Stoughton
Shakers Saloon Grand Opening Halloween /Costume Party Sat, Oct. 26th. Open at 11am Join JJO on-air personalities and others for a fun-filled celebration! Costume contest, live music with DS Jukin’ from 8pm to midnight. Giveaways, prizes and more all night long.
Thursday, October 24, 2019 • Vol. 138, No. 14 • Stoughton, WI • ConnectStoughton.com • $1.25
111 Chalet Drive Stoughton 608.480.7040
adno=114900
Courier Hub The
Stoughton Area School District
Playing it forward Stoughton Trailers matches donation to contribute $150k for SHS artificial turf SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
Photo by Mackenzie Krumme
Volunteers dump slime on Tori Price on Friday, Oct. 18, at Kegonsa Elementary School.
Showered with sticky slime On Friday morning six Kegonsa Elementary School teachers got slimed. As a reward for raising $12,500 in pledges and nearly $6,000 in local sponsorship during the Gilly’s Grand Prix fundraiser, students at Kegonsa Elementary school
received a Hawaiian beach day, tastings from the Kona Ice truck and were able to shower their teachers in slime. To v i ew o r b u y t h e p h o tos from our slideshow, visit smugmug.com.
Inside More Slime photos Page 16
Last week, Stoughton Trailers got an award for its “positive influence on the state economy,” including a $75,000 donation to the charity of their choice. Company officials didn’t take long to show why the business is also a positive influence on Stoughton, announcing Oct. 15 that it would apply the money – and match it – to donate $150,000 toward artificial turf for Collins Field. Stoughton Area School District athletic director Mel Dow called the donation a “gracious surprise” and a continuation of the company’s “ongoing support of our academic and athletic programs.” T h e F l ow e r s F a m i l y Foundation presented its sixth annual Wisconsin
About Stoughton Trailers Started as a family business in 1961, Stoughton Trailers is the second-largest manufacturer in Dane County and one of the largest private manufacturing companies in Wisconsin, employing more than 1,600 people, according to a company news release. Stoughton Trailers operates facilities on four campuses, including corporate offices, sales offices and manufacturing plants in Stoughton, Evansville and Brodhead. B u s i n e s s A c h i ev e m e n t Award to Stoughton Trailers during a luncheon in La Crosse, including $75,000 donation to the charity of the company’s choice. The award recognized the overthe-road semitrailer manufacturer for its “positive
Turn to Donation/Page 14
City of Stoughton
Public looks at Mandt Park master plan concepts JUSTIN LOEWEN Hub correspondent
About 30 people attended a presentation of plans to improve Mandt Park on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Those who spoke seemed mostly concerned with the proposed placement of streets and parking, and a vote showed a preference for a one-way access road. MSA Professional Services delivered the presentation at the Stoughton Fire Department detailing three different concepts for a Mandt Park master plan, which would guide future improvements for the site
and neighboring parcels. Two of them would focus on the placement of streets and parking across the park. The other is centered around the needs of the Stoughton Fair. All would add a new park shelter, playground and splash pad. The city hired MSA to help lead redevelopment of the Yahara River’s riverfront near Mandt Park and to help determine appropriate uses for the rest of the park. Master plan concepts included a restoration of Yahara River shoreline, a riverfront trail system and a kayak launch for a planned whitewater park. There would also be a stormwater basin to help keep the park desaturated and a pedestrian bridge spanning the Yahara River, which would connect
Courier Hub
concepts will lead into a comprehensive master plan based on feedback from stakeholder group meetings and a community survey, MSA senior landscape architect Dan Williams said. He said it likely will be a combination of all three master plan concepts. The project might also consist of phases, Mayor Tim Swadley said. Each concept features the addition of greenspace and parking spaces. Troll Beach and the Mandt CenPhoto by Justin Loewen ter would not move. The 1-mile riverfront trail From left, Dan Williams and Dan Schmidt of MSA Professional Services presented three options for the Mandt system found in each concept would be a circular, Park master plan at the Stoughton Fire Department on Tuesday, Oct. 15. multi-use path extending onto properties occupied by Mandt Park to a planned riverfront improvements the Stoughton Area School residential redevelopment would be eligible for DNR District bus storage and the Stoughton wastewater treatof the city’s Redevelop- grants. The three master plan ment plant, respectively. ment Authority. All of these
Submit comments Submit comments on the Mandt Park master plan at: stoughtonrec.com Alders hoped to free up more parking space for Mandt Park, asking about acquiring the bus storage property, but Ald. Regina Hirsch (Dist. 3) told the group school district officials were not interested.
Option A
The first concept is the only plan that retains a
Turn to Mandt/Page 14
2.50% APY* 31-Month CD 2.25% APY* 15-Month CD
Build your savings with a certificate of deposit from Home Savings Bank. We Make it Happen. 608.282.6000 400 W. Main St. Stoughton home-savings.com *APY is Annual Percentage Yield. APY assumes principal and interest remain on deposit for the term of the certificate. Penalty for early withdrawal. The annual percentage yield is effective as of the publication date. Minimum amount of new money required to open account and obtain the disclosed APY is $5,000 for the 31-month CD and $5,000 for the 15-month CD.
adno=75629
Attendees express concerns with accessibility, parking