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Let Us Never Forget...

This is the 23rd in a series of articles that we hope to publish for years to come. With this series we want to honor Service Members that served our great Nation. As I mentioned in the last article, we need your help to honor these fine Americans. If you have someone you would like us to include... Continue Reading

Can you find Mount Horeb's "Hidden History"?

While we stay safer at home, one of the bright spots of these spring days is family walks around the Village. Whether you are retracing familiar routes or venturing into neighborhood territories new to you, you have undoubtedly been traveling on, through and by local history. It’s pretty hard to... Continue Reading

Government

Kwik Trip development moves forward

Matt Geiger | mgeiger@newspubinc.com

In what village president Randy Littel said he hoped might be the final virtual meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mount Horeb Village Board... Continue Reading

Village to consider Kwik Trip proposal

The Mount Horeb Village Board was scheduled to meet on Wednesday of this week to review a proposal to build a new Kwik Trip convenience store near... Continue Reading

School

COVID-19 changes how students learn to drive

Troy Matz

It’s been an interesting time for teachers and educators with school buildings being closed across the state from mid-March until the end of the school year. That certainly holds true for Reedsburg Area High School Drivers Education Instructor Brian Pottinger. Most... Continue Reading

School trips canceled, delayed

Matt Geiger

mgeiger@newspubinc.com

At its regular meeting on May 4, the Mount Horeb Area Board of Education made its way through a relatively quick agenda. Student liaison Allison Gundrum updated the board about a “virtual teacher appreciation week” that was in the works to replace the in person event... Continue Reading

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Anniversary

Dave and Sharon Rosol of Mount Horeb are celebrating their 40th anniversary on May 24, 2020. They were married on May 24, 1980 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richland Center, WaI. They were blessed with two daughters. Melissa (Brian) Hahn of Cottage Grove and Sara of Madison. They have two... Continue Reading

Anniversary

John and Merita Berryman planned on celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in style but like everyone else they’ll be stuck at home May 24th. They would appreciate it if friends and family would send cards to John and Merita Berryman, 611 E Garfield St., Mt Horeb, WI 53572.

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Kwik Trip development moves forward

mgeiger@newspubinc.com
In what village president Randy Littel said he hoped might be the final virtual meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mount Horeb Village Board held a brisk special meeting last week to begin the review process for a new Kwik Trip proposed on the east side of town. At the meeting, the board... Continue Reading
Let Us Never Forget...

Donald James Jacobson

This is the 23rd in a series of articles that we hope to publish for years to come. With this series we want to honor Service Members that served our great Nation. As I mentioned in the last article, we need your help to honor these fine Americans. If you have someone you would like us to include... Continue Reading

Village to consider Kwik Trip proposal

The Mount Horeb Village Board was scheduled to meet on Wednesday of this week to review a proposal to build a new Kwik Trip convenience store near... Continue Reading

Get to know Mount Horeb's new economic development director

mgeiger@newspubinc.com

Rowan Childs is sitting in her car, waiting for an insurance claims adjuster to determine how much damage the turkey did when it collided with her... Continue Reading

Local youth dies

Police, school district issue statements

MOUNT HOREB-The people of Mount Horeb are once again grieving the loss of a child. On May 13 at approximately 03:49 p.m., officers from the Mount... Continue Reading

Sports

Brian McIntyre (far right) was named the MHM’s Male Coach of the Year.

Mount Horeb's best of the best
Rob Reischel
This was a year like no other. The high school sports world came to a screeching halt on March 12 as the COVID-19 pandemic struck. And sports never... Continue Reading
Track team had great expectations
Rob Reischel
Editor’s Note: The WIAA recently canceled spring sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Mount Horeb Mail, we’d like to give recognition to the... Continue Reading
Softball team expected big things

What if...

Rob Reischel
Editor’s Note: The WIAA recently canceled spring sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Mount Horeb Mail, we’d like to give recognition to the... Continue Reading
What if we had spring sports?

Girls soccer team had big dreams...

Rob Reischel | robreischel@gmail.com
Editor’s Note: The WIAA recently canceled spring sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Mount Horeb Mail, we’d like to give recognition to the... Continue Reading

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Perspective

I got a COVID-19 test: Here's what you should know

Doug Schneider, Green Bay Press-Gazette

ASHWAUBENON - The toughest part was not sneezing on the woman wearing the spacesuit. Other than that, though, getting a test Wednesday to see if I have the coronavirus was about as simple as buzzing a busy drive-thru during the lunch rush; only the restaurant is a 10,000-seat hockey arena and the... Continue Reading

Family of local COVID patients says thank you

The Haroldson Family

We would like to thank everyone in the Mount Horeb community for reaching out and providing support with cards, texts, calls, thoughts, prayers, meals and parades during Vicky’s recent Covid-19 illness. Vicky is improving daily and looking forward to a full recovery by summer. With love and... Continue Reading

The invisible accordion

Matt Geiger

Imagine watching a nature documentary in which a lion is pursuing a gazelle. As they rush across the savanna, turning sharply as their claws and hooves dig into the dry earth and motes of dust linger in the sun as if to briefly mark their rapid passing on this ancient earth, the tiny gap between... Continue Reading

Weekly letters

Please wear a mask... PEOPLE; Please wear a mask when at the grocer, hardware store, drug store or any other people- populated place. Remember, it’s not yourself you are protecting from the virus, it’s those others around you who may be medically compromised. If everyone wears a mask, we are all... Continue Reading

Llama llama, quarantine drama...

Matt Geiger

This afternoon, a nice black car drove by my house. Sitting calmly in the back seat was a large white llama. As the vehicle went by, the animal’s glistening black eyes, shaded by lush dark lashes, met mine for a brief moment. I quickly grabbed my phone and texted a friend. “Just saw a llama in a... Continue Reading

Gleaning

Gleanings

Barb Johnson

120 Years Ago- May 17, 1900 A four hundred dollar bronze monument has been erected to mark the last resting place of Ole Hanson at the West Blue Mounds Lutheran cemetery, bought of Ole Johnson, who has the agency for these monuments. This monument is plain in design but stands 12 feet tall. Otto... Continue Reading

Gleanings

Barb Johnson

120 Years Ago- May 10, 1900 James Bonner Jr. reports that hereafter their table must be set with four plates. Boy number two arrived last Thursday, and all is well, and as a natural consequence James is happy. Dr. Henry Lewis is now established at Black Earth to practice his profession. Our little... Continue Reading

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