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Does a much-publicized new law strip journalists and the public of the right to information? A recent statement by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association says it shouldn’t.
In April of this year, the Wisconsin electorate approved Marsy’s Law, which had passed the Wisconsin Legislature in two...
Before we get to your writing, tell me a little about your life. What is your background and how did it inform your work as an author?
I am a Wisconsin native. I grew up in the Town of Vermont on a farm, not far from Mount Horeb. I went to school at the University of Wisconsin, where I earned...
The Town of Springdale will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2021 budget on Thursday, November 19 at 7 p.m. via Zoom web conference. Springdale citizens are welcome and are encouraged to participate in the hearing.
The budget as proposed includes $1,003,138 in revenues and expenditures, a...
A recent vote by the Mount Horeb Area Board of Education gave local families the option of sending their young children to school two days per week, and a subsequent survey of families shows the majority will choose to do so.
An estimated 60 percent of students in grades K-2 will utilize the...
Wisconsin had 2,408 active polling places on November 3, following extended periods of both mail-in voting and in-person absentee voting at local municipal buildings across the state.
Election Day came and went Tuesday, but voting is not the end. In fact, it is just the beginning. There are three...
In the spring, John Kahl planted 250 acres of soybeans and corn. One summer Sunday in June, he died unexpectedly. It was remarkable, say those who knew him, what a big hole such a quiet man could leave behind.
But even in death, life persists. Those tiny sprouts continued aspiring to the sky, even...
Torin Hannah and Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team are scheduled to start their season on Nov. 23. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
Monday had turned to Tuesday, and Kolleen Nesheim knew she should be getting some much-needed sleep. Instead, Mount Horeb’s athletic director couldn’t turn her brain off.
After seven months without home runs and touchdowns, devoid of triple jumps, stolen bases and birdies, everything suddenly...
A University of Wisconsin study showed that participation in sports is not associated with increased risk of COVID-19 among Wisconsin high school student-athletes, which is good news for athletes like Mount Horeb’s Luke Bennin. News Publishing Co. photo by Mary Langenfeld
A ground-breaking study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has found that "...participation in sports is not associated with increased risk of COVID-19 among Wisconsin high school student-athletes."
Published by Drew Watson, MD, MS, a Team Physician...
The Wisconsin Elections Commission today released its list of the top things Wisconsin voters should know for the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
1. The Wisconsin Elections Commission unanimously recommends all voters wear face coverings for voting on Election Day, but they are not...
In-person absentee voting will began Tuesday, October 20 on the second floor of the Municipal Building. It will continue through Friday, October 30. Pictured above, election workers on Monday of this week. Photo by Matt Geiger.
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