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Mountaineers use grants to help people (and pets)

The Mounds View Mountaineers 4-H Club received 2 endowment grants from the Dane County 4-H Leaders Association Endowment. The requirement was to make an educational project to develop life skills and make a lasting positive impact on the community. Members of the club decided the Dane County... Continue Reading

Mount Horeb High School Honor Roll

Mount Horeb High School Honor Roll 2nd Semester 2021-2022 School Year Summa cum laude Elijah Ahrens Payton Almquist Sydney Almquist Camryn Anderson Rachel Aquino Alexander Ayuthia Lily Beadle Wheaton Bednarek Acer Bengry Everest Bengry Emmeline Bennin Jordan Betzle Paige Bilse Rhya Brandemuehl... Continue Reading

Tisha's Bakery at the farmers market

Rose Brookins

Happy Solstice time, everybody! This is Rose Brookins, writing in with greetings from the Mount Horeb Farmers Market board and all of our vendors, sending our best wishes that you are all enjoying these longest days of summer. If you’ve been reading these notes from the Market since we started in... Continue Reading

Obituary

Sept. 21, 1976-June 19, 2022 MOUNT HOREB – Surrounded by the love of her family and friends, Courtney Hope Anderson, of Mount Horeb, Wis., passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Born on Sept. 21, 1976, in Lewiston, Maine, the daughter of Wayne and Faith Keene, she was raised in Vero Beach, Fla.,... Continue Reading

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July 1, 1929 – June 1, 2022 FAIR OAKS, Calif. - Walter Stucki, age 92, passed away at home on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, after a long illness with Parkinson’s disease. He was born near Barneveld to Alfred Stucki and Martha (Kung) Stucki on July 1, 1929. Walter was a 1947 graduate of Middleton High... Continue Reading

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Wille-Schlesser to lead Sons of Norway district Cheryl Wille-Schlesser former president of Vennelag Lodge in Mt. Horeb, WI, was recently elected to lead the Fifth District of the Sons of Norway. The district includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.... Continue Reading

Outdoor concerts return to Blue Mound State Park

The Friends of Blue Mound State Park (FBMSP) announces the return of the outdoor music series Saturdays this summer at Blue Mound State Park. Beginning July 2 through August 27 from 6-8 p.m. a variety of musicians and groups will perform in the outdoor amphitheater at the top of the park. From... Continue Reading

Learning to use a 100-year-old press

High schooler Hannah Jones assisted artist Christy Nesja in her studio during the Spring Art Tour June 3-5. Pictured above, Jones shows visitors how to use a 100-year-old C&P Pilot press to letterpress print a souvenir bookmark. Photo contributed.

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Mountaineers use grants to help people (and pets)

The Mounds View Mountaineers 4-H Club received 2 endowment grants from the Dane County 4-H Leaders Association Endowment. The requirement was to make an educational project to develop life skills and make a lasting positive impact on the community. Members of the club decided the Dane County... Continue Reading
Mount Horeb High School Honor Roll

Mount Horeb High School Honor Roll 2nd Semester 2021-2022 School Year Summa cum laude Elijah Ahrens Payton Almquist Sydney Almquist Camryn Anderson Rachel Aquino Alexander Ayuthia Lily Beadle Wheaton Bednarek Acer Bengry Everest Bengry Emmeline Bennin Jordan Betzle Paige Bilse Rhya Brandemuehl... Continue Reading

A quarter century of Wednesday Night Live

Mount Horeb’s free summer music series turns 25

Twenty-five years. More than 100 bands. Thousands of audience members. This is the story of Wednesday Night Live, a free, grassroots community... Continue Reading

Would school referendum pass?

The Mount Horeb School Board reviewed the results of the referendum survey at their June 20 meeting. Rob DeMeuse, research director for School... Continue Reading

Pool party

The Geiger Counter

Our friends recently gave us a pool. “You can have it for free!” they said. I didn’t realize it at the time, but a free above-ground pool is like a... Continue Reading

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THURSDAY, JUNE 30 Mt. Horeb AlAnon Family Group, 12:00noon, Chamber of Commerce conference room, Third and Main Street Mt. Horeb Farmers’... Continue Reading
Radiant smiles at Trails Day event

Ava Koehler of Mount Horeb sits patiently while Kinga of Radiant Smiles Face Painting applies rainbow paint at the Friends of Pheasant Branch... Continue Reading
‘For my love of this river’

A local Army veteran has been honored with an engraved bench that honors his love of the Mississippi River. Eighty-one-year old Ray Norris is a... Continue Reading
A quarter century of Wednesday Night Live

Mount Horeb’s free summer music series turns 25

Matt Geiger
Twenty-five years. More than 100 bands. Thousands of audience members. This is the story of Wednesday Night Live, a free, grassroots community... Continue Reading

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Would school referendum pass?

Rachel LaCasse-Ford

The Mount Horeb School Board reviewed the results of the referendum survey at their June 20 meeting. Rob DeMeuse, research director for School Perceptions, the company hired to administer the survey, presented the results and analysis. The survey results were collected in May and June. There were 1... Continue Reading

Lions bingo tent is a Frolic tradition

Amy Thompson

Under the blue and white striped tent atop the hill at Grundahl Park, the Mount Horeb Lions Club hosted several games of BINGO during the Mount Horeb Summer Frolic which took place between June 9 and 12. The letters and numbers called over a loudspeaker echoed throughout the park while carnival... Continue Reading

Rural residents to get internet upgrade

Broadband service is about to get a major boost in Hollandale, Wisconsin, just outside of Mount Horeb. Last week, Alliant Energy and Mt. Horeb Telephone Company (MHTC) announced a new partnership to expand high-speed internet service to nearly 150 households and businesses. Once expanded,... Continue Reading

Local artists on display in new showase

2022 Student Spotlight artists Addison Egnew and Ava Kolb greeted friends, family and fellow art enthusiasts at a reception hosted Sunday, June 19 at the Driftless Historium History Center. Nearly 80 visitors were impressed by Egnew and Kolb’s two-dimensional partner installation, entitled “Staying... Continue Reading

Gleanings

Barb Johnson

130 Years Ago- June 7, 1892 Mount Horeb Progress Dahle Bros. received a car load of eggs from Pipestone, Minn., last Friday for their cold storage. A boy arrived at the Commercial House Sunday evening just in time for supper and engaged board for an indefinite time. Mother and child doing well,... Continue Reading

Obituary

Jan. 15, 1926 - June 18, 2022 MADISON - Betty Jane (Underwood) Rosenbaum, age 96, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on Jan. 15, 1926, in Racine, Wis., the fifth child of Ida Erickson and Chester Underwood. The family relocated to Berwin, Ill.,... Continue Reading

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MOUNT HOREB - Robert Clayton “Bob” Fisher died on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born in South San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 12, 1944, to Clinton Harley and Marie Luella (Simonson) Fisher. Robert was baptized on April 21, 1957, at the Cloverdale Methodist Church... Continue Reading

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