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Chasing The Light With Painter Kathy Hofmann

Matt Geiger

Kathy Hofmann is drinking freshly brewed coffee, wearing a black turtleneck, and carefully arranging a series of gild-framed paintings on a couch and chair inside her old farmhouse in rural Mount Horeb. She’s preparing for an exhibition of her work at the Driftless Historium, and she’s working with... Continue Reading

Hunt For Nick Day's Killer Continues

Matt Geiger

It has now been a month since Nicholas Day’s body was found on the side of a local country road, and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek information from citizens that had contact with the victim in the weeks and months leading up to his death on January 15. Madison Area Crime... Continue Reading

Government

Vierck Takes Helm Of Mount Horeb Police Department

Matt Geiger | mgeiger@newspubinc.com

Douglas Vierck has a few minutes to talk, sitting down behind the frosted panes of glass that surround a conference room at the new Mount Horeb... Continue Reading

Three Square Off In Court Primary Race

Matt Geiger

Three candidates are running in the (technically) nonpartisan primary for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Incumbent Daniel Kelly, law... Continue Reading

School

Mount Horeb Education Association (MHEA) Scholarship

Created more than 30 years ago, the purpose of the scholarship is "to recognize the importance of education and to promote the teaching profession." Candidates must be graduates of Mount Horeb High School and be admitted into the school of education at an accredited... Continue Reading

Local Teacher Speaks At Capitol

When Democrats at the capitol stood together last week to announce Governor Tony Evers’ plans for education funding, they had a guest who is far more used to speaking to Mount Horeb High School students than lawmakers and journalists. Beth Maglio, a longtime civics... Continue Reading

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Sheriff Mahoney.

Riley Berg Arrested For Alleged Homicide

Matt Geiger

Authorities announced today that they believe they know who killed Nicholas Day. They know how. And when. They just don't know why. "At the hands of Riley Berg." That's how Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney answered a reporter's question moments ago about how Day died. The victim was found shot and... Continue Reading

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Coffee with Superintendent Dr. Salerno, 9:00-10:30am, Sjolinds, Main St., Mt. Horeb Shopping in Dodgeville, leave 9:30am, Mt. Horeb Senior Center, RSVP, 444-7930 Cooking Group, 1:00pm, Mt. Horeb Senior Center Historical Fire Regimes of Wisconsin, by Dr. Jed Meunier... Continue Reading

News

Riley Berg Arrested For Alleged Homicide

Sheriff Mahoney.

Sheriff Says Berg Killed Nicholas Day

Authorities announced today that they believe they know who killed Nicholas Day. They know how. And when. They just don't know why. "At the hands of Riley Berg." That's how Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney answered a reporter's question moments ago about how Day died. The victim was found shot and... Continue Reading
Chasing The Light With Painter Kathy Hofmann

Photo by Ron Lutz II.

mgeiger@newspubinc.com
Kathy Hofmann is drinking freshly brewed coffee, wearing a black turtleneck, and carefully arranging a series of gild-framed paintings on a couch and chair inside her old farmhouse in rural Mount Horeb. She’s preparing for an exhibition of her work at the Driftless Historium, and she’s working with... Continue Reading

Rep. Pope, with Beth Maglio.

Local Teacher Speaks At Capitol

When Democrats at the capitol stood together last week to announce Governor Tony Evers’ plans for education funding, they had a guest who is far more... Continue Reading

Ralph Buechner.

Family Of Beloved Veteran Offers Match Grant

The Ralph Buechner Matching Dollar Grant will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima by matching up to $13,000 in Memorial Park donations

The family of Ralph Buechner has announced a $13,000 matching grant to support the planned Memorial Park for area veterans. From February 19through... Continue Reading

Detectives Looking to Identify Truck Owner

On the three week anniversary of the homicide of Nicholas Day on CTH JG in the town of Blue Mounds, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office continues to... Continue Reading

Sports

Sugar River Euchre
Stan Hook
The stage was set for a match between two of the three first place teams as the Riley Shufflers traveled to Kleeman’s. Dave Herfel and Randy Skogen... Continue Reading
Drea O’Connell. Photo by Mary Langenfeld.

Vaulting To The Top
Rob Reischel | robreischel@gmail.com
In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter much which girls gymnastics team is ranked No. 1 in February. Everyone hopes to be No. 1 in March —... Continue Reading
Torrin Hannah. Photo by Mary Langenfeld.

Boys Basketball Team Heating Up
Rob Reischel | robreischel@gmail.com
They’ve picked the perfect time to heat up. And suddenly, anything and everything seems possible. Mount Horeb’s boys basketball team notched a pair... Continue Reading
MoHo Girls Drop Three
Rob Reischel | robreischel@gmail.com
First the bad news: Mount Horeb’s girls basketball team had a rough week and lost three consecutive games. Now the good news: the Vikings believe... Continue Reading

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Now, or never...

Matt Geiger

My daughter was sick a few weeks ago. She missed several days of school, shattered her prior screen time record, and sneezed on everything in our house. After several feverish days, and nights during which violent coughs shattered the nocturnal stillness and gave our home the aural qualities of a... Continue Reading

Scandihoovian Thank You

Matt and Susan Smith, Blue Valley Gardens

Dear Editor, Another Scandihoovian fest is in the books, and what an awesome weekend it was. Lots of red hats all over town and the sun even graced us for an hour or two. This is an all-volunteer event that we couldn’t do without the cheerful help of our friends and the generosity of our local... Continue Reading

Records Fees Mean Records Denials

Sheila Plotkin

As founder of We the Irrelevant, a website that tracks how well (or poorly) the actions of legislators match up with what the public has asked them to do, I have sent multiple open records requests to Wisconsin legislators on a variety of controversial initiatives. Each time, I’ve asked them for... Continue Reading

Stories All Around

“I do not want to be remembered for ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude,’ nor for the Nobel Prize, but for the newspapers,” said the legendary magical realist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He understood that journalism is the key that unlocks all forms of storytelling, even ones with magical cows and a... Continue Reading

School Safety

William C. Olson, Mount Horeb

How important is the safety of your child/grandchild while at school? Do you know what your school district is doing to protect our kids and what policies and procedures they’re implementing to promote a safe environment for learning? Matt Geiger’s article on “Schools work to prepare for attacks... Continue Reading

Gleaning

Gleanings

Barb Johnson

120 Years Ago- Feb 15, 1900 John Witte buckled onto his well-kept steeds a well-made set of harness last Friday, made by the skillful hands of Louis Martin, assisted by Dr. Malone. Yes, they are the fellows that turn out the strap work. Isaac Dahle came home from school at Madison last week, being... Continue Reading

Gleanings

Barb Johnson

120 Years Ago- Feb 8, 1900 Ole Bjelde did not remain long in the milk supplying business and has withdrawn from the business and put his wagon under cover. This gives Henry Johnson increased trade. Rev. W. G. Shaw, of Chicago, agent of the Home Finding Association for Destitute Children, will speak... Continue Reading

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