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For more than four decades, Middleton Assistant Fire Chief Gary Gillitzer has lived by a simple philosophy: do the right thing, especially when no one is looking. It’s a mantra he’s carried with him, one that he’s now passing down to the next generation.

When Suzy Scudder retired from the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in 2020 after nearly three decades of teaching, she imagined her life would quiet down. Instead, she woke up one night at 4 a.m. with an idea that wouldn’t let her go.

During the same Sept. 16 meeting the Middleton Common Council voted to discontinue a Middleton Police Department battery storage project, Sustainability Coordinator Kelly Hilyard reported that tons of food — literally — have been composted as part of the Scrap Stop program.

Following a closed session, the Middleton Common Council approved an excessive assessment settlement with TGA 8500-8551 Research Way LLC that calls for the city to repay $543,481.14 in partial property tax payments based on property tax assessments for 2024.

School budget approved at annual meeting

TOWN OF MIDDLETON – Looking to add more shade-giving, carbon-sequestering trees to open areas, the Town Board last week (SEPT. 15) authorized applying for a $5,000 urban forestry state grant.

An LLC that owned a 14-acre parcel in Pheasant Branch Creek filed a quitclaim deed that now allows the City of Middleton to take ownership of the land for the Pheasant Branch Conservancy. A resolution approved Sept. 16 by the Middleton Common Council allows the city to accept the donation.

The City of Middleton will hire a search firm for an amount not to exceed $25,000 in order to find the city’s next EMS Chief, thanks to a resolution approved Sept. 16 by the Middleton Common Council.

MAZOMANIE — For years, Joan Egen quietly drafted business plans in her free time, experimenting with numbers, ideas, and what-if scenarios. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, those dreams became reality with the soft opening of her new store, Craft Affaire Collective Market, located on West Commercial Street.

Acting on staff and committee recommendations, the Middleton Common Council on Sept. 2 approved a three-year contract extension for auditing services with Baker Tilly at a cost not to exceed $234,900.