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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
Coffee with Dr. Salerno at Sjolinds, 9:00-10:30am
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
“Jane Night”, honoring Folklore Village’s founder Jane Farwell. Potluck, 6:30pm, dancing, music & games. Admission charged.
Community Clothes Closet, open 10am-noon
MONDAY, JANUARY 13
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Join the Vermont Church Gathering Place to spend a cold January evening in the warmth of the desert southwest with the Cabin Fever Reliever at 7 p.m. on Sunday, January 12.
Inspired by the movie “Cars,” Eric and Joanie Haugen went down Route 66 from Amarillo to the Grand Canyon, stopping at...
No wait, free streaming content available with your library card? Yes! The Mt. Horeb Public Library is proud to offer our community hoopla digital, a new digital streaming service.
Library card holders can instantly access over 700,000 titles. This platform offers TV shows, movies, audiobooks,...
The Driftless Historium is hosting a limited-time free exhibit of assorted works by Blue Mounds-based watercolorist Jonathan Rooney now through January 19, 2020. Rooney’s bold, lively colors and semi-abstract, nature-inspired landscapes are fresh, modern and engaging. Rooney began painting in...
This month, on Tuesday, January 14, the Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives begins a new format for events. Each second Tuesday of the month in 2020, the Mt. Horeb Area Community Forum will feature different speakers concerning political subject matter and addressing timely issues. Attendees will...
New station
‘significantly under budget’
Sept. 19:
At the Blue Mounds Village Board meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11 the board heard a report from Jenny Minter, chief of the Mount Horeb Area Joint Fire Department, which provides fire and EMS protection for an eight-community district including Blue...
Yesterday evening, my daughter was video chatting with my mother when I called from my hiding place that it was time for bed.
“Oh, Matthew!” my mom said. “There you are. I didn’t see you there, behind the couch.”
“Hi, Mom,” I said. “Hadley, go brush your teeth and hop into bed, okay?”
“Matthew,...
Matt and Marie Raboin cross the finish line while competing in a 'wife carry' competition.
Are you abnormally powerful? Is your partner unusually light? Do you like running while carrying a human being on your back?
If so, the newest addition to the Scandihoovian Winter Festival might pique your interest.
The inaugural Scandihoovian Partner Carry will take place Saturday, February 1 at...
Our daughter wanted bunk beds for ages. She loved the idea of having a guest bed in her room, and she was intrigued by the fact that it’s essentially a fort frame that’s ready to turn into a ship or a castle at any moment. There is also an undeniable primal safety to sleeping six feet off the...
Police Chief Veloff (center).
After 12 years as Chief of Police in Mount Horeb, Jeff Veloff is retiring from the force.
Veloff took over as chief following the departure of Scott Sterland in 2007. He was previously a lieutenant with the department, starting in 2000.
He said he tried to use a “service-based” philosophy and he...
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