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A storm on the evening of May 21 ripped through the Mount Horeb area, leaving a path of downed trees and power lines in its wake. PIctured here, a camper was flipped on its roof at the Havens family’s farm, deadly voltage arced through the forest due to a downed power line on Sletto Road, and...
For some odd reason, vending machines in this country have long been the domain of junk food, and junk food alone. These ubiquitous automated stores are nearly always filled with heavily-processed snacks that favor salt and sugar over any local or sustainable food ethic or ingredient.
But a local...
The Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education and the Mount Horeb Education Association (MHEA) are once again disputing definitions of the base wage, meet and confer and bargaining protocols and issues of open communication.
The board of education meeting on May 20 ended in a closed...
For at least a thousand years, people have played lacrosse on this soil. Through times of famine and plenty, through war and peace, through and across the broad, messy, perplexing and breathtaking spectrum of the human experience, people have found joy and solace in the games they play.
Lacrosse is...
As Mount Horeb worked to come to terms with the events of May 1, parents of students in the school district learned that the local school district and law enforcement were dealing with troubling comments made the following week.
“This afternoon, we learned of a situation involving a student who...
May 4 2024-MOUNT HOREB, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is continuing to investigate the incident that occurred in the Village of Mount Horeb, Wis. on the morning of Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
At approximately 11:11 a.m., a citizen called 911...
Pictured are Dane County Sheriff's Office therapy dogs who helped calm parents and siblings who waited for students to be released from lockdown on Wednesday.
Melissa Ingold was in her garden when she heard the bang. It was a beautiful, sunny spring day as she tended to her many upcoming flowers in a picturesque yard that overlooks the Mount Horeb Middle School’s back parking lot. In a moment, the entire community descended into chaos, uncertainty and...
Nathan Mergen with his daughter, Beatrice. Photo by Matt Geiger.
If you get Nathan Mergen to talk about trussing and roasting a chicken, it’s plain to see that food is more than just his profession. It’s his passion. He talks about the roasting bird with a glint in his eye and a smile on his face, the way a painter talks about a sunset or a songwriter talks...
The grand opening of the Viking Park pickleball courts is almost here. The Parks, Recreation & Forestry Commission met April 23 and discussed the upcoming ceremony as well as planning at Grundahl Park and potential Village grant opportunities. They also approved funds for new soccer goals at...
The Village Board approved the 2024 Village Committee and Commission appointments. The Board held a special meeting April 15 which included the swearing in of Village Trustee Marc Schellpfeffer.
Trustees Marc Schellpfeffer and Tim White were sworn in to continue their work for the Village. White...
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