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Congratulations to the 2025 Dane County Fairest of the Fair, Gwendolyn (Gwen) Mahoney of Mount Horeb. Mahoney will be crowned at the Dane County Breakfast on the Farm to be held Saturday, June 14 at Hinchley’s Dairy Farm, 2844 State Road 73, Cambridge, WI. The public is invited to attend the...
Ever since she became the Mount Horeb Area School District’s food services director in 2009, Michelle Denk has worked to get more fresh, healthy, local, sustainable food on students’ plates. In the past, that meant purchasing produce from local farmers and building up a more robust farm-to-...
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing the name of the individual that died following an incident on April 14, 2025. The incident occurred in the 10800 Block of Smokey Mountain Trail, in the Village of Blue Mounds, and was reported to authorities at or about 11:44 A.M.
The...
Dan Ganch (left) and Josh Bruenig (right) stand with five food waste stations they built in Mount Horeb. The stations will be placed around Dane County. Photo by Matt Geiger.
According to the USDA, food waste is estimated at between 30-40 percent of the food supply in the United States. This figure, based on estimates from USDA’s Economic Research Service of 31 percent food loss at the retail and consumer levels, corresponded to approximately 133 billion pounds and $161...
At 11:44 am, Dane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 10889 Smokey Mountain Trail in the Village of Blue Mounds, after witnesses reported a disturbance between two females.
A 54-year-old woman sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A 31-year-old woman left...
A road project tentatively scheduled for the spring and summer of this year will upgrade a portion of County Highway JG and improve drainage near Stewart Lake.
Work will focus on a 0.84 mile section extending from Mt. Horeb village limits to the Stewart Lake Park Limits. The proposed improvement...
Father and son Virgil and Kody Haag with their Lely Astronaut robotic milkers at their Town of Primrose dairy farm. Photo by Matt Geiger.
Around 12,000 years ago in what is now Turkey, people began milking cows. It was the Neolithic Revolution, and it completely changed the course of human history. Milk, cheese, yogurt and butter fueled empires and exploration, feeding everything from squalling infants to powerful warriors. The first...
Rob Reischel, who has covered the Packers since 2001 for several media outlets, will appear on the television show ‘The Grudge’ to discuss the Favre-Rodgers debate.
Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers?
Green Bay Packers fans could debate that topic until the end of time.
Back in the summer of 2008 — when the Packers opted to trade Favre and turn things over to Rodgers — the Favre vs. Rodgers debate divided Packer Nation like never before.
Finger Publishing Co. Sports...
I first met Fritz when I was about ten on one of my early adventures away from home. I had peddled my bike up our steep 2nd Street hill to run a few grocery errands for my mother and, feeling the freedom of childhood, wandered into Olson’s Restaurant and Bakery on Main Street. If you sat at the...
Above, State Sen. Howard Marklein meeting with Eleanor Washburn (the baby) and Jessica Eiden. Marklein became Mount Horeb’s representative at the start of this year due to redistricting. Photo contributed.
State Sen. Howard Marklein visited the Village of Mount Horeb on Monday, March 17, stopping by the Academy of Little Vikings, a childcare facility on Commerce Drive.
Marklein met with notable community members including baby Eleanor Washburn and Jessica Eiden, Family Engagement Director for the...
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