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Mount Horeb clerk and utility manager Alyssa Gaffney (left) leads a recent training session with the village’s new electronic poll books at the municipal building. Photo by Matt Geiger.

In most states, counties are in charge of administering elections. That’s not the case here in Wisconsin, where local municipalities run them, collecting and tallying results for every single race from the local school board all the way up to the President of the United States. With each town,...
It began with a song, and a kiss in a parking lot, and now Paul Schluter and Elizabeth Mary’s story continues in a former Christmas shop in downtown Mount Horeb. Megatone Recording Studios is moving to Mount Horeb this spring. The Madison-based recording studio will be relocating to 220 East Main...
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers visited Mount Horeb’s Intermediate Center Friday, spending time with students in multiple classes before heading to the lunch room, where he also thanked the district’s food service workers - “It’s great to be here and eat well,” he said - and chatted with students....

Julio Diaz, an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and Firefighter in Mount Horeb (right) speaks to University of Wisconsin students Maisha Islam and Julia Schultz. Photo by Matt Geiger.

An experimental new program based out of Mount Horeb is striving to help improve health outcomes for rural people, bolster Emergency Medical Service staffing, and introduce a whole new generation of people to one of the most important jobs around. If successful, the University of Wisconsin-Mount...
When Mount Horeb Police learned on February 17 that a liquor store had been broken into in a nearby community, they sent an officer to check on Trollway Liquor here. They quickly discovered that the local business, which is well known in the community for its affable and knowledgeable owners, had...
More money is always nice. For Mount Horeb, it could mean a safer community. The village, like every municipality in the state, got a big increase this year in one type of funding from the state. The extra cash will help improve and maintain emergency services here, the police and fire chiefs say....
While Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) is best known for providing food and clothing to those in need, the organization also connects families with other, equally-vital relief services. NHN’s aptly named “Other Relief Services Programming” focuses mainly on eviction prevention and utility...
Each Spring, the Mount Horeb Village Board reappoints committee and commission members. If you’re interested in serving your community, please complete and return the Citizen Committee Member Interest Form for consideration. Appointed committee members generally serve for a term of one to three...
The 13th  Scandihoovian Adult Spelling Bee was hosted by Buck & Honey’s Landing in Martinson Hall Saturday. With over 20 competitors, this event saw local favorites and past champions vie for the title of Spelling Champion. Interesting words were often given for them to spell, and the...
The Village Board met February 7 and approved the Village Strategic Plan, awarded a zoning contract to Vandewalle Associates and moved forward with issuing a repair or raze order for the Karakahl Country Inn. Village Strategic Plan After an initial Strategic Planning session with trustees and...

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