Hello Neighbors and Friends, September 8, 2025

On August 21, 2025, the Hortonia Town Board approved the:

1. Rezoning of four residential lots on Givens Road

2. Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Murphy Construction Company (MCC) quarry

This will allow MCC to expand their quarry east along Givens Road to Ledge Hill Road, creating a “Mega Quarry.”

Many of the residents of Hortonia and the grassroots group, Citizens for the Preservation of Hortonia, are adamantly against this quarry doubling in size. Residents spoke in public hearings with “substantial evidence” against the quarry. It should be noted that the quarry expansion approval by the Town Board also ignored its own Town Ordinance and willingly goes against the will of its residents in changing the Town Comprehensive Plan.

The Mega Quarry:

We feel the Town Board was negligent in not properly representing the town’s residents by approving the CUP for MCC.

The Citizens for the Preservation of Hortonia have recently retained an attorney to file an appeal in Outagamie County Circuit Court to have the approval decision reversed. This attorney came highly recommended and has extensive experience with similar quarry expansion issues.

We need your help! We invite you to support our community and contribute to the legal fund to help our rural community “fight the fight” to keep its rural character and not be overrun by a “Mega Quarry.” A fund has been set up on GoFundMe.com under the name of Citizens for the Preservation of Hortonia. You can donate by scanning the QR code with your phone or visiting www.gofundme.com.

Contributions would be appreciated.

We’re all in this together!

If you have further questions about this process or appeal, please contact Tim Manion, Co-chair of Citizens for the Preservation of Hortonia, at [phone redacted].