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Recognize these newlyweds? This wedding portrait of an unknown couple was taken at Mount Horeb’s prolific Austin Studio, a popular place to capture life’s big moments from the 1920s through the 1950s. The bride’s dress and hair style hint at a 1930s or 1940s affair? And it wouldn’t surprise us if...
McKenzie Messmann and family.
McKenzie Messmann is “Someone You Should Know.” McKenzie was chosen as the Optimist Club’s high school recipient of the “Someone You Should Know” award for outstanding community service for the month of January.
McKenzie is a senior at Mt. Horeb High School. She has been a four year High School...
Dane County seeks to lessen future flooding in the Black Earth Creek watershed by purchasing 79 acres north of US 14 in the town of Middleton.
The proposed $4 million purchase from the Judith Hellenbrand Family Trust would restore part of “Old Mud Lake,” a 140-acre wetland near the headwaters of...
Last week I talked about Richard Moody, a Gold Star Boy from WWI. Richard’s mother died when he was very young, so his father remarried. His second wife was Clara Dahle from Mount Horeb. Richard attended Mount Horeb schools and graduated from Mount Horeb. Richard was killed serving in the Army...
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds individuals interested in applying to become the next Alice in Dairyland – the 73rd in the history of the program – that the application deadline is Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Application materials are available at ...
A parkland victim.
In the middle of the 20th century, American schools used to run “duck and cover” drills in which students were taught to hide beneath their desks under the pretext that doing so would protect them from an atomic bomb. The A-bomb didn’t end up dropping in the United States. It was Japan that felt...
Detectives with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office are still working to follow-up on any tips related to the homicide of Nicholas Day. Investigators are reaching out to the public and asking to speak with anyone traveling in and around the area of CTH JG, Bergum Road, Stewart County Park and Bohn...
Drea O’Connell.
Mount Horeb’s girls gymnastics team wasn’t at full strength when the Vikings battled Milton/Edgerton last Tuesday.
You wouldn’t have known it, though, from the final scores.
Mount Horeb had a terrific meet and downed Milton/Edgerton, 142.40-136.225.
“Milton/Edgerton is a solid team and we knew they...
Mount Horeb’s wrestlers fell to Sauk Prairie, 55-16, last Thursday.
Vikings sophomores Jax Pernot (106) and Wesley Drager (145) each won decisions at their respective weight classes. Juniors Lorenz Sieber (160) and Neil Droster (170) both received forfeits.
The Vikings have a busy schedule coming...
It was another successful week for the Sauk Prairie co-op hockey program.
The Eagles swept a pair of games, including a key Badger North Conference matchup.
Visiting Sauk Prairie opened the week with a 3-2 victory over the defending Badger North Conference champion Reedsburg co-op last Thursday. ...
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