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The Village of Mount Horeb has seen a recent uptick in annoying “nuisance-type” offenses by youth, including multiple eggings. In some cases, local authorities have been able to crack the case. In others, they are still digging. “[W]e have had an issue with nuisance-type offenses such as ringing...
The budget for the 2023-2024 school year was approved by community members present at the MHASD annual budget meeting last Tuesday.
Revenue
Total revenues for the 2023-2024 school year were up from $30 million last year to $33.3 million. A resolution approved about $16.3 million in taxes to be...
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“And, as you read and re-read, the book of course participates in the creation of you, your thoughts and feelings, the size and temper of your soul.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
If you lived in Mount Horeb, you probably saw her around. A woman handing out free books to farmers at the local co-op, tutoring...
Mount Horeb Police Department will face off against the Mount Horeb Fire Department in a kickball Battle of the Badges Friday, August 18 at 6 p.m. at Grundahl Park. The charity game is being organized to support the Mount Horeb Community Foundation. Pictured above, from left to right, Mallory Zuhde...
“Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” -Jorge Luis Borges
Matt Raboin is standing in an old red barn a few yards from his front...
The village board approved a new sanitation company, a loan for water line work and a parking usage study last week.
The board approved a bid from Pellitteri for garbage and recycling services. They will be replacing the current service provider, Waste Management.
“They have been with us for 10...
The Village of Mount Horeb’s latest assessments are out, and the municipality says the value of local properties skyrocketed from $772.5 million last year to more than $1.1 billion in 2023. The change represents a 49 percent increase, but the numbers could still change following the upcoming Board...
Average residential customers of the Mount Horeb Utilities will be paying $6.67 or, 7.59 percent more on their electric monthly bills, the first such increase since 2009.
The new rates took effect on Tuesday, August 1 when residential customers began paying $94.54 monthly for 705 kilovolts, up from...
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently selected Ashley Hagenow of Poynette as Wisconsin’s 76th Alice in Dairyland. In her position, Hagenow works for the contract year as a full-time communications professional for DATCP, educating the public about...
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