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“The Greatest Band Show” takes place April 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mount Horeb High School Auditorium and will feature the special guest, Wurk (above). Photo by Shatter Imagery.
Mount Horeb High School band members are excitedly preparing for the 2026 Viking Band Show. This year’s show will have the same fun atmosphere as past concerts and will feature the variety of musical acts and guest performances that audiences have come to expect from the annual event. The show is...
The political situation in Iran and the Middle East is evolving at a rapid pace. A special panel discussion exploring recent developments in the region will be held at the Mt. Horeb Public Library Monday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Featuring experts from UW-Madison’s political science department, this...
Acclaimed author Alex Bledsoe is back with a noir superhero thriller that features a lightning-wielding vigilante, a crime lord’s beheaded lawyer, and a secret once-in-a-lifetime event where a cabal of the powerful and corrupt will all be in the same place at the same time. In While the City Never...
At their February 10th meeting, the Town of Blue Mounds Board addressed several topics, including staff salaries.
Following a closed session deliberation, the board returned to open session, unanimously approving a 7.5% pay raise for Clerk Amanda Burghy, a $1.50 raise for Patrolman Ross Powers,...
The place that was recently dubbed “Wisconsin” is old. Really old. When people walk across this state’s farm fields, suburbs or cities, the ground beneath their mortal feet contains rocks that are more than 1.7 billion years old. Long before the first people and eons before the first dinosaurs, and...
Jason and Hana Ehlert are the new owners of Sugar Troll in downtown Mount Horeb. Photo by Matt Geiger.
On Saint Patrick’s Day this year, Sugar Troll in Mount Horeb will celebrate five years in operation. The store, which features a vast assortment of sweets from an array of times and places, from Japanese pocky to Swedish gummies to Italian gelato, will do so with new owners, Hana and Jason Ehlert...
In a time when it feels like everyone is divided, The Mount Horeb Public Library invites the community to come together during their new Disagree Better: Building Connection Across Difference initiative. Designed to support constructive engagement, foster understanding, and build trust across...
A homicide investigation is underway in the Village of Ridgeway after authorities found a man dead inside his home last week, according to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office.
On February 12, 2026, at approximately 11:20 a.m., the Ridgeway Marshal’s Office and an Iowa County Deputy responded to a...
Thomas Miller, who is currently a senior at Mount Horeb High School, has helped rejuvinate the bowling alley at Norsk.
A decade ago, voters in the Village of Mount Horeb headed to the polls and made it clear that they wanted their municipality to purchase the Norsk Golf Club. Individual reasons varied: Some wanted to golf, bowl, eat or drink there. Others wanted to protect the greenspace from the insatiable maw of...
With longtime Mount Horeb village administrator Nic Owen departing March 10 to take over as the first-ever Green County administrator, the Troll Capital of the World is beginning the hunt for a new top staffer. Administrators are the lynchpin of local governments, and it is their job to both inform...
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