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120 Years Ago-
Feb 22, 1900
On Thursday of last week, the startling news came that Wm. Nees had died suddenly at the home of Geo. Konley on his way to G.G. Stamn’s, and in a very mysterious manner.
It appears he had taken along a lunch, consisting of mince meat pie, and had eaten the same shortly...
Sheriff Mahoney.
Authorities announced Friday that they believe they know who killed Nicholas Day. They know how. And when.
They just don’t know why.
“At the hands of Riley Berg.” That’s how Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney answered a reporter’s question about how Day died. The victim was found shot and with...
Doug Vierck.
Douglas Vierck has a few minutes to talk, sitting down behind the frosted panes of glass that surround a conference room at the new Mount Horeb Police Station. Then he has to go get fitted for his new uniform.
With that outfit comes the responsibility of heading up law enforcement in the Village...
Photo by Ron Lutz II.
Kathy Hofmann is drinking freshly brewed coffee, wearing a black turtleneck, and carefully arranging a series of gild-framed paintings on a couch and chair inside her old farmhouse in rural Mount Horeb. She’s preparing for an exhibition of her work at the Driftless Historium, and she’s working with...
Nicholas Day.
It has now been a month since Nicholas Day’s body was found on the side of a local country road, and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek information from citizens that had contact with the victim in the weeks and months leading up to his death on January 15.
Madison Area Crime...
Chris Hofmann.
What if a few Republicans and Democrats sat down and had a respectful discourse? What if someone who voted for Donald Trump and someone who voted for Barack Obama didn’t just try to change each other’s minds, but rather, tried to listen to one another and understand their worldviews.
Crazy, right?...
Three candidates are running in the (technically) nonpartisan primary for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Incumbent Daniel Kelly, law professor Ed Fallone and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky are each seeking a 10-year term on the court.
Despite the nonpartisan designation of...
The creation of a Community Development Committee (CDC) and a Community Development Director (CDD) by the Village of Mount Horeb will bring most of the functions of the independent Community Development Authority (CDA) under the umbrella of village government.
The process is on hold for one month...
The Mount Horeb Area School District board of education rejected a request to voluntarily allow American Transmission Company (ATC) representatives and consultants to enter the school district property on Highway JG to survey the site in preparation for the installation of a high voltage power line...
My daughter was sick a few weeks ago. She missed several days of school, shattered her prior screen time record, and sneezed on everything in our house. After several feverish days, and nights during which violent coughs shattered the nocturnal stillness and gave our home the aural qualities of a...
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