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The village board voted unanimously last week to table consideration of a drafted mission and vision statement, after a board member raised concerns that the proposed statement did not contain wording about “diversity and inclusion.”
The draft statement grew out of a collaborative effort in 2019,...
The Village of Mount Horeb voted last week not to repeal the extraterritorial zoning ordinance that gives it significant power over land use in the neighboring Town of Blue Mounds.
“I think the first meeting [of a recently formed joint zoning committee with Blue Mounds] went fairly well,” village...
More than 100 high school students and their families tuned into a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, January 6. Superintendent Dr. Steve Salerno, Mount Horeb High School Principal Cody Lundquist, and members of the senior leadership team presented information and answered questions about the district...
Late last night, ensconced in the synthetic beige sarcophagus of an MRI tube, it occurred to me that love is like plastic.
They were scanning my brain, looking for a tumor, like some foul X in the neon green sea of a space pirate’s map.
It had begun on Christmas Eve, when I felt tipsy. Within...
Let’s become better thinkers
In the aftermath of a disorderly mob “storming” the U.S. Capitol after weeks of incitement by President Trump, Alyssa Farah, former White House Director of Strategic Communication said, in two separate interviews, that Trump had lied about the election being stolen....
Dear Editor,
I am concerned about the plan to use a lot of herbicides to restore Stewart Park. Stewart Park is a popular place for many people to hike and swim, including families with young children. Herbicides are not only toxic to weeds, but also to people and animals.
I don’t want to be...
To the MHCF:
On behalf of the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial Association and all Veteran’s, we would like to extend a THANK YOU and our sincere appreciation to the Mt. Horeb Community Foundation for their generous grant to the Mount Horeb Veteran’s Memorial Park! This grant will be put towards the...
This was the 28th year of the Mount Horeb Area Giving Tree, and it was a wonderful year! At the start of the season, we didn’t know how much the community and businesses in the area would be able to participate or how much would be donated to help our cause. Going in, though, it was never a...
MOUNT HOREB - Deloris Marjorie Witte, of Mount Horeb, was born during one pandemic and passed on Jan. 4, 2021, during the next pandemic in her own home, quietly and peacefully as she had lived. She was 101 years, one month and 26 days. Deloris was born in the Mounds Creek area of Vermont Township...
BLACK EARTH – Virginia M. Johnson, age 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after living with dementia for many years. She died surrounded by the love of her family, who were with her in her final hours. Ginny lived a life full of love, joy, and laughter shared with family and...
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