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As most students were starting their summer break, 20 up-and-coming Mount Horeb seniors attended Badger Boys and Girls State June 13-19 and June 21-26 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, respectively. The American Legion program educates young leaders on...
To accommodate the August 11 statewide primary election, the Town of Blue Mounds monthly Board of Supervisors meeting was moved to Monday, August 10. The board unanimously approved July’s minutes as drafted.
Zoning
With no one signed up to give public comments, the board moved on, addressing four...
Traditionally, the Finance & Personnel Committee (F&P) schedules weekly meetings for the end of September and throughout October to hash out the next year’s operation and capital budgets. Behind the scenes, the department heads meet with the village administrator and finance director to...
“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...
Brown
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...
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