Do you think you know what’s been going on around the halls of SHS lately? Have you been keeping up with what’s been happening around Stoughton? Test your knowledge with The Norse Star’s News Quiz!
1. This year’s fall musical, “Head Over Heels,” featured the music of which iconic 80s band?
A.) The Bangles
B.) The Go-Go’s
C.) The Smiths
D.) Wham!
Answer: From Oct. 26-28, the SHS Theatre Department performed “Head Over Heels,” a play that features the music of The Go-Go’s. “There are so many quotable lines that have wormed their way into my vocabulary and become inside jokes with my friends,” Alley Parks, who played Philoclea, said.
2. In recent months, construction has begun on the former Pizza Hut lot for several new businesses to open. What business has NOT been proposed to open there?
A.) Noodles and Company
B.) Cousins Subs
C.) Popeye’s
D.) T-Mobile
Answer: As of 2022, the Stoughton City Council has approved conditional use permits on the 1424 Hwy. 51 lot for (from left to right) a Cousins Subs, T-Mobile, and a Noodles and Company. Currently, there are no official plans in place for a Popeye’s in Stoughton, although never say never.
3. What number did Stoughton High School rank in the U.S. News & Report of best high schools?
A.) #1
B.) #528
C.) #3,919
D.) #10,786
Answer: Out of 17,680 evaluated high schools in the U.S., Stoughton ranked #3,919 best high school (Stoughton, MA ranked #5,051, if you were curious). Some statistics that played into our school’s rating include our graduation rate of 98%, our Advanced Placement enrollment of 46%, and our student-teacher ratio of 14:1, earning us a final score of 77.83/100. Out of all evaluated Wisconsin high schools, SHS ranked #115.
4. One of Stoughton’s newest businesses, Emmi Roth, specializes in what?
A.) Cheese Conversion
B.) Meat Packaging
C.) Milk Homogenization
D.) Butter Production
Answer: Located at 1800 Williams Drive, Emmi Roth, a company known for providing specialty cheeses, has opened a new location in Stoughton, said to be creating 100 new jobs. The company has five locations across Wisconsin, with this one’s primary purpose being cheese conversion, which, according to Jordan Ehlen, Emmi Roth’s director of manufacturing, is “the process of taking cheeses from their original, larger form, and crumbling shredding, or portioning them into their end form.”
5. In recent years, a new project, named The Yahara River Park Project, has proposed reconstruction of Stoughton’s dam. What would NOT be a result of this proposed project?
A.) A Whitewater Rafting Park
B.) Drop Pools
C.) Pedestrian Bridge
D.) Hydroelectric Power
Answer: If you said hydroelectric power, then you must give a dam about the dam in Stoughton. Recently, a new project has been stirring controversy in Stoughton—The Yahara River Park Project. The project is set to reconstruct the dam in Stoughton, which would, in turn, lead to, “improve[d] recreational opportunities in Stoughton,” according to the Stoughton Parks & Recreation Department. This could include all of the features listed above except hydroelectric power; the Yahara River Park Project would focus primarily on recreation. This plan still needs approval from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, specifically through three permits needed for the park’s state-level approval, which they plan to take action on this fall.
