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There has been much talk lately about housing in Mount Horeb. But while government leaders grapple with how to find and address human home shortages, there is no doubt that one type of housing is abundant, diverse and very affordable.
It all began seven years ago, when Ken Beyer, recently retired...
MADISON – Dr. Earl Shrago, MD, born April 9, 1928, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 92 years surrounded by family on January 14, 2021.
Earl grew up in Omaha, NE attending Central H.S and Creighton University. Then he went to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for medical school. ...
MOUNT HOREB - Harland Kenneth Rue, age 96, of Mount Horeb, died peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. JoAnn, his loving wife of 72 years, was at his side.
Harland Rue was born Dec. 17, 1924, to Norwegian immigrants, Halvor and Minnie (Nelson) Rue, at...
Blue Mounds - Bradley Allan Leverton, age 66, of Blue Mounds died on Friday, January 22, 2021 at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. He was born on May 28, 1954 in Freeport, Illinois, the youngest son of Franklin & Marjorie (Beecher Gerber) Leverton. Brad grew up in Warren,...
As Democrats in Wisconsin stitched together a win for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, one Town of Springdale resident was stitching together a fundraiser quilt for her local progressive organization.
Mary Spaay finished her creation on election eve, and offered it as a fundraiser for the Southwest...
Even a pandemic won’t stop this bee from being all it can be.
As has been the case for the past decade, the Mount Horeb Spelling Bee will give people a chance to showcase their linguistic chops. People will triumph. People will fall. Those who lose will forever remember the words that bounced them...
Mount Horeb boys basketball coach Todd Nesheim became the winningest coach in program history last week. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
The Dangerfields and Nesheims of have been family friends for years.
Larry Dangerfield was a legendary football and basketball coach in Mount Horeb.
Doug Nesheim played for Dangerfield and later coached with him.
And Todd Nesheim — Doug’s son — played football for Dangerfield and later took his...
Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team is in the midst of a truncated season.
The Vikings started late, haven’t had the same amount of court time as many opponents and could be swimming upstream at times.
Mount Horeb also proved last week that despite these hurdles, it could be a force.
The Vikings...
Luke Bennin (helped the Verona-Mount Horeb boys swimming team split a triple dual with Sun Prairie and Monona Grove last week. Photo submitted
The Sauk Prairie-Wisconsin Heights boys swimming team finished second at the Baraboo Quadrangular last Saturday.
Sun Prairie won the meet with 612 points, followed by the Eagles (448), Baraboo (317) and Madison Edgewood (258).
The Eagles’ quartet of senior Zach Guentherman, sophomore Sam King,...
Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team, which includes skaters from Mount Horeb, enjoyed another big week, winning two of three games.
The Eagles cruised past Stoughton, 11-0, on Jan. 18, then suffered their first loss of the year, a 3-2 setback to Beaver Dam on Jan. 19. Sauk Prairie rebounded, though,...
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