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The Mount Horeb Area School District’s recent debates about whether or not to allow some K-2 students to return to local classrooms covered vast terrain and encompassed myriad lines of thinking on both sides. There have been tears and impassioned speeches during meetings and barbed comments on...
There have been good days and bad.
Mount Horeb athletic director Kolleen Nesheim says she sees progress, improvement and remains optimistic that sports will return sooner rather than later. Then there are days where Nesheim isn't as confident, sees the road blocks that still await and says, “you...
Wisconsin voters have until Wednesday, October 14 to register to vote online or by mail for the November election, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
“Registering online or by mail is easy, but you need to do it soon,” said Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin’s chief election official. “You can...
Fifty five million dollars. That’s the amount Wisconsin produces in pollinator-dependent crops each year. The state’s 400 species of bees play an important role.
Though the term “pollinators” includes butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, and even hummingbirds, bees account for 80 percent of...
The village of Mount Horeb has already issued 2,400 absentee ballots for the upcoming election, according to the village clerk. In person absentee voting begins on Tuesday, Oct. 20 and runs through Friday Oct. 30.
The in-person General Election will take place on Tuesday, November 3. The polls...
A Judge’s changes to Wisconsin’s election laws, extending the dates for voter registration and turning in absentee ballots, has been overturned by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. After a few weeks of judicial back-and-forth, the November election will go on unchanged.
The novel case began with...
Because Halloween falls on a weekend this year, the Mount Horeb Village Board has extended recommended Trick-Or-Treating hours to 5-8 p.m. The change was approved unanimously last week.
A group of citizens in the Mount Horeb Area School District last week filed a statement of intent to recall Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education member Leah Lipska.
The group filed open records requests and obtained transcripts that they say back up their allegations against the...
A vote by the Mount Horeb Village Board in late August appears to have worked, spurring government officials in the neighboring Town of Blue Mounds come to the table and plan together for future development. As a result, the village board voted last week to form a committee made up of members from...
The United States has four percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the incarcerated individuals. But in recent years, there has been an emphasis on restoring harm caused by criminal behavior instead of inflicting punishment on the offender.
The Mount Horeb Police Department recently...
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