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MIDDLETON — A new pet grooming and retail shop is offering a different kind of experience for local dog owners, one focused on comfort, quality and personal care.

The City of Middleton will have two new tax increment districts, numbered 7 and 8, thanks to separate actions taken April 21 by the Middleton Common Council.

The City of Middleton and Middleton Emergency Medical Service Local 311 have a one-year contract that expires Dec. 31 thanks to approval by the Middleton Common Council on April 21.

In separate official documents, departing Mayor Emily Kuhn and members of the Middleton Common Council proclaimed April 22 as Earth Day and April 24 as Arbor Day in the City of Middleton by approving both proclamations as part of the council’s April 21 meeting agenda.

First order of business at the April 27 meeting of the Middleton Cross Plains Area School District board of education was honoring five students who were nominated by district staff members for exemplifying the Cardinal Foundation of critical thinking and problem solving. The students honored were Isla Holmstrom and Radhika Gupta, both from Middleton High School; Jacob Jenson, Park Elementary; Anna Larson, Elm Lawn Elementary; and Martin Ortiz, Kromrey Middle School. With proud parents, siblings and teachers in the audience, District Superintendent Dr.

The Wisconsin Heights School District Board of Education completed its annual reorganization and addressed a wide range of district business during its April 27 meeting. 

CROSS PLAINS – The Village Board next week will have an agreement to consider that proposes changes to administering the Cross Plains Area EMS, Village President Jay Langfeld said last week.

The City of Middleton is seeking a Wisconsin Supreme Court review of an appeals court ruling of a Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Railroads decision that a rail crossing at Middleton Center is considered privately owned.

MIDDLETON – Middleotn’s first rental residences to be solar heated and cooled, with help from a state grant, are about to go online.

During the same April 21 meeting, the Middleton Common Council bade farewell to Mayor Emily Kuhn , welcomed new mayor Lisa Janairo and swore in four alders — including two new to the council.