Election News
Last week’s Spring Election is over, and its results will usher in new representatives on both the village board and the school board in Mount Horeb. Nate Gauger and Cathy Scott both earned three-year terms on the village board, while Tim White earned a two-year term. Ben Jones was eliminated. In...
Tuesday's Spring Election is over, and its results will usher in new representatives on both the village board and the school board in Mount Horeb. Nate Gauger and Cathy Scott both earned three-year terms on the village board, while Time White earned a two-year term. Ben Jones was eliminated. In...
Why are you running for public office?
I want the voices of our rural voters heard, and I want to see our communities thrive without being muddied by typical party-line rhetoric.
What top three issues are most important to you?
Improving access to county funding, programs and services in our...
Why are you running for public office?
I am currently a Village Trustee in Cross Plains, and I was ready to retire from public service. A few weeks after I made that decision, I was asked if I would consider for County Supervisor. After talks with my family and others, I decided it was the right...
Voters in the village of Mount Horeb will choose three people to serve on the local board of trustees in the April 5 election. There are four candidates, and while there are three seats up for grabs, the order of the winners will matter because the top two vote-getters will each earn three-year...
This isn’t the first time Jerry O’Brien has challenged Patrick Downing for the District 30 seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Back in 2014, O’Brien opposed the incumbent, earning exactly one third of the vote. After a tumultuous few years, 2014 seems very far away. 2022 is a new year,...
Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education candidates - Joel Craven, Carleen Fisher, Kristen Karcz, Leah Lipska, Adam Mertz, and Jeff Shields - shared their visions for the district at a forum conducted by high school seniors in John Malecki’s Current Affairs class on Wednesday, March 9....
“Running a school system was never easy,” said Carly Fisher. “You have to deal with funding and all that, and now you add this on top of it.”
“This” in the year 2022 is an entire constellation of vexing issues. But along with the ubiquitously-chronicled struggles and challenges of the pandemic,...
Joel Craven believes he has a unique set of skills that can help students and teachers in the Mount Horeb Area School District. He says the community can find new sources of funding, and new ways to communicate effectively with one another. For all the challenges this - and every - school district...
Kristen Karcz says she knew when she filed papers to run for school board that she would need to answer plenty of questions. But she also got in the race because she wanted to ask questions, too. “I wanted answers,” she said.
Karcz says that’s how many people feel in the Mount Horeb Area School...