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This person has been seen twice attempting to enter vehicles in Mount Horeb. An officer saw them near a vehicle last week, late at night. The officer was unable to identify them due to distance, and the individual ran when they saw headlights coming. “We have no reported thefts associated at...
Realtor Mark Nortman wanted a Troll in front of his office in downtown Mount Horeb (by the Kwik Trip roundabout). An ardent supporter of local sports, he also wanted a Viking, the local mascot. Artist John Pahlas combined the two, producing a waving Viking Troll who smiles and waves at all who pass...
The Mount Horeb Summer Frolic has raised enough money from local businesses to be able to present a fireworks display on Sunday, September 6.
The fireworks will be launched beginning at 9:15 p.m. from the usual Frolic spot behind the Fire Department of Mount Horeb. FDMH will do a short fire truck...
120 Years Ago-
Sept. 6, 1900
We were misinformed concerning our local in last week’s issue that John Donahoe was taken to the state hospital. We are pleased to correct same, and it pleases us also that it was not true.
Welcome showers of rain laid the dust last Sunday.
Magne Johnson of Perry made...
I asked my daughter what she was watching on TV the other night, and she replied without looking away: “It’s a bread that styles people’s hair for them.”
“That can’t be right,” I thought, sitting down next to her. “She must have said the wrong words.”
Thirty seconds later, I stood up and walked...
UW Health and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health plan to vaccinate the first participants in the AstraZeneca COVID-19 clinical trial this afternoon in the Clinical Research Unit at University Hospital in Madison.
The study is open for enrollment and investigators hope...
At a joint meeting of the two village bodies last week, the Mount Horeb Village Board approved an extraterritorial zoning ordinance within the neighboring Town of Blue Mounds, but only after the plan commission recommended tabling the matter.
The move came after village officials said their...
Families in the Mount Horeb Area School District have vastly different views on the decision to cancel in-person classes this fall and subsequent plans for the virtual schooling that began this week. Several weeks ago, a citizen named Michael Crook spoke to the school board, stating: “This is...
Now that we’ve gotten used to wearing masks, conversation has turned to other ways to keep ourselves safe. Enter contact tracing- it’s a long standing way to control the spread of disease. It might be new to you if you haven’t come into contact with STDs, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
How does...
Take part in a special tour of the The 9/11 Memorial Museum on Wednesday, September 2, at 11 a.m. This program is hosted by the Mt. Horeb Public Library and the Driftless Historium. The 9/11 Memorial Museum serves as the country’s principal institution for examining the events of September 11, 2001...
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