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“To be quite honest it will be like nothing you’ve seen in Wisconsin,” says Elizabeth Nicole Swain, owner and operator at Golden Roost Breakfast & Bakery. “It will be rich and simple, wild and wacky, and full of life and community.”
“It really,” she adds as employees buzz around the new...
Trustee Nate Gauger chaired the August 5 Village board meeting due to President Ryan Czyzewski’s absence. All other board members were present as well as Gabe Altenbernd, Village Administrator.
Four residents spoke on non-agenda items, including Tony Bunkleman and Heather Wilcox, both of which...
Not long ago, the Reverend Dr. Tisha Brown was feeding people’s bodies with her baked goods at the Mount Horeb Farmers Market. Today, she’s feeding their souls as the newly installed pastor at Zwingli Mount Vernon United Church of Christ.
Mount Vernon is a unique community; small, rural, with a...
Each year the Mount Horeb Public Library selects titles they encourage everyone to read and discuss. Learn about the three books they chose for 2026 on page 6. Pictured above with this year’s selections are librarians Melissa Roelli, Hannah Klapperich-Mueller and Amy Kalchik. Photo contributed.
It is almost time for the Recreation Department’s Annual Shop Event at DICK’S Sporting Goods! DICK’S Sporting Goods will be hosting a 20% off shop event for all Mt. Horeb Recreation athletes, families, & community supporters at the West Towne Mall store on 8/7-8/10/2026. The discount is for in-...
The July 22 Plan Commission meeting was called to order by Chair Ryan Czyzewski, with all members present, in addition to administrator Gabe Altenbernd, Sonja Kruesel, village planner representing Ben Rohr from Vandewalle, and Rob Wright, village engineer from SmithGroup.
Before the Public Hearing...
For all of recorded human history people on both sides of the law have raced to find new ways to use technology to gain an upper hand. The wheel, the printing press, firearms and artificial intelligence have all, at some point, been used by both criminals and police in their daily and eternal...
Last year, the Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors announced that President/CEO Rachel LaCasse-Ford would be stepping down from her role effective October 31, 2025. Her replacement, Allison Plumer, took over at the organization’s President & Chief Executive Officer on...
The Blue Mounds Village Board approved a policy that would charge an individual or business for the cost of a special board meeting that benefits just that person or business.
This comes after the village needed to hold a special board meeting last month to approve a liquor license for a business...
The Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors (board) held their monthly meeting July 14.
The previous month’s June 9 meeting minutes were approved unanimously, with Supervisors Richard VanDomelen and Mary Ann Bellazzini noting a couple minor edits, previously submitted to Clerk Amanda Burghy, to be...
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