MELROSE, Wis. – The Melrose-Mindoro School District is acquiring the first electric school bus for miles around. Superintendent Deana Wiatt said delivery is expected in mid-November. The bus can go 120 miles between battery recharges, which take about four hours, Wiatt said. The rest of the Melrose-Mindoro fleet runs on diesel at seven or eight miles to the gallon. The largely rural school district that straddles the LaCrosse and Jackson counties line has 850 students, almost all of whom are bused.
Show-off colors. Electric buses usually have green or blue bumpers.