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I am delighted to have this opportunity to write a culinary column for the Mount Horeb Newspaper and share my passion for food and flavor with you. Fortunately, I have had an opportunity to live on four continents and experience different ways of life, food and flavors. Quite frankly, I see food as...
The Mount Horeb Area School District (MHASD) has continually reviewed its efforts to promote equity under the Administrative Strategic Plan. In a community letter released this fall, the District outlined its next steps in creating a more inclusive environment for students.
Superintendent Steve...
Tax bills are rarely opened with much in the way of enthusiasm. But in the Town of Primrose, some residents did end up scratching their heads when they took a look at what they owed.
That’s because an error caused residents to be charged more than they should have. The good news is that the...
Sometimes it seems like everything has changed in such a short time. While many of those changes have been on display out in the world, where masks, social distancing dots, empty toilet paper shelves, curbside takeout and OUT OF BUSINESS signs are ubiquitous, some of the most dramatic impacts of...
The Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing for a very different Scandihoovian Winter Festival on Feb. 5-7, but is “committed to keeping the Scandihoovian Spirit alive.” Due to gathering restrictions, events will pivot to at-home experiences, and the focus of the festival will be on...
A county committee will decide next month whether to award a $1.35 million loan for the Landsby Ridge development in Mount Horeb, in an effort to bolster the stock of affordable housing in the area.
Dane County’s Health and Human Needs Committee is in the process of reviewing resolutions to award...
The village’s popular “Streetery” program, which was whipped up in a hurry in 2020 to help local restaurants stay open during the pandemic, will return in 2021, according to village officials.
The village board has unanimously approved the 2021 Streetery Program with a few small changes.
“We’ve...
The Feb. 16 Spring Primary will see seven candidates vying for the position of Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the state highest public education position, but incumbent SPI Carolyn Stanford Taylor will not be one of them as she...
After 34 years, Hawley Auctions had a good system down. In March, however, the pandemic demanded that they reimagine that finely-tuned operation.
Going to an auction once meant spending a day at Hawley’s, catching up with the regulars, and scoping out finds firsthand. Now, the chairs have been...
Distribution By Feds Slowing Vaccine Process
WISCONSIN–Wisconsin Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk told a group of reporters at a virtual press conference last Monday that slow shipment of COVID-19 vaccines by the federal government is to blame for the low number...
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