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LaCasse-Ford:
Last year, the Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced that President/CEO Rachel LaCasse-Ford would be stepping down from her role effective October 31, 2025. Her replacement, Allison Plumer, took over at the organization’s President & Chief Executive Officer on...
The Blue Mounds Village Board approved a policy that would charge an individual or business for the cost of a special board meeting that benefits just that person or business.
This comes after the village needed to hold a special board meeting last month to approve a liquor license for a business...
The Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors (board) held their monthly meeting July 14.
The previous month’s June 9 meeting minutes were approved unanimously, with Supervisors Richard VanDomelen and Mary Ann Bellazzini noting a couple minor edits, previously submitted to Clerk Amanda Burghy, to be...
MILWAUKEE, WI, 2026 — Smoke from Canada wildfires is rapidly drifting into the U.S. and the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health for all, warns that this wildfire smoke exposure may pose an increased risk for heart disease.
“While breathing problems and...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announces the first confirmed West Nile virus (WNV) activity in the state this year. Mosquitoes collected from Milwaukee County have tested positive for WNV and a wild bird from Bayfield County tested positive for the virus. This is a sign that...
Wednesday Night Live began its 29th season at Grundahl Park July 8 with a concert by the reggae rock group TUGG. A wide variety of genres are featured again this summer, ranging from bluegrass to pop, jazz, rock and beyond. These free music concerts run through August 12 and are held in Grundahl...
President Ryan Czyzewski called the July 8 Village Board meeting to order with all members except Ben Jones, present. Also in attendance were Gabe Altenbernd, Jon Hochkammer and Bryan Kleinmaier, Village attorney.
Resident Steven Sopcak spoke regarding a non-agenda item to question why the Village...
Mikel Kelley makes all of Grumpy Troll’s club mugs in his local studio. Photo by Matt Geiger.
A local artist has been making the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub mugs for over a decade.
The mug club is a group of 150 people that sign up to get special deals at the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub and receive a handmade, customized mug each year. Once in the mug club, members can continue to renew every year....
Laundy
Joan Laundy is the new director of Southwest Dane Outreach and the Mount Horeb Senior Center. Laundy recently replaced Lynn Forshaug, the longtime director who retired at the end of May.
Laundy is a lifelong resident of Mount Horeb. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the...
Myers
Dane County jurors needed less than 90 minutes to convict a Mount Horeb man and former Kromery Middle School janitor of repeated sexual assault of a child.
James A. Myers, 41, was charged after a parent reported to Mount Horeb police in 2024 that her 13-year-old stepdaughter said Myers had exposed...
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