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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...
All members of the Plan Commission (PC) were present at the June 24 meeting: Chair Ryan Czyzewski, Sarah Best, Stephanie Gauthier-Phillips, Andrew Kidd, Jill Remmert-Willis, Ben Vondra, and Peggy Zalucha. Village Planner Sonja Kruesel attended on behalf of Ben Rohr.
In February Dennis Hiorms, owner...
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing the name of the individuals that died following a motor vehicle accident. The accident occurred near State Highway 92 and Spring Rose Road, in the Town of Primrose, and was reported to authorities at or about 5:49 P.M. on June 22, 2026. The...
Wednesday Night Live will kick off its 29th season at Grundahl Park July 8 with the reggae rock group, TUGG, continuing each week through August 12. Bigtooth (above) will take the stage on July 15.
Wednesday Night Live will kick off 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...
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) met May 27 and discussed the ongoing village-wide historic resource survey. They also reviewed governance and professional standards with interim village administrator Jon Hochkammer, welcomed new citizen members Jill Schuettpelz and Ted McMillan to the...
Mount Horeb Police Officer Kyle Dix recently reported that efforts to resurrect the village’s K9 program have made “significant progress” since starting last summer. Dix and others in the department have been busy working to raise funds and awareness that, if successful, will make enhance public...
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team and Madison Police conducted emergency training at the Karakahl Motor Hotel on Thursday of last week. First responders performed an array of drills, including using explosives to breach the hotel’s heavy metal doors (pictured above). The...
Sara Faivre
It’s late morning when the small crew at Wild Type Ranch spots her, a shaky newborn lamb. The tiny, wavering creature finds solace in her mother’s woolen flank and the tall, undulating spring grasses rooted in the soil on which everything depends.
Sara Faivre, co-founder and partner at Wild Type,...
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