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All members of the Plan Commission (PC) were present at the June 24 meeting: Chair Ryan Czyzewski, Sarah Best, Stephanie Gauthier-Phillips, Andrew Kidd, Jill Remmert-Willis, Ben Vondra, and Peggy Zalucha. Village Planner Sonja Kruesel attended on behalf of Ben Rohr.
In February Dennis Hiorms, owner...
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing the name of the individuals that died following a motor vehicle accident. The accident occurred near State Highway 92 and Spring Rose Road, in the Town of Primrose, and was reported to authorities at or about 5:49 P.M. on June 22, 2026. The...
Wednesday Night Live will kick off its 29th season at Grundahl Park July 8 with the reggae rock group, TUGG, continuing each week through August 12. Bigtooth (above) will take the stage on July 15.
Wednesday Night Live will kick off its 29th season at Grundahl Park July 8 with a concert by the reggae rock group, TUGG. A wide variety of genres are featured again this summer, ranging from bluegrass to pop, jazz, rock and beyond.
These free music concerts run through August 12 and are held in...
The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) met May 27 and discussed the ongoing village-wide historic resource survey. They also reviewed governance and professional standards with interim village administrator Jon Hochkammer, welcomed new citizen members Jill Schuettpelz and Ted McMillan to the...
Mount Horeb Police Officer Kyle Dix recently reported that efforts to resurrect the village’s K9 program have made “significant progress” since starting last summer. Dix and others in the department have been busy working to raise funds and awareness that, if successful, will make enhance public...
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team and Madison Police conducted emergency training at the Karakahl Motor Hotel on Thursday of last week. First responders performed an array of drills, including using explosives to breach the hotel’s heavy metal doors (pictured above). The...
Sara Faivre
It’s late morning when the small crew at Wild Type Ranch spots her, a shaky newborn lamb. The tiny, wavering creature finds solace in her mother’s woolen flank and the tall, undulating spring grasses rooted in the soil on which everything depends.
Sara Faivre, co-founder and partner at Wild Type,...
Sara Joy Márquez
When asked why she started writing when she was a child, Sara Joy Márquez pauses for a moment, sipping her coffee as she sits on the stoop of her rural Mount Horeb home, and replies: “To make sense of the world.”
Márquez, an essayist and poet whose work has been published in The Mississippi Review...
The Seventh Annual Student Spotlight art show debuts Saturday, June 13, 2026 at Mount Horeb’s downtown Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St), featuring the work of Mount Horeb High School’s Delilah Gasch and Raniah Hubbard.
This partner installation, entitled “More than Meets the Eye,” will be on...
In the spring of 1926 Martin Keller Sr. bought his first tractor for his family farm. He purchased a 1926 John Deere Spoker D from Sever Martinson, who owned and operated The Farm Utility Company of Mt. Horeb.
It was the first John Deere tractor sold by the dealership, which was located where Buck...
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