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Local man suffers severe burns after lye is sprayed into his face
Richard Gilmore A Tooele man has been arrested and charged for allegedly throwing lye onto another man for damaging his wife’s vehicle. According to a probable cause statement, police responded to a...
View ArticleProposed rule would extend winter wood burning ban to businesses
The Utah Division of Air Quality will spend October soliciting public comment on a proposed rule that would extend Tooele County’s new wintertime wood burning bans to businesses, industries, and...
View ArticleWiggins names asteroid after the University of Utah
Local amateur astronomer Patrick Wiggins announced last week that he had named the last of five asteroids he discovered earlier in his career — and the name would honor his current employer, the...
View ArticleCounty unemployment rate unchanged in August
Tooele County’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in August, according to a monthly unemployment report released by the state last week. The county’s unemployment rate for August was 4.3 percent,...
View ArticleCounty awaits Stericycle inquiries
Though Tooele County isn’t ready to make any assumptions about new allegations against Stericycle’s embattled North Salt Lake incinerator, Commissioner Shawn Milne said he is waiting for the results of...
View ArticleCounty offices set for debate
Candidates for Tooele County offices will gather Thursday at 7 p.m. at Tooele Applied Technology College for a question- and-answer session. The question-and-answer session is sponsored by Tooele...
View ArticleMissionary hit by car comes out of coma
A former Stansbury Park resident who was hit by a car while serving an LDS mission in Australia has awakened from her medically-induced coma, but still has a lot of recovering to do. According to a...
View ArticleParty-goers get stuck in mud
Nothing drags a party down like a stick in the mud. Or getting stuck in the mud. Emergency responders pulled about 200 party-goers out of Skull Valley’s thick alkaline mud after the young adults had...
View ArticleStudents lied about gun that caused lockdown
Northlake Elementary School was locked down for more than an hour Tuesday after two students reported seeing a man unloading a gun near the school. But police say the report was false. Lt. Adrian Day...
View ArticleBoard enacts controls on e-cigarette sales
In the absence of similar rules at the state or federal level, the Tooele County Board of Health has enacted regulations to manage the sale and production of e-cigarettes and related products in Tooele...
View ArticleGrantsville City to sell surplus at auction
Grantsville City will put some of its old equipment and vehicles on the auction block this weekend. A string of items, mostly from the police department, will be auctioned off to the public. The items...
View ArticleMagna man ordered to prison for abuse
A Magna man who sexually assaulted his young daughter and forced his wife to sexually assault their young son in a Wendover hotel room has been sentenced to consecutive prison sentences. The...
View ArticleStudy: Proposed incorporation of Lake Point meets state code
Boundaries for a proposed city of Lake Point meet the financial requirements of state code for incorporation, a report says. Zions Bank Public Finance officials presented the findings of their...
View ArticleFriends of the Clark Farm given award for preservation work
An organization that popularizes and promotes the preservation of a historical site in Grantsville has been recognized for its efforts by the Utah Division of State History. The Friends of the Clark...
View ArticleLocal choir will sing at General Conference
Local residents who tune their televisions to watch this weekend’s general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may notice a couple of familiar faces. More than 350 Tooele...
View ArticleCommissioners want to hire new finance director
Tooele County Commissioners have decided to strip the budget, accounting, and accounts payable functions from the Tooele County Clerk/Auditor office and give them to a newly created position called...
View ArticleAnother county tax hike in 2015?
Budget requests from department heads have Tooele County commissioners considering another tax increase in 2015. Tuesday night the commissioners approved a tentative budget for next year that totals...
View ArticleOn his trusty horse, Clegg heads to DC with petitions for Congress
Tooele County Commission Chairman Bruce Clegg is headed to Congress. On horseback. He joined the Grass March Cowboy Express as the horsemen entered Utah at Wendover on Wednesday morning and he will...
View ArticleBoy, 5, found in Tooele after Amber Alert issued
A 5-year-old boy who went missing in Tooele with his father amid threats of violence was found safely Saturday. At about 8 p.m. Friday, Richard Mamales, 44, got into an argument with his ex-girlfriend,...
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Donna Andersen Wagner
Donna Andersen Wagner, age 70, born in Price, Utah on January 12, 1944, departed this life Oct. 8, 2014, to be at home with her Lord. She was proud to be a veteran of the United States Army. Survived...
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