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MADISON – The city of Middleton is opposing the town of Middleton’s request to become a village, stating that its incorporation petition lacks supporting facts to satisfy state standards and must fail, according to recently filed court documents.

TOWN OF MIDDLETON – The town would earn revenues totaling $5.567 million next year and spend $6.189 million in the proposed 2026 budget the Town Board recommended last week.

MAZOMANIE - Throughout the early Fall the Village of Mazomanie grappled primarily with two areas of concern: how to maintain the village’s public works in the wake of the departure of Director Mark Geisler, and the demolition of a property on the floodplain on State Street.

Mayor Emily Kuhn on Nov. 4 announced the developer has withdrawn The Leckrone, a seven-building 415-unit multi-family development with a 108-room hotel to be built on 11.3 acres near Tribeca Drive.

CROSS PLAINS - When Rachel Adams moved back to her hometown of Cross Plains to raise her daughter, she noticed something missing. The small-town events that once defined her childhood — the World’s Fair, Charles Bay’s beer crate, and that unmistakable feeling of community — had faded away.

MADISON – The city of Middleton contested the town of Middleton’s request to incorporate as a village in court on Oct. 27.

CROSS PLAINS – The Village Board last week (OCT. 27) approved the annexation of 479-acre Marchstone golf course residential development from the town of Cross Plains.

A Madison-based property management group that just recently began managing transitional housing for vulnerable populations approached the Black Earth Village Board in September with a proposal for the former eldercare facility in town. The ambitious project would turn the shuttered facility into transitional housing with 52 rooms, with 25 reserved for Veterans. 24/7 staff support including licensed clinicians will aid in recovery and wellness.

MIDDLETON –The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy and Dane County Parks are seeking the public’s help to stop those vandalizing a new trail segment.

During a nearly two-hour discussion on Oct. 21, the Middleton Common Council set a calendar for a final decision on the city’s campus plan — involving the city’s downtown campus of buildings that include the Middleton Senior Center, the Middleton Public Library and Middleton City Hall.