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One hundred attendees gathered at Martinson Hall on Thursday, March 2, for the Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce’s 5th Annual Awards Dinner. Guests enjoyed live music by Corey Mathew Hart, chamber member and owner of local guitar shop, Hart House Guitars. They also enjoyed dinner and dessert,...
130 Years Ago-
March 15, 1893
A. Andrews was here a couple of days looking for rooms to rent, but we learned that he was unsuccessful in finding a room vacant in town.
Last Sunday was regular spring weather. People gathered in groups on street corners and enjoyed the spring breeze.
Services in the...
Meet Victor Vargas-Santos. Victor is a second-grade student at the Primary Center. His teachers told the school board, “Victor is kind, compassionate, and respectful to everyone in the building. He goes out of his way to help others and his teachers in the classroom. When something needs to get...
You’ve probably heard of the recent movement, No Mow May (or for the Mt. Horeb insider, MoHo No Mow May). Generally, it entails not mowing your grass for the month of May, just as the insects are emerging from hibernation. But do you know why the idea is spreading to communities throughout...
Student Name:
Ethan Wittmann
Area of Apprenticeship:
STEM / Engineering
Place of Employment:
Midwest Prototyping: A Prototek company
Mentor Name:
Trent Appleby
Goals/Plans after Youth Apprenticeship: Go to college and get my bachelors in mechanical engineering, I now know that I don’t want...
Fox squirrels (often incorrectly called red squirrels) likely gained their common name from coloring similar to a red fox. Food source lists are long, including taking entire corn ears to an eating or cache location, while grays eat the embryo from each kernel and leave the remainder. Anyone...
State Sen. Hesselbein Announced Joint Resolution to Put Abortion on the Ballot
State Senator Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middleton) stood alongside Governor Tony Evers and legislative Democrats “to continue the call to restore reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.” Together, Wisconsin Democrats announced a...
The Village of Mount Horeb’s Finance and Personnel Committee reviewed an extensive summary of the estimated financial impact of a proposed sports complex last week. The report also examined the economic impact to the village if the land is developed commercially, instead.
The analysis, which was...
“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.”
-Jules Verne
The Survey of Public Participation in the Arts conducted by the Census Bureau in 2002 at the request of the National Endowment...
The MHHS Drama Club will turn the stories of the Brothers Grimm on their heads as they attempt to perform all 209 stories in a comedy-filled interpretation on Friday, March 10 in the high school auditorium at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Photo contributed.