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For over 60 years, Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) Dane County has paired children ages 6-18 with adults in the community with the hope of creating mentor relationships to last a lifetime. After the “Little” brothers and sisters grow up and age out of the program, the choice of continuing their relationship with their “Bigs” is left up to the pairs to decide. But for Katharine Clark, Deputy Director of the Middleton Public Library and “Big Sister” to 20-year old Alivia Moon, it wasn’t a choice at all. 

For just over a decade, Middleton High School Social Studies teacher Andy Hartman has led students on study tours across Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. These trips have given hundreds of MHS students the chance to learn social studies and world history not just in classrooms, but through real life experience. But since the first tour in 2009, the opportunity has been exclusive — with steep price tags, limited scholarship options and destinations restricted by travel safety guidelines. Hartman is on a mission to change that. 

MADISON – Dane County jurors needed less than 90 minutes to convict a Mount Horeb man and former Kromery Middle School janitor of repeated sexual assault of a child.

The Wisconsin Heights School board discussed the results of district scorecards, highlighting growth in academic and wellbeing scores across elementary, middle and high school during its June 22 meeting. 

314 Anne St, now called “The Grove” in Mazomanie, has been home to an elementary school, a church, a non-profit community center and more. Now, a small corner of this versatile building will house part of the Wisconsin Lions Club’s mission to provide free vision correction to those in need. 

The Middleton Cross Plains Area School Board of Education received reports regarding food and nutrition services in the schools, recent surveys of students, staff and families, and achievement gap reduction efforts at Sauk Trail Elementary School. It also approved a preliminary 2026-2027 budget that will be updated by the time of the September 22 annual meeting when it will be presented to MCPASD constituents for a vote.

While the Milwaukee Road rail company may have gone out of business decades ago, it’s full steam ahead for the Milwaukee Road Historical Association (MRHA) annual tour along the iconic railroad. This year, MRHA members enjoyed a tour of historical train depots and museums in Middleton, Black Earth and Mazomanie, as well as Boscobel and Avoca.