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Body camera footage captured by the Mount Horeb Police Department shows officer Adam Fell putting out a housefire on Halloween day. Firefighters said the blaze would have grown rapidly if not curbed by his actions. MHPD photo.
Halloween is supposed to be about faux fright, but October 31 this year nearly ended in a very real tragedy at one local home. But it didn’t, thanks to the quick-thinking and somewhat creative action taken by local police.
Officer Adam Fell was patrolling his beat on Halloween day when he saw smoke...
The November 5 Village Board meeting was called to order by President Ryan Czyzewski with all members present. After the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call, Czyzewski asked if anyone wanted to make a public comment on a non-agenda item. Two audience members responded.
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Tammy Clary...
The Mt. Horeb Music Department presents more than 75 concerts and productions each year, but the annual fall high school musical remains one of the most anticipated events in the community. In a long-standing tradition dating back to the 1950s, each musical director selects shows that entertain...
Several of Dane County’s largest food pantries last week said they are seeing the impacts of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) delays.
SNAP, known as FoodShare in Wisconsin, provided benefits to just under 65,000 people in Dane County in 2024. As America’s most extensive anti-hunger...
A special Mount Horeb Plan Commission meeting was held on October 29 with all commissioners present with the assignment to review the final draft of the zoning code rewrite.
Czyzewski started the meeting saying, “Before I begin, I want to address two quick issues. First it is nice to be back in our...
Continuing from last week’s article on the October 22 Public Hearing for the proposed Langhús on Main mixed-use building, 54 public comments were made to the Plan Commission members. They were residents, business and property owners, and area residents who frequent Mount Horeb.
John Theobald, a...
A Blue Mounds woman will spend the rest of her life in an institution for fatally stabbing her mother last spring.
Sierra Schoonover, 31, had been charged with First-Degree Intentional Homicide after a confrontation with her mother, Heather Schoonover, turned deadly.
Schoonover had pled guilty but...
Length of meeting: Five-and-a-half hours
Public Comments: 54 (Seven For, 47 Against)
Letters sent to the Village: 29 (Three For, 26 Against)
Registered at Meeting without speaking: Eight (One For, Seven Against).
Meeting Result: Motion made to table the rezoning request. Carried 7-0.
No votes have...
The Mount Horeb High School Band took part in a once-in-a-lifetime musical collaboration under the Friday Night Lights. During the halftime show, Dr. Corey Pompey, UW-Madison’s Director of Athletic Bands, Associate Director of Bands, and Associate Teaching Professor took the field with Mount Horeb...
A young musician’s original song has won the first-round State Division of the Music Teachers National Association’s 2025 Composition Competition.
Seventh grader Gregory Rottinger, a Blue Mounds resident who is part of the Rural Virtual Academy out of Medford, takes piano lessons at Good New...
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