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I recently heard a discussion that came out of the ELCA about why we “fast for Lent.” I know that there is a rich history of people giving up things for the Lenten season as a way of disciplining themselves to understand better our dependence on God, but other than in conversation, it seems that...
120 Years Ago-
March 8, 1900
The Woodman boys of the camp at this place will rejoice over the missing tug-of-war rope having been found and restored to the lodge room. It was not the commercial value that makes it a cherished article, which goes to make up the paraphernalia of Camp No. 723.
The...
Vierck.
The Mount Horeb Police Department will host two meet and greet events next week at which the public can get to know new chief Doug Vierck. The first will take place Tuesday, March 10 from 5-7 p.m. The second will be Thursday, March 12 from 6:30-8:30 a.m. Both will be at the public safety building...
MIchelle Meyer.
“I’ve always been drawn to trees and the land,” says poet Michelle Meyer. “It’s like music to me.”
The music of nature turns to poetry in Meyer’s mind, and her poems - her “short bursts” and “ditties,” as she calls them - have earned her a large following on social media, where her work reaches...
A comprehensive report by the Madison Region Economic Parternship (MadREP) says several moves should be “undertaken quickly” to “put the village in the best position to succeed longterm.”
The report, compiled by Paul Jadin, is more than 17 pages and covers a range of topics. It was recently...
Public domain photo.
There are three candidates running for three open seats on the Mount Horeb Village Board this spring. Two of them, Beth Hill and Cathy Scott, are incumbents.
They both recently took the time to lay out what they believe are the most important issues facing the community in the coming term.
Both...
Mount Horeb’s Driftless Historium opened “Within the Driftless,” a limited-run installation of paintings by Kathy Hofmann and photographs by Ron Lutz II that capture the natural beauty of southwestern Dane County. On Saturday, February 15, over 100 community members and art lovers dropped by for a...
Mount Horeb Rotary recently presented the Paul Harris award to former presidents Steve Helwig (left) and Vaughn Pakkala (center) for their hard work on behalf of the club. This is Pakkala’s second Paul Harris and Helwig’s first. They join a prestigious list of Paul Harris Fellows including U.S....
For the second year in a row, the Madison Futsal League’s Forge 2004 boys team won the central regional championship on January 19, 2020 in Kansas City, winning all five of their games. They returned to Kansas City on February 14 to participate in US Youth Futsal National Tournament, placing third...
The first ever Mount Horeb Community Forum took place Saturday, February 22, from noon until 2 p.m. at the Mount Horeb Community Center. “I think it went well,” said organizer Chris Hofmann. He added that the forum will convene again soon, with an emphasis on content that is not politically biased...
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