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“I guess my ancestors were slaves,” says Alfred Randolph. “I always assumed it. My grandma said she was Geechee.”
The Gullah Geechee people descended from Africans enslaved on the rice, indigo and Sea Island cotton plantations on the lower Atlantic coast.
Randolph is sitting on the front porch of...
From the Mount Horeb Fire and EMS:
The Mount Horeb Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services responded to a carbon monoxide incident at 2:45 Thursday. The address was 8900 Ridgeview Drive in the Town of Springdale.
This is the address of Hearts and Hands Child Care and Preschool.
We arrived on...
THURSDAY, JULY 2
MT HOREB FARMERS MARKET, 3:00-6:30pm, on lawn of Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Main Street. Social distancing; please wear mask and gloves. For other changes see website: mthorebfarmersmarket@gmail.com
FRIDAY, JULY 3
NEIGHBOR-HELPING-NEIGHBOR MOBILE FOOD...
MOUNT HOREB, Wis./BOSSIER CITY, La.-Pauline Rachel Bohn, age 90, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Promise Hospital in Shreveport, La. She had been residing in Cypress Point Nursing Center in Bossier City, La. since 2017.
Pauline was born on the family farm in Green County, Wis. (New Glarus...
BLACK EARTH/CROSS PLAINS-Norman J. Esser Sr. passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2020, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born at home on Feb. 27, 1940, in the Town of Cross Plains, the son of Bernard and Lucinda (Lamberty) Esser. At age four, he moved and grew up with his family on the farm on Hwy. J in...
MOUNT HOREB – Michael Alan Pharo, age 63, passed away in his home, Friday, June 19, 2020, after bravely battling pancreatic cancer.
He was born on January 18, 1957 to Robert and Virginia (Pridmore) Pharo in Madison, WI and also grew up with his loving stepmother, Marguerite Pharo. Mike graduated...
The Mount Horeb Public Library will partially re-open with an Express Library on Monday, July 6. This is the library’s first chapter of opening its doors to the public. The Express Library offers access to the center areas of the library, including Lucky Day and new items. The computers/printer/...
Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to welcome new member, Summit Credit Union. Summit Credit Union is located at 1900 Commerce Drive.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Students who achieve at a high level academically are recognized by the dean at the close of each semester. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must...
Pastor Jonathan Bauer, of Good News Lutheran Church, was spotted Sunday morning wearing his vestments and a mask to help fight the spread of COVID-19. Photo by Matt Geiger.
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