Leigh Mills
Evening News Anchor and Reporter at WMTV-TV (Madison, WI)
@wmtv15news Anchor, National Murrow and 2x Emmy Award winner, @Studio88create co-owner, wife, mom, stepmom, runner, turbokick instructor, ice cream lover
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Mrs. Renee Moldenhauer’s teaching career started in 1983, when she taught life skills to adults with intellectual and physical challenges. She left to raise her family, but she missed the classroom. In 2001 she returned to teaching and took a position teaching special education at Lodi High School in 2014.
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The moment you walk into the gym at Nuestro Mundo Community School in Madison (part of MMSD), you hear squeals of joy. It’s the joy Mr. John Wheeler provides for his students everyday in his gym class. But it’s what Mr. Wheeler does after school that really stands out. “I see things that excite the kids and I want to provide that excitement for kids,” explains Wheeler. Twice a week he runs an after-school circus program. “If you can’t get up on a trapeze, okay.
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JANESVILLE, Wis. (WMTV) - The third Crystal Apple Award winner of 2025 is leading by example, teaching her students that they can dream big, they can achieve, and she will support them every step of the way. Mrs. Karen Heesen teaches braille to all grades at the Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, which is a K-12 school in Janesville.
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Poynette educator who started out on a different career path is showing her students that life is full of possibilities. Peggy Maurer is the second Crystal Apple Award recipient of 2025, and received nine different nominations. Maurer teaches STEAM- which is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics- and she is a K-12 library media specialist. For 35 years, Maurer has been a pillar of the Poynette School District.
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Mazomanie high school English teacher is teaching her students more than just literature. She is exposing them to history and sociology in an effort to add context and depth to every class. Wisconsin Heights High School teacher Kathy Haig is the first Crystal Apple Award recipient of 2025. The discussion in the 28-year veteran teacher’s AP Literature classroom creates a safe space for different points of view.
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