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In a meeting attended by State Representative Jenna Jacobson, the Springdale Town Board on June 18th discussed the annexation of the Lukken farm at the corner of Highway 78 and County Road S by the village of Mount Horeb. The village plans to use the property for park lands, residential...
Joe Klimczak, General Manager of the Cave of the Mounds, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 13. Photo contributed.
The Cave of the Mounds, a natural national landmark and one of Wisconsin’s most unique attractions, proudly celebrated its grand reopening on June 13 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The event marked the completion of extensive renovations to the visitor center, designed “to enhance the overall...
JG Development, a residential and commercial general contractor with roots in the Mount Horeb area, announced it has transitioned to 100 percent employee ownership. JG Development’s former owners, CEO Jeff Grundahl and COO Mary Grundahl, will continue in their leadership roles and serve on its...
Twenty-one years ago, a small committee of teachers from the Intermediate Center, along with the former principal, Ann Fenley, decided to create the Stephanie Sutter Award to honor the memory of Stephanie. Each year a winner is nominated by staff members and then selected by the committee. They...
The Mount Horeb Public Library is excited to announce the recent installation of hearing assistive technology. Thanks in part to a grant from the Rotary Club of Mount Horeb Rotary, the library now has a Telecoil Hearing Loop system. Everyone with a t-coil enabled hearing aid will have better access...
At their last meeting, the Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education put in place a policy to dictate how they will bargain and meet-and-confer with union representatives like the Mount Horeb Education Association (MHEA) teachers union. These policies mirror the way they have dealt with...
Lynn McFee.
“I didn’t do this to make money,” explains Lynn McFee. “I did it to prove I could do it. And to fulfill a dream.”
Dream fulfilled, mission accomplished, McFee went out on top, closing her popular clothing boutique on Friday of last week in order to retire and spend more time with family.
McFee...
Perry Weber (left) and Johnny Wartenweiler (right) of The Jimmys totally slay during the Friday night performance at the Mount Horeb Summer Frolic. Photo by Ron Lutz II. See more on pages 9-12 this week.
VFW Post 9511 Commander Don Hartman and Major (Ret) Jerry Hook are this year’s Summer Frolic Parade Marshals. Photo by Matt Geiger.
This year’s Mount Horeb Summer Frolic parade grand marshals will be Major (Ret) Jerry Hook and VFW Post 9511 Commander Don Hartman, two of the community’s most esteemed members. The two, who play key roles in a vast array of initiatives and groups that help both veterans and the broader community,...
A wild deer had to be euthanized by police on May 22 after the animal smashed through the window of a local thrift shop.
It was 7:36 p.m. when authorities first received a call alerting them to the fact that a deer had entered the Bargain Nook at 126 East Main Street and was wounded and bleeding in...
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