December 2019

TOWN OF BERRY–In a Dec. 2 meeting that last just over 15 minutes, the Dane County Board of Adjustments (BOA) made a decision on a parcel of land slated for quarry expansion by Yahara Materials. The board found that the 40-acre piece of land, known as the Meinholz property, was conforming status and did fall under the Town of Springfield ordinance jurisdiction, which would require a conditional use permit from the town for mineral extraction.

The decision upheld a determination by the Town of Springfield Zoning Administrator, Kory Anderson, which stated that the property was not continuous use, a requirement for non-conforming status. 

MIDDLETON–Duane A. “Dewey” Eller, age 68, passed away peacefully at his home on Nov. 30, 2019, surrounded by his family. Duane was born April 27, 1951, in Madison to Florence (Bollenbeck) and Ronald Eller. He married Janelle (Ruhland) Eller on June 8, 1978. 

Dewey graduated from Middleton High School in 1969 and proceeded to attend his undergraduate at Stout University where he studied Industrial Arts. After college, he taught industrial arts and driver’s education at Middleton High School. He then went onto work at Electric Motor Service as a small motor engineer. After Electric Motor Service, he moved onto working for Automed/Ameriscource-Bergen as an electrical engineer constructing pharmaceutical autocad designs. He gracefully worked at Ameriscource-Bergen until he retired in 2016. 

MIDDLETON-On Nov. 29 at 4:21 a.m., Middleton Police were dispatched to an alarm at the AT&T Store located at 2173 Deming Way. On arrival, police determined that the business had been burglarized by forced entry and the suspects were no longer on scene.

Upon reviewing security footage it appears that two suspects got into the business by breaking a window. They attempted to gain access to another room in the store but were unsuccessful.  The suspects were in the store approximately one minute then fled prior to police arrival in an unknown vehicle.  It was also determined that a third suspect was likely involved as a “look out.”

The suspects are described as:

Suspect #1 was wearing light or gray pants, a black hoodie, face was covered, gloves and gray shoes.

Suspect #2 was wearing all black or dark clothing, face was covered and carrying some type of dark bag or backpack

Kevin Bavery is set to begin his 29^th season as a boys’ varsity basketball head coach.

The overwhelming majority of that time, Bavery has had a good idea where his team might be headed.

But Bavery — who came to Middleton in 2006 — admits he’s never been more befuddled by a group as he is the 2019-’20 Cardinals.

“Never have I had so little clue as to where we might finish,” Bavery said.

There are plenty of reasons why Bavery is perplexed.

Middleton lost four starters from last year’s team that went 13-10 overall and finished in fifth place in the Big Eight Conference at 10-8. While the Cardinals will be inexperienced, they have a number of interesting pieces that could help them surprise this winter.

Middleton begins its new season by hosting Verona Dec. 12 at 7:15 p.m.