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Our daughter’s desk collapsed on her the other day, pinning her to the ground in a pile of rubble consisting mostly of magic markers, erasers and books of a most considerable heft.
We had had to fashion an office for her, when it became clear there would not be in-person classes. Desks, my wife...
The Mount Horeb Police Department participated in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign from August 21 to September 7.
In all, nine local officers spent 180 hours on enforcement during that time period. They made 89 traffic contacts for violations.
There were 27 citations issued and 64...
The Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce (MHACC) Fall Village Market, originally scheduled for Saturday October 3rd, has been moved to a virtual market with drive thru pick-up at the downtown ELC/Duluth parking lot on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Throughout the planning and re-planning of...
MOUNT HOREB – Joyce Elaine Lesar, age 91, of Mount Horeb, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. She was born on March 14, 1929, in Madison, Wis., and was the daughter of George and Della (Lease) Beale. Joyce grew up on the east side of Madison and graduated from Madison East High School...
MOUNT HOREB - Martha Hartman, age 94, of Mount Horeb, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at The Cottages in Madison. She was born on July 4, 1926, in Holstein, Iowa, the daughter of James and Carrie (Hansen) Leinbaugh. Martha always joked the national holiday was in her honor.
After high...
Belleville, WI/Primrose, WI - Francis “Frank” O’Connor passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Friday September 25, 2020. Frank was born on the O’Connor Family Farm in the Town of Primrose, WI on May 15, 1932. The farm quickly became his lifelong passion. He attended Mount Horeb...
MOUNT HOREB - Dawn Swiggum Erickson, age 68, of Mount Horeb, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at her home surrounded by her family after a courageous six-year cancer battle. She was born on Dec. 29, 1951, in Madison, the daughter of Byron and Susan (Cunneen) Swiggum.
Dawn grew up in Pine...
Dorothy Mae Underwood Rasmussen (Nee Skalet), 99, Lake Mills, died peacefully on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at the Columbus Health and Rehab Center.
She was born on February 24, 1921 in Black Earth (Township of Vermont) on the Skalet Homestead, the daughter of the late Sever and Dorothea (Venden...
132 East Main Street has been home to quite an array of businesses over its century long existence--a movie theater, fudge shop, wedding boutique, auto shop. Today, however, most know it as Isaac’s Soaps and Antiques. Though the building is once again changing hands, Janelle and Scott Holmstrom are...
At one point during last week’s meeting of the Mount Horeb Area School District, superintendent Steve Salerno stated something that is both inarguably true and applicable in nearly any situation in the year 2020: “I guarantee you this, mark my words, whatever we come up with is not going to be...
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