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Our state might abolish a law that most people have already broken. A decade ago it would have seemed radical. Today it seems almost quaint.
And yet, petty politics, old grudges and fervent tribalism will surely make it difficult to come to an agreement about something on which most people actually...
Dane County deputies investigating the death of Nicholas Day in 2020. Photo by Matt Geiger.
A Mount Horeb man was found competent Friday to stand trial for the murder last year of a man jogging on CTH JG near the village of Blue Mounds.
It was the fourth time that Dane County Circuit Judge Joann Reynolds has ruled on Riley Berg’s competency since he was bound over for trial in February...
Luke Bennin helped the Verona-Mount Horeb boys swimming team finished seventh at the WIAA Division 1 state meet last Saturday. Photo submitted
It was a shortened, strange and yet extremely successful season for the Verona-Mount Horeb boys swimmers.
And the Wildcats capped their year in style at the WIAA Division 1 state meet held at Waukesha South High School last Friday.
V-MH finished in seventh place overall, its best showing since 2013...
Grace Vesperman and Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team upended Middleton on Feb. 6. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
BARNEVELD – Julia Magnuson and her fellow seniors on Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team were ready for this moment.
The quartet just didn’t expect their Senior Night celebration to be held during a pandemic and in a gym off campus.
But the Mount Horeb seniors made it an even more memorable night...
Tyler Banfield and Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team fell to Edgerton on Feb. 5. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
The road will be brutal.
But at least Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team is part of the race.
The Vikings received the No. 5 seed in their six-team postseason pod. Mount Horeb will face fourth-seeded Madison Edgewood in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal on Feb. 16 at a site to be determined....
Mount Horeb’s Jax and Brooks Pernot gave a valiant effort at the WIAA Division 1 Mukwonago wrestling sectional last Saturday. In the end, though, the two Vikings’ standouts fell just short of state.
Both Vikings went 2-2 on the day and settled for fifth place overall. The top two wrestlers from...
Erik Peterson and Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team defeated Reedsburg in a regional final. Photo submitted
For one night, Hakon Peterson played hero.
And boy, was it enjoyable for both Peterson and Sauk Prairie’s co-op hockey team.
Peterson, a forward from Mount Horeb, scored the game-winning goal with just more than two minutes left and lifted the Eagles to a 3-2 win over Reedsburg’s co-op team in a...
While many of the festival’s events went virtual or took a year off due to the pandemic, the Scandihoovian Fat Tire Races at Norsk Golf Club took place in-person Saturday despite brisk winter weather. The winners of the first race were: Phil Carlson (first place); Javier Perez (second place); Brad...
The Mount Horeb Village Board could soon refinance some of the community’s debt in an attempt to capitalize on historically low interest rates.
Speaking to the village board last week, Baird financial group’s Kevin Mullen noted that the village plans to borrow roughly $1.5 million for capital...
The truancy laws used for years to prevent local students from skipping school were written long before anyone had ever heard of social distancing, before people wore facemasks to the grocery store, and long before countless students switched from in-person to virtual classes. As a result, local...
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