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Jonathan Haidt
Warning: The following article contains discussions of mental health, self-harm, suicide and mass shootings:
A 2024 book is asking parents, educators and communities to grapple with the myriad ways social media and phone addiction are irrevocably damaging young people. While hyperbolic, unwarranted...
State Rep. Jenna Jacobson
It was a simple thing: hot coffee, some bagels, and an hour or so chatting. Republicans and Democrats alternated, each picking up the tab every other time they got together. The gatherings were for all of Wisconsin’s freshman lawmakers during the last term, and in that setting, away from the gritty...
According to a 2015 study by Ohio State University, 60 percent of all restaurants shutter their doors within the first year. A whopping 80 percent do not last five years.
The unique Italian eatery Bar Manzo, which translates to “beef bar” in English, has ended its run a mere six months after...
The Mount Horeb Recreation Department is proud to announce Peter Best as the 2024 Volunteer of the Year. Without dedicated volunteers, the recreation department would not be able to offer quality programs and activities for the residents of Mount Horeb and surrounding communities. Because they...
In the spring of 2020, Ben Albert set out on a journey to explore his grandparent’s backyard, unsure of what he would find. The end result was “An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands,” a documentary filled with the stunning imagery and narrative power of the landscape. Albert currently lives in...
Photo by Brooke Davis.
“I feel like everybody has something they are destined to do, a reason they came into this world,” says Mount Horeb native Taylor Schereck. “I’m just grateful I found mine.”
Schereck, a professional singer and musician, will release a special song next month celebrating music, family and the...
Are you ready to (safely) follow in the footsteps of America’s infamous gangsters as they turned Wisconsin into a land of crime during Prohibition? Join renowned lecturer Chad Lewis at the Mt. Horeb Public Library Tuesday, January 21 for a fascinating Midwestern history program. Lewis shares tales...
The Wednesday Night Live (WNL) summer concert series supports Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) in its mission to make sure everyone has adequate food, clothing, housing and more. WNL charges a vendor fee for each of the food trucks at each of the shows, and the money collected gets turned around...
Paul Baum.
For the third time in as many years, Paul Baum has stepped in to provide some stability during a time of unexpected transition in Village of Blue Mounds government.
Baum was recently appointed village president following the resignation of long-time president Audra Anderson. Just a few months...
130 Years Ago-
Jan. 4, 1895
Andrew Huset had a chopping bee last Saturday.
The Buchanans are immense, with the accent on immense.
Thomas N. Lund died at the county poor house Tuesday evening, January 2nd from consumption, from which he had suffered more or less perhaps for the last two years. The...
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