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BLACK EARTH - Thomas Isaac Wilkins passed away April 28, 2020, at Aster Assisted Living in Monroe, Wis. He was born July 13, 1936, in Madison, Wis. to Otto and Myrella (Halverson) Wilkins.
Tom was a man of faith and lived his life by example without even realizing because it was natural, and it was...
Blue Mounds, Wis. - Given the recent extension of the Safer-at-Home order through May 26, 2020 and the uncertainty surrounding the phased re-opening of businesses, community gatherings, etc. and after careful consideration of cyclists’ safety and the health of our community, volunteers, spectators...
Perry church cancels event
Members of Perry Lutheran Church in Daleyville recently announced that they have cancelled this year’s Memorial Day Dinner and Legionnaire Service scheduled for Monday, May 25 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The congregation looks forward to hosting this annual event again...
A Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy was taken to a local emergency room late Sunday Night, May 3, 2020, after being viciously attacked by an inmate in the Public Safety Building Jail.
The inmate, a 27 year-old male from Madison, had been arrested by the City of Madison Police for Disorderly Conduct and...
Did you wake a few days ago only to notice significant front end damage to their red/maroon GM vehicle? Are you wondering how it happened? If so, please contact the Mount Horeb Police Department as, they would like to discuss the parked car that hit you. They would also love to give you the parts...
120 Years Ago-
May 3, 1900
Mrs. Charley Lindstrom is able to sit up at times, but is quite weak.
Tom K. Syverud has been building a summer kitchen onto their house.
F. Ross will take the road for the A. T. Morris Cigar Co., and it is success we hope he will meet with. He has purchased the Arabian...
Please wear a mask...
PEOPLE; Please wear a mask when at the grocer, hardware store, drug store or any other people- populated place. Remember, it’s not yourself you are protecting from the virus, it’s those others around you who may be medically compromised. If everyone wears a mask, we are all...
This afternoon, a nice black car drove by my house. Sitting calmly in the back seat was a large white llama. As the vehicle went by, the animal’s glistening black eyes, shaded by lush dark lashes, met mine for a brief moment.
I quickly grabbed my phone and texted a friend.
“Just saw a llama in a...
Three senior Mt. Horeb FFA members, Josh Boland (bottom left), Evan Rhiner (bottom right), and Sydney Schlicht (top) have earned the Wisconsin State FFA Degree. The degree will be bestowed at the Wisconsin State FFA Convention – with a date to be determined. Josh, Evan, and Sydney will wear blue...
Kurt Lifka’s Aikido martial arts journey started nearly 30 years ago. It was inspired years before that.
“When I was a teenager, I literally saw a video of on public cable TV — a demonstration of some American teacher in Ohio,” he says. “This was the 70s. The teacher was teaching Aikido and I...
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