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When I was six years old, I fell and hit my chin on the edge of a wooden toy chest. It took 19 stitches to put me back together. Last week, my daughter, who is six, fell out of a tree and smacked her chin on a wooden platform on the way down.
“I’m amazed it didn’t split open,” said the doctor later...
Rowan Childs, left.
The Mount Horeb Village Board last week voted to expand its sidewalk café program and provide grant money to help buttress local eateries during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The board approved two action items to help restaurants, both of which grew out of work done by Mount Horeb Economic...
“All non-essential visitors will be restricted from entering the building.” This public notice is posted on the doors of Girlie’s Manor, a Mount Horeb assisted living facility, and refers to the family members, agency workers, physical therapists, and volunteers who would normally visit residents...
In a move that a Cross Plains resident fighting against the Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line said was “expected,” the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has denied an appeal for a rehearing that was one of the final roadblocks before work on the project begins. Several local and regional lawsuits...
Many members of the Sunflower family (Asteraceae, composites) have sunflower-like heads comprised of 100s, even 1,000s of florets. Each florets is, in reality, an individual small flower.
Often the florets are arranged to give the appearance of one large flower, maybe making recognition by...
Mobile specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard will continue operations across Wisconsin this week. They are supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services effort to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity.
The teams, which are...
Pass, Shoot, Score! Register your child for our Youth Soccer Program. This program starts July 27th- August 20th and stresses the fundamentals of soccer and sportsmanship in a fun, relaxing atmosphere where all participants get equal playing time. Participants need to wear soccer cleats or tennis...
Verona- Ruth E. Redwing, age 82, of Verona, Wisconsin (formerly Rockford, IL) passed away on June 5, 2020 after a short illness. Ruth was born on March 22, 1938 to Henry F. and Marie V. (Yackel) Luehring in Nicollet, MN.
Ruth graduated Salutatorian of her class in Nicollet High School in 1956. She...
The Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St, Mt Horeb) debuts its inaugural “Student Spotlight” art show on Saturday, July 18, featuring the work of Mount Horeb High School 2020 graduate Benjamin Jaramillo Nicholson and Junior Arianna Tweedy.
Nicholson and Tweedy’s works are a tangible product of an...
THURSDAY, JULY 16
MT HOREB FARMERS MARKET, 3:00-6:30pm, on lawn of Mt. Horeb Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Main Street. Social distancing; please wear mask and gloves. For other changes see website: mthorebfarmersmarket@gmail.com
FRIDAY, JULY 17
NEIGHBOR-HELPING-NEIGHBOR MOBILE...
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