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Breeze Airways announces new nonstop flights for Dane County Regional Airport Breeze started service at Dane County Regional Airport in 2024 and also offers seasonal flights from Madison to Tampa, Orlando and Los Angeles.
Former Sun Prairie West principal is being charged with failure to report child abuse Prosecutors will charge a former Sun Prairie West High School principal with two counts of failing to report child abuse, the city’s police ch…
Sun Prairie school leaders did 'insufficient investigations' into sex abuse allegations An independent investigation found that administrators didn’t do enough when students reported that the former dean of students was having ina…
Former Sun Prairie dean of students pleads guilty to child porn charge Gilkey-Meisegeier also has a case pending in state court, where he faces two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and 13 counts of possess…
Former Sun Prairie teacher accused of inappropriate behavior continues to teach District HR Director Chris Sadler wrote she had “engaged in misconduct within the performance of your position for the District in relation to…
