – The town board is quietly going about monitoring airplane noise from aircraft using the Middleton Municipal Airport – Morey Field.

Visitors and workers are welcome in Downtown Middleton — as long as they park two hours at a time?

Nine organizations received grants of $1,000 each from the Middleton Endowment’s spring grant award cycle, a representative from the endowment announced July 2 at the Middleton Common Council meeting.

The trustees of the Middleton Good Neighbor Festival have been busy since the end of last year’s festival planning for 2024.  With summer fully under way, planning is kicking into high gear.