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Last week the Department of Health Services (DHS) announced new tracing mechanisms for local health departments to better track Wisconsin residents who may have been exposed to COVID-19 during Tuesday’s election.
Over the course of the last few weeks DHS has added more than 120 contact tracers to...
April 2020 marks the end of another term for the County Board. All 37 supervisors districts were on the spring ballot last week, however 11 of the 37 Supervisors had decided not to run for re-election. At the April 2 meeting, the outgoing supervisors, whose years of service on the County Board...
Many birds are putting on classic shows this month. We’ve seen and heard them before, they still bring a smile, surprise, and even laughter when watching Sandhill cranes dance, wild turkeys strut, ruffed grouse drum, Canada geese call when looking to the sky and ring-necked pheasants cling to the...
NEW GLARUS - On Thursday, April 9, 2020, John Edward Oltman, loving husband, father and grandfather, peacefully passed away from natural causes at the age of 78. John was born on Dec. 19, 1941, in Sycamore, Ill. to William “Bill” and Ruth Oltman. He graduated from Sycamore High School in 1960 and...
MOUNT HOREB – It is with heavy hearts that the family of John Paul Fleck announces his passing on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at the age of 54, after a valiant fight with COVID-19. John will forever be remembered by his wife, Pam; son, Jack; daughter, MacKenzie; his parents, William and Rosemarie...
MOUNT HOREB – It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Kevin Richard Farrell, age 66. He went peacefully to his “second home” on Thursday, April 9, 2020, after his fight against malignant melanoma while surrounded by his family at the home he built in Verona. He was born on June 16,...
There is an old Russian adage that people who are destined for the firing squad need not fear drowning.
In the end, only one thing will get us, and all the thousands of other perceived threats we worried about during our rich and varied lives will ultimately fail to triumph over us. All these...
Duluth Trading Company (NASDAQ: DLTH), a lifestyle brand of men’s and women’s casual wear, workwear and accessories based in downtown Mount Horeb, has announced sweeping measures “to ensure its business and financial resiliency during the rapidly escalating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the...
Because of COVID-19 and the Mount Horeb Area School District’s move to online learning, the high school’s grades for third and fourth quarters are shifting to a Pass/No Pass system. Because of this, there will be no third or fourth quarter honor roll lists.
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interest of keeping the community safe, members of FDM have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Jamboree Fundraiser.
“It was not an easy decision for any of us to make,” said a joint statement issued by the department. “This event...
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