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The Mount Horeb Village Board has approved a developer agreement for the sixth addition to the Kara View Heights development.  While village administrator Nic Owen called it “a pretty standard” agreement between the developer and the village, trustee Cathy Scott jumped at the opportunity to voice...
The Mount Horeb Area School Board on October 26 approved the 2020-2021 revenue budget totaling $38,298,540 and the expenditure budget totaling $40,188,170 (including all funds).* The board also approved the Mt. Horeb Area School District levy in the amount of $13,996,644, which is an increase of $...
In a move that superintendent Dr. Steve Salerno said is linked to the Mount Horeb Area School District’s desire to stay “as transparent and communicative as possible with our community,” the district has unveiled a new COVID-19 dashboard that provides up to date information about local cases.  “It’...
There are certain things children look forward to each winter. Opening presents. Gliding down a frozen hill on a sled. Sipping hot chocolate. Flapping their arms on the ground to make an angel. Fashioning a carrot into a nose. And of course, snow days.  But while many kids rejoice at the arrival of...
The Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education last week held the first reading of an anti-racism statement that the superintendent said is “the next evolutionary step in the district’s efforts to advance equity for all.” While the board appeared supportive of the overall message, it did...
A Mount Horeb man, accused murdering a jogger earlier this year was found not competent Monday to stand trial on homicide and use of a dangerous weapon charges. In October, Riley L. Berg, 22, had been found competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting and slashing the neck of Nicholas Day, of...
The Mount Horeb Village Board in the summer voted to expand its sidewalk café program and provide grant money to help buttress local eateries during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the board approved two action items to help restaurants, and one of them led to enhanced outdoor options...
120 Years Ago- Nov. 15, 1900 Nils Vingum and family moved into the rooms vacated by the editor and his family yesterday. Ayen & Opsal have been moving buildings for Gesme & Field this and last week. The Dixie Jubilee singers at the opera house last Tuesday evening were good, and it was...
The Dane County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the 2021 county budget at their meeting Monday night. The operating budget totals $615,596,386. The capital budget is $80,789,300. The budget includes a tax levy increase of 3.4 percent. The annual budget process takes place each October and...
I was driving through Mount Vernon recently, when the sun, which looked like it was just up ahead, dipped below the horizon. Like a mammoth blood orange sinking slowly to the bottom of a celestial sea, it was so stunning that it seemed, as it usually does, far more special than most things that...

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