MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER The last we had heard from Mr. Marcus Mills Pomeroy, he was 24 years old, newlywed, broke and adjusting to life in the “western town” of Horicon in the year 1857. Pomeroy, who had ingratiated himself with Horicon’s proverbial movers- and- shakers, was in a rush to print his first edition of the Horicon Argus. The process, as told

MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER “[The state meet] was definitely one for the memory books,” she said via social media. “Beyond proud of this guy.”Horicon High School junior Austin Zamorano ran in the WIAA Division 3 State Cross Country Championship meet in West Salem last week and came away with a finish of 63 out of 113 individuals with a time of 18:30.48.

School District To Donate Wetland To WDNR Travis Schroeder (far right) of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) visits a roughly 40-acre wetland with School District of Horicon students, teachers, board members and administrators. The parcel of land, which was previously owned by the school district, is now property of the WDNR, which the school will continue to use for educational

MITCHELL BRADLEY KELLER With a surplus budget of roughly $298,000 for 2020-21 and a mill rate well-below the district’s self-imposed limit of 11 (10.43), one might not expect a tone of anxiety among the School District of Horicon’s Board of Education, but during a pandemic, “cautious optimism” might be akin to “pure elation.”