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A parkland victim.
In the middle of the 20th century, American schools used to run “duck and cover” drills in which students were taught to hide beneath their desks under the pretext that doing so would protect them from an atomic bomb. The A-bomb didn’t end up dropping in the United States. It was Japan that felt...
Detectives with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office are still working to follow-up on any tips related to the homicide of Nicholas Day. Investigators are reaching out to the public and asking to speak with anyone traveling in and around the area of CTH JG, Bergum Road, Stewart County Park and Bohn...
Drea O’Connell.
Mount Horeb’s girls gymnastics team wasn’t at full strength when the Vikings battled Milton/Edgerton last Tuesday.
You wouldn’t have known it, though, from the final scores.
Mount Horeb had a terrific meet and downed Milton/Edgerton, 142.40-136.225.
“Milton/Edgerton is a solid team and we knew they...
Mount Horeb’s wrestlers fell to Sauk Prairie, 55-16, last Thursday.
Vikings sophomores Jax Pernot (106) and Wesley Drager (145) each won decisions at their respective weight classes. Juniors Lorenz Sieber (160) and Neil Droster (170) both received forfeits.
The Vikings have a busy schedule coming...
It was another successful week for the Sauk Prairie co-op hockey program.
The Eagles swept a pair of games, including a key Badger North Conference matchup.
Visiting Sauk Prairie opened the week with a 3-2 victory over the defending Badger North Conference champion Reedsburg co-op last Thursday. ...
Owen Ziegler.
All night, DeForest had maintained control, racing to an early lead behind a trio of three-pointers on its first five possessions and sustaining that momentum by exploiting some size matchup advantages underneath.
Yet early in the second half last Thursday, Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team had...
Luke Bennin.
The WIAA Division 1 boys state swimming meet is still a month away.
But the Cardinal Relays held at Middleton High School last Saturday felt an awful lot like a state meet.
The event featured three of the top five teams in Division 1 and a top-five team from Division 2. Verona-Mount Horeb more than...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has released a summary of the vast public input received regarding the future of Blue Mound State Park. Taking feedback online, in person, in writing and on the phone over the past two years, the DNR received 1,073 comments about the park. The majority...
Would you like to check out Busy Boxes from the Mount Horeb Public Library, but have too much to carry? Thanks to Jo MacDonald, the library now has this nifty cart to carry library materials (and children) to your car.
Gerhard Luetschwager on the Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives introduces Matt Rothschild of Democracy Now to speak about Money in Politics and Fair Maps last week. This presentation was the first of many scheduled by SWWAP the second Tuesday of most months in 2020. The next forum will be...
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