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Mount Horeb High School band members are excitedly preparing for the 2025 Viking Band Show. This year’s show will have the same fun atmosphere as past concerts and will feature the variety of musical acts that audiences have come to expect from the annual event. The show is very student-driven,...
The Public Service Commission last week approved construction of an underground powerline to the Tyrol Basin Ski Resort to replace an aging line that is prone to outages and difficult to maintain.
According to the PSC’s Feb. 24 decision:
The Mount Horeb Electric Utility line that extends north from...
When Janis Strutt’s daughter died unexpectedly, it was the end of something special. A smart, funny, spirited young woman was gone from the world. She had loved Harry Potter, going to church, Taylor Swift, and most of all her family, and now they were left to grieve without her. But in her wake,...
S.K. Kruse
There is an ancient Persian proverb often attributed to King Solomon. In the story, someone asks the king to say something that will always be true, in good times and bad, now and forever. Solomon replies: “This too shall pass.” The only rock-solid fact a person can utter is that nothing is forever...
On Saturday, March 1, over 350 student musicians from grades 6-12 will participate in the District Solo & Ensemble Festival at Mt. Horeb High School. The festival is the culminating event for this period of year, and most students choose to perform their finished product at the festival. The...
The Village of Mount Horeb is eying a decade-long, $11.9 million, multi-phase plan that would make extensive changes to the community’s most popular park. Grundahl Park has long been home to Wednesday Night Live, the Summer Frolic, National Night Out, Relay for Life events, and much, much more....
The village board of Mount Horeb approved a certified survey map for the Sienna Hills subdivision, reviewed a loan for street improvements, learned about the state of housing in the village, heard a report from the county executive and heard a clarification from the ATV club.
Street improvement...
Mimi Phan-Dinh (left) and Bess Miller (right) headed up a popular cooking class at the Mount Horeb Public Library on January 18. Phan-Dinh is the founder of the Halo Halo food truck, and Miller is its current owner. Photo by Melissa Roelli.
Mount Horeb firefighters work to contain the blaze at the Karakahl in 2023. Photo by Matthew Jefko.
The 2024 Presidential Election was taking place. While people across the nation waved signs, yelled at one another on social media, and headed to the poll to cast their ballots, an era was quietly ending in the Village of Mount Horeb. The Karakahl Country Inn was sold at a Dane County Sheriff’s...
Located at 118 East Main Street, The Dwelling Place is a co-operative owned by 14 women from Life Church, offering a small, carefully curated selection of novels, self-help books, memoirs, Bibles, food, gifts and more. Pictured above are owners Hannah Truong, Kayla St. Arnauld, and Leti and Nola...
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