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Photo courtesy of Pellitteri.
This summer, the Mount Horeb Village Board approved a new company to handle refuse and recycling for local citizens. After receiving four bids (from GFL Environmental, Lake Shore Recycling Services, Waste Management and Pellitteri Waste Systems), the board opted to switch from Waste Management to...
A Ukrainian family is living an American story right here in the Village of Mount Horeb. More than 5,000 miles away from the bombs and suffering and loss, they are making a new life while reflecting on the one they had to leave behind.
No good story is without its heartache and the tale of America...
There are only a few ways to leave public office. Politicians can be removed by disgruntled voters, die or step down of their own volition. Dane County’s top elected official will leave office the last way, retiring next spring after nearly 13 years running one of the state’s most prominent...
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a 75 percent increase in water rates in the Village of Blue Mounds. The rising costs stem from two major water projects the village is currently pursuing.
One is a new booster station that is currently under construction and will be...
Mount Horeb resident Molly Lawry, who teaches third grade at Country View Elementary School in the Verona Area School District, is the latest WEA Member Benefits-WEAC Outstanding Educator.
Lawry was notified of the honor in front of students during an assembly featuring members of the Badgers...
Join us in celebrating Wisconsin School Board Week October 1-7! The Wisconsin Association of School Boards has designated the first week of October as Wisconsin School Board Week. This week is a time to build awareness and understanding of the vital function an elected board of education plays in...
Mount Horeb was well represented in the 2023 Ironman Triathlon. Eric Hanson, 43; Calina Ackerman, 21; and Matt Hunter, 45, all completed the grueling event, making their friends and family proud. The September 8 triathlon included a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride – which came through Mount...
The Limpkin living at Stewart Park. Photo by Dexter Patterson.
If you are one of the many enthusiastic birders who calls the Mount Horeb area home, there is some big news, as a rare animal that usually lives in much warmer climes has been hanging out at a local swimming hole.
A Limpkin, scientifically known as Aramus guarauna, took up residence at Stewart Lake...
Teacher Melissa Olmsted speaks to the Mount Horeb Area School District Board of Education on Monday night. Photo by Aynsley Hoelscher.
The Board of Education meeting Monday night was full of citizens and teachers asking the board to meet and confer with the Mount Horeb Education Association (MHEA) union over teacher raises.
The conflict comes after the district and MHEA failed to come to an agreement at their bargaining session...
Dane County Board chair Patrick Miles last week announced the appointment of Chad Kemp to replace Mike Bare in the District 32 county supervisor seat. Bare, a Democrat, had been serving as both the District 80 State Assembly representative and the District 32 Dane County Board supervisor for more...
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