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Real snowflakes make interesting additions to winter holiday cards but they don’t show well piled atop one another.
Green is one color the works well to highlight flakes, but a flat, green surface is uncommon during winter unless an object is brought outside.
Pine and other needle-leafed trees...
Neighbors Helping Neighbors recently welcomed muralist Joe Anderson to illustrate its mission on the main wall of the food closet. They are unable to welcome in-person shoppers at this point due the COVID-19 pandemic, but they want to share this sneak preview and show how Anderson’s work came to...
The 169th gun deer season in Wisconsin took place Nov. 21 through Nov. 29. Preliminary figures indicate that the number of deer hunters in the state increased compared to the same period for both 2019 and 2018. Following the first weekend, sales for gun, bow, crossbow, sports and patron licenses...
The Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing for a very different Scandihoovian Winter Festival in 2021. Due to gathering restrictions, events will pivot to at-home experiences, and the focus of the festival will be on beating cabin fever—outdoors and at-home. Crowd favorite events like...
The Jolly Old Elf, along with some of his helpers, visited Mount Horeb Saturday as part of an event hosted by the Mount Horeb Optimist Club. Top, Sarah, Stella and Nora Jungles were all smiles on this chilly, sunny day. Above, Santa listened from a safe distance as local children shared their...
Katie Zelle was deep in Thanksgiving quarantine last week, preparing food for herself while her family did the same elsewhere. The reason? She says she was exposed during the recent Presidential Election recount to so many people - some unmasked, some seemingly sick, and many not socially...
Local volunteers delivered 87 Thanksgiving meals to seniors and shut-ins last week. Eric Woodruff at Fink’s prepared the food, which was enjoyed by all. Everyone got pumpkin pie; some locally made and all delicious. “We had seven delivery people who got the food out and delivered to most by...
Chairperson Ann Jacobs of the Wisconsin Elections Commission will canvass results of the presidential election and sign the determination today at 3:30 p.m., including results from the recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties.
The Chair is not certifying the presidential race today, said Meagan...
This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access.
A week after the Nov. 3 election, Wendy Helgeson said she still was being jolted awake by dreams of sorting through ballots.
The head of the Wisconsin Municipal...
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) invites you to soak up some holiday cheer with a visit to the newest Walk-up Gallery exhibit, “Eye Candy for the Soul.” Now showing daily through December 28, 2020, this art installation features an eclectic mix of uplifting artwork by Katherine J....
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