Middleton offers drop-off site for spring cleaning event

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, April 26th, 7:02 pm

Middleton is helping its residents get started on spring cleaning with a drop-off site for donations and recycling this Saturday.

The city’s Sustainability Committee is hosting its biannual clean-up event on Nursery Drive in the Airport Road Business Park on Saturday.

Volunteers will be on hand from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to assist those interested in dropping off clothing, household goods, furniture, tools and other items to be donated or recycled.

Assistant Director of Community Development Abby Attoun-Tucker said the twice-yearly event has blossomed in recent years.

"It's one of our most popular events. It's really ballooned into a huge event that we have in April and October of each year," she said.

The committee collected 30,000 pounds of electronics and two trailers full of items for donation during 2012's two clean-up events.

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Police, pharmacies, clinics accepting unwanted prescriptions

Submitted by Christian Von P... on Friday, April 26th, 5:01 pm

Prescriptions contribute to accidental poisonings, Dane County's largest injury-related cause of death

Police, pharmacies and clinics are drawing awareness to National Prescription Take Back Day, happening Friday and Saturday at several locations.

The goal of the collection day is to reduce the number of expired, unused and unwanted medicine.

Poisoning deaths are more common than automobile deaths in Dane County. Unused prescriptions contribute to accidental poisonings, the number one cause of injury-related death, according to the Middleton Police Department.

A statement by Middleton police emphasized pain medications as an especially dangerous prescription group.

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Video helps bar employees nab theft suspects

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff

Thursday, April 25th, 2013, 3:46pm

Belongings taken from the purse of a 34-year-old Middleton woman were recovered after bar employees used video to identify two thieves who had targeted the unattended purse Saturday night, according to Madison police.

The staff at Whiskey Jacks Saloon at 552 State St. reviewed surveillance video after a woman said she placed her purse on a bar stool and turned her back to it to talk with friends. They told police they identified two thieves. One man was in the bar and one was leaving the bar.

Employees said they chased, caught, and held the man who was leaving the bar until police arrived. They told police the man had the woman?s phone, credit cards and cash.

Police said the purse was found inside the bar.

An employee helped an officer detain the second man inside the bar when the man tried to run, according to police.

Police said the video showed the two men were working together.

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Woman hospitalized after car strikes manure spreader

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 2:39pm

A Dane woman was injured when her car rear-ended a tractor hauling a manure spreader Tuesday, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies said Angela A Fiscus, 26, was driving east on Highway 12 and struck the tractor just south of Kickaboo Road in the town of Springfield at 12:25 p.m.

Fiscus was pinned in the car, according to emergency crews. Once freed, she was flown to University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. Her injuries are serious, but not life-threatening, according to deputies.

The driver of the tractor was not injured.

Traffic was rerouted for about an hour and a half.

Deputies said citations are pending.

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Middleton stops LaFollette softball

Submitted by Channel3000 Web Staff

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 7:40am

The Middleton girls softball team didn't get a hit all afternoon against LaFollette pitcher Nicole Newman, but the Cardinals still beat the Lancers 1-0 at Olbrich Park Monday afternoon..

Middleton pitcher Ashley Stormer allowed six hits, but wiggled out of every jam to keep LaFollette off the scoreboard.

LaFollette's Newman was dominant as usual, but the Lancers committed two errors, spoiling Newman's no-hit effort..

It was Middleton's first conference game of the year, thanks to all the rain outs this spring. LaFollette's Big Eight conference record drops to 1-3.

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'Conservancy' excursions to discuss frogs, fireflies, fish

Submitted by Tabatha Wethal, Channel3000.com Community Reporter

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 8:01am

Community programs to guide residents through wildlife areas

A local preservation group plans to share wonders of Middleton nature in upcoming free educational events.

The not-for-profit Friends of Pheasant Branch has sessions planned in May, June and July that teach attendees about creatures indigenous to the Pheasant Branch area.

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