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Three Dane County executives with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services have filed a non-party brief with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in support of Governor Tony Evers’ extension of the “Safer At Home” order that keeps much of the state’s economy shut down until late May.
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The Mount Horeb Police has several bikes in its possession that were found abandoned or turned over to authorities in 2019. If you are missing a bike from 2019 please contact the MHPD community service officer between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 437-5522 with as much information as possible (bike brand,...
A Mount Horeb native and West Point Military Academy freshman is on the run, and he’s doing it to support sexual assault awareness and prevention.
KJ Kalscheur, a 2019 graduate of Mount Horeb High School, began running at noon Friday, with a goal of traversing 48 miles over the course of 48 hours....
An estimated 1,500 protesters, most of them not wearing face masks and many carrying American flags, gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Friday demanding an end to the wide-ranging shutdown of normal life and business in Wisconsin aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic.
A parade of...
Despite a month of increasing deaths in their counties, Dane and Sauk County residents are relaxing their compliance with the Safer at Home order, according to data from the University of Maryland. The University used anonymized and aggregated location data from mobile devices and other sources....
“Nur die harten kommen in den garten” (Only the strongest survive in the garden).
Charlotte “Buddy” Lobitz died peacefully without illness on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. The significance of this date is not lost on those who knew and loved Charlotte because they understand her lifelong...
John Prochaska of Mt. Horeb/Madison, age 70, died after a prolonged illness on April 18, 2020.
He is survived by two sons, John and Scott, and his daughter Tara; the mother of his children Ann Merklein; sister, Lynn Prochaska; brothers, Bob Prochaska, Tom Prochaska; his grandchildren, Dawn,...
The May 2 Walk for Water intended to bring clean water to Central America will now be virtual. “Regretfully, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our face-to-face 2020 Walk for Water due to the concerns and uncertainty regarding COVID-19,” said John Schmitt, Walk for Water coordinator. “We...
The Mount Horeb Farmers Market expects to kick off its 2020 season on Thursday, May 7, in its usual location on the lawn of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. However, the market will operate differently for the foreseeable future because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The vendors will be set back away...
Spring is the beginning of peak tick season, and in the past few years, numbers of deer ticks in our area have increased significantly. A bite from an infected deer tick can transmit Lyme disease and other diseases, which are becoming more common.
“Since we are all following the statewide Safer at...
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