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Middle school student Jamie Katzman sings a lullaby to Crumble, the Mount Horeb Area School District’s new service dog. Photo by Matt Geiger.
Twenty-six thousand years ago, a little boy and a shaggy wolf-dog walked together through a dark cave in what is now France. The child carried a torch to ward off the tunnel’s dark terrors, stopping to rub it against the wall, the friction prompting the flame to burn a little brighter. At one point...
When Dennis Chandler released his debut book in 2019, a collection of 15 literary short stories set in an intimate and liminal Midwest, he offered a voice that felt both fresh and ancient. Like his influences – William Gay and William Faulkner among them – his writing hit the mind and the ear like...
Traci, Dominic, Eli, Addy, Theo and Benjamin Jones got the chance to meet with St. Nick during the library's cookie walk.
The Friends of the Library (FOL) just wrapped up the Cookie Walk, a fun holiday fundraiser for the library. Each year, members from our community volunteer to bake and donate beautiful holiday cookies to the FOL. Then, on the first Saturday in December, we open our doors to the community and let...
Blue Mounds Village Board president Audra Anderson announced her resignation at the board’s December 11 meeting. Anderson, citing her discomfort over “the extent of conversations that occur by the majority of trustees outside of monthly board meetings,” had been a member of the board for more than...
The Dec. 12 article titled “Neighbors Voice Concerns Over Development plan” incorrectly stated that village trustee Ben Jones “addressed some of the technical concerns.” It was actually planning consultant Ben Rohr that spoke on the topic. The Mail regrets the error.
The village board approved a moratorium on new electronic smoking retailers. It will have no effect on stores that are already operating.
Board trustee Brett Halverson said he supports the 180-day temporary stop until a more permanent ordinance can be installed.
“We’re not doing anything permanent...
Santa greets Jorgen, the Village Troll, at the Mount Horeb Fire Department Tree Lighting at Grandma Foster Park on Saturday. Photo by Ron Lutz II. See more on page 19 this week.
On cold winter nights, as drivers come over a hill on the outskirts of Mount Horeb, they are greeted with a dazzling holiday display in which an array of lights - about 15,000 of them - twinkle and shine in the dark air, a beacon of Christmas cheer located in a farmyard that has been there for...
When it comes to serving the community, few people have been as active as Robert Faliveno, who for years has been at the forefront of the Mount Horeb Lions Club’s myriad efforts to help make the world a better place. This week, Faliveno looks back on the Lion’s Club’s history in the community, as...
A Town of Perry shepherd Bird Cupps (far left) brought home the Best In Show cup from the first ever North American Hill Sheep Show held in late September in Escanaba in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Read more on page 6 this week.
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