April 2019

MIDDLETON–The City of Middleton and Dane County are working collaboratively on a planned reconstruction of University Avenue from just west of Park Street to Cayuga Boulevard. Weather permitting, we anticipate a full closure of east- and westbound traffic on this stretch from Monday, April 22, until Thursday, July 4. More details will be forthcoming soon, but we wish to get public notice out now to inform the general public. Access for residents will be made and cross access at Bristol and Parmenter Streets will be accommodated throughout most of the project. However, delays are likely, and we ask for your patience. A detour will be posted.

MIDDLETON/APPLETON–Lois Hietpas died peacefully on March 25, 2019 in Appleton, WI at age 84. 

She was born on August 13, 1934, and grew up in Kimberly, WI. She graduated from Kimberly H.S and soon began office work at Kimberly Clark. She married Claude Hietpas of Little Chute, WI in 1956. Lois and Claude lived in Milwaukee for five years, then moved to the Madison-Cross Plains area where they raised four daughters. As the family grew, they were overjoyed to welcome four grandchildren.

After many happy years together, Lois’s husband died in 1993. She continued to devote herself to family, her work managing a convenience store in Middleton, outings with dear friends, and her church. Almost 50 years after settling her family in Cross Plains, Lois moved back to the Fox Valley and enjoyed being near her sister and many relatives.

MADISON–Democratic, presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders, will hold a rally in Madison this week.

Sanders will be at James Madison Park at 5 p.m. on April 12. Tickets are not needed for the event, and it is free and open to the public on a first come first served basis.

Sanders was narrowly beat in the primaries by Hillary Clinton, who became the party nominee in 2016. He is the current frontrunner in the 2020 field for the Democratic nomination.