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Members of the Mounds View Mountaineers 4-H Club showed their projects at the Dane County Fair July 16-19, 2026. Many of our 4-Hers volunteered extra time to watch over exhibits in the Small Animal Area. The Beef exhibitors received a Blue Ribbon for Herdsmanship. The Dairy exhibitors received a...
Pictured above, Sir Dance-A-Lot generated gasps from the audience as he worked his way through a tennis racket during Kingdom of Wonders circus Saturday and Sunday, August 15-16. (See the audience’s response on page 8 of this week's edition.) The free shows took place at Grundahl Park and were...
Rodi Stroia and Kriste Hubbard are making sure everyone in Mount Horeb gets to look, and feel, their best by offering an array of dresses for special events like prom and beyond. Photo by Matt Geiger.
In her home in Mount Horeb, Kriste Hubbard keeps homecoming and special event dresses she’s collected with her friend Rodi Stroia to give away to people in the community for free.
Hubbard and Stroia are best friends, and this spring they were sewing together and talking about prom.
“We were...
As most students were starting their summer break, 20 up-and-coming Mount Horeb seniors attended Badger Boys and Girls State June 13-19 and June 21-26 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, respectively. The American Legion program educates young leaders on...
To accommodate the August 11 statewide primary election, the Town of Blue Mounds monthly Board of Supervisors meeting was moved to Monday, August 10. The board unanimously approved July’s minutes as drafted.
Zoning
With no one signed up to give public comments, the board moved on, addressing four...
Traditionally, the Finance & Personnel Committee (F&P) schedules weekly meetings for the end of September and throughout October to hash out the next year’s operation and capital budgets. Behind the scenes, the department heads meet with the village administrator and finance director to...
“To be quite honest it will be like nothing you’ve seen in Wisconsin,” says Elizabeth Nicole Swain, owner and operator at Golden Roost Breakfast & Bakery. “It will be rich and simple, wild and wacky, and full of life and community.”
“It really,” she adds as employees buzz around the new...
Trustee Nate Gauger chaired the August 5 Village board meeting due to President Ryan Czyzewski’s absence. All other board members were present as well as Gabe Altenbernd, Village Administrator.
Four residents spoke on non-agenda items, including Tony Bunkleman and Heather Wilcox, both of which...
Brown
Not long ago, the Reverend Dr. Tisha Brown was feeding people’s bodies with her baked goods at the Mount Horeb Farmers Market. Today, she’s feeding their souls as the newly installed pastor at Zwingli Mount Vernon United Church of Christ.
Mount Vernon is a unique community; small, rural, with a...
Each year the Mount Horeb Public Library selects titles they encourage everyone to read and discuss. Learn about the three books they chose for 2026 on page 6. Pictured above with this year’s selections are librarians Melissa Roelli, Hannah Klapperich-Mueller and Amy Kalchik. Photo contributed.
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