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When someone asks if you want to play a board game, your go-to examples probably include classics like Clue, Monopoly, or even Settlers of Catan. However, board games include a lot more variety than they used to. Whatever your interest, be it trains, birds, or monsters, there is something for you....
Feb. 10, 1953 -
April 28, 2023
MOUNT HOREB - JoAnn Joy Phillips (Nee: Hartwig - Palmer) passed away on April 28, 2023. She was born on Feb. 10, 1953, in Boscobel, Wis., to Charles and Virginia “Ruth” Hartwig (Nee: Schemerhorn). JoAnn graduated from West Division High School in Milwaukee, Wis.,...
Students and staff from the Mount Horeb Middle School held a brat sale at Miller & Sons Supermarket on April 29 to help support the 2022-23 yearbook. “We are a yearbook staff of 10 students,” said Kim Tucker. “This year we have been involved in hosting families for the holidays and a food drive...
Amelia Soltis, eighth grader, was nominated by her teacher, Mrs. Kelly Aquino, for the Board’s May Student Spotlight. In her nomination paperwork, Mrs. Aquino wrote, “Amelia is a natural leader in the classroom and often offers to help others out. She is a student I can count on, she’s a curious ...
THURSDAY, MAY 11
Men’s Story Telling Group, Senior Center, 12:30pm
FARMERS’ MARKET IS OPEN: 3:00pm-6:30pm, Lawn of Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church. 315 East Main Street. Renew friendships, make new friends, enjoy all the produce, products and goodies on offer each week until...
The sixth season began for Mount Horeb Community Garden with a successful workday Saturday, May 6. The large site serves about 40 gardeners and their families. Rotary and Madison Area Master Gardener Association grants provided funds for compost and straw for every plot. Photo contributed.
WDNR photo.
Black bears have made sleep popular to the point of us joking applying it to lazy, sleepy people. But is Wisconsin’s black bear best example of a hibernating animal? Yes, some bears do hibernate, going into a den in early autumn and coming out in late March. But each bear is different, with some...
The Mount Horeb Farmers Market began its season on Thursday of last week, offering early season produce on the lawn in front of the Evangelical Lutheran Church downtown. The market takes place every week from 3-6:30 p.m. at 315 East Main Street, now through October. Photo by Matt Geiger.
The committee that runs the Summer Frolic has agreed to fund first-time lifeguard training, which costs $225 or more, for new hires. The Frolic is also offering a $100 bonus to any past lifeguards who return this season. Photo contributed.
Mount Horeb’s municipal pool is finding it hard to hire enough lifeguards, and if they don’t they will have to limit hours at the Aquatic Center this summer.
But the Mount Horeb Summer Frolic, the community’s largest festival and a major donor to many community organizations, is stepping up to help...
Wisconsin has a robust population of around 24,000 black bears. While most of them live north of Mount Horeb, one made its way to the village last week, prompting a call to police when a local resident spotted the animal near Stewart County Park. Mount Horeb chief of police Doug Vierck confirmed...
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