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“Listen! A sower went out to sow…” Mark 4.1-9
I was born into a family of fisherfolk. Not romantic, deep sea, long voyage fisherfolk, but more the cane pole, lakeside, long summer afternoon sort. Early on a Saturday morning, my step-dad would fill a can with red wigglers from the back yard and...
People in Mount Horeb and Blue Mounds experienced shock, anger, fear and perhaps most of all, confusion last week when the body of 26-year-old Nicholas Day was found on the side of County Highway JG.
Authorities originally said he was likely the victim of a hit-and-run. But one day later, the Dane...
The first time Brynn Bruijn went scuba diving, she slipped and fell off the coral reef.
“I fell to the bottom, maybe 75 feet or whatever,” she recalls, sitting in her Mount Horeb home, sipping coffee. “At first I was scared to death. Then I saw the wonder of the Red Sea, and I knew I wanted to...
A Belgian waffle.
On January 25, Icki Sticki will celebrate one year in business. It’s been quite a year.
“There’s been a lot of planning, a lot of organizing, a lot of evolving,” says Jessica Jackson, who owns the business with her husband, Daniel. “You have to always be thinking of things people will be excited...
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Dane County in effect from now until 6 p.m. Total snow accumulations of 3” to 6” total is expected. Conditions are expected to quickly deteriorate with substantial impacts to travel. Heavy Snow will result in substantial...
What began as a suspected hit-and-run accident is now being investigated as a homicide in the Mount Horeb area.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office yesterday night said it was investigating a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash resulting in the death of a 26-year-old Blue Mounds man. The preliminary...
Members of the Mount Horeb girls gymnastics team paid it forward recently by making 80 meals for homeless of Madison and delivering them to the Grace Episcopal Church.
“This event is something we enjoy doing and we are thankful to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mount Horeb for providing us the...
The Sauk Prairie co-op hockey team earned a split in a pair of Badger North Conference games last week.
Following a 2-0 loss at home against Waunakee on Jan. 7 and a 5-0 victory at the DeForest co-op last Friday, the Eagles aspirations of a conference championship took a major hit.
Sauk Prairie (8-...
Mount Horeb’s varsity wrestlers dropped a 65-3 decision to Waunakee last Friday.
The Vikings’ lone win came at 106 pounds, where Jaxon Pernot defeated Waunakee’s Jayden Freie, 7-2.
Waunakee also won the JV meet, 37-15.
Varsity wrestling
Waunakee 65.0, Mount Horeb 3.0
106: Jaxon Pernot (MTH) over...
The Verona-Mount Horeb swimmers closed the Verona Natatorium on Jan. 7.
The Natatorium opened in 1979, and the girls high school team began competing there in 1982. The boys began practicing and competing at the Nat since the team’s inception in 1986.
The Wildcats performed extremely well in...
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