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A conservative political newcomer hopes to topple progressive incumbent U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan in the Second District next year.
Jeff Heller, 41, who lives in Fitchburg, announced his candidacy last week.
In order to be on the general election ballot in the fall of 2020, Heller would first...
A young girl making money for her family by posing with a snake in the village of Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas.
Nursing students at Edgewood college are providing healthcare for children in Cambodia, a developing country in which most citizens still live in poverty. Members of Mount Horeb High School’s Club Interact, located more than 8,000 miles away, helped make it happen.
Club Interact, which operates...
A Little Free Food Pantry. Photo by Matt Geiger.
A few months ago, a tiny structure was built on the lawn in front of the Mount Horeb Area School District’s administrative offices. With a sloped roof and a floor held aloft by a vertical four-by-four, it is a “Little Free Food Pantry,” and it is heavily used.
Food goes in, food goes out....
Pardeep Singh Kaleka.
Pardeep Singh Kaleka and Arno Michaelis know where the enemy prowls.
They know how it thinks. They know how it grows, and what it feeds on. They know its face.
And they think they’ve figured out how to stop it.
The enemy is hatred. Hatred of those who are more conservative, or more liberal, or...
Hundreds of people headed to the Mount Horeb Public Library on Saturday, December 7 for the annual Cookie Walk and a visit with Santa Claus. Pictured above, Laurel Aquino talks to Saint Nick. Photo by Matt Geiger.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19
Lunch Outing--Cracker Barrel, leaving Mt. Horeb Senior Center at 10:00am. RSVP to 437-6902
Community Clothes Closet open 5:00-7:00pm
FRIDAY, DECEMER 20
Holiday Bingo, 12:30 pm. Mt. Horeb Senior Center, sponsored by Miller & Sons
Festive Friday Eve – shopping...
One of the first items on the Blue Mounds Town Board’s December 9 agenda was Approval of Election Workers. Michael Freitag, Town Clerk read off a list of names to be considered as election workers. The Board then approved the list.
Election workers play a key role in holding fair elections. Since...
The Mount Horeb Area Food Pantry will be serving a free Christmas Day Meal from noon to 3 p.m. on Christmas Day at the Community Center (Senior Center), 107 N. Grove Street, Mount Horeb.
Everyone is welcome. Come and enjoy Christmas with your friends and neighbors.
After you have had your meal...
CROSS PLAINS / MOUNT HOREB -Jerome “Roger” Disrud, age 81, of Cross Plains, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. He was born on April 10, 1938, in Madison, the son of Adolph and Olive (Sutter) Disrud.
Roger graduated from Mount Horeb High School in 1956 and then served the U.S. Army from...
Mt. Vernon, WI-Diane K. Blumer, age 54, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Friday, December 13, 2019 at her home. She was born on March 3, 1965 the daughter of Richard and Rose (Hoffman) Laufenberg. Diane graduated from Oregon High School and attended MATC. On October 8, 1988...
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