County officers disciplined for Feb. 2 car chase
Two Tooele County Sheriff’s officers have been disciplined for their involvement in a Feb. 2 high-speed chase that ended in a four-vehicle accident in downtown Tooele. Tooele County Sheriff Paul Wimmer...
View ArticleTooele baseball can’t upset Hunter
Things started out almost perfectly for Tooele when it played Hunter at Dow James Field on Thursday. The Buffaloes raced out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but the Wolverines doubled that score in...
View ArticleGrantsville soccer slashes through North Sanpete 5-0
There wasn’t much North Sanpete could do against Grantsville on Friday as the Cowboys racked up five goals in the shutout home win. “We’ve been working real hard lately on shifting the point of...
View ArticleTimpanogos holds off strong Stansbury rally
by Darren Vaughan Community News Editor The Stansbury baseball team showed plenty of fight Friday afternoon in its non-region game against Timpanogos. Unfortunately for the Stallions, it was the...
View ArticleDavid Rex Callister
David Rex Callister passed away at his home Thursday, March 12, 2015 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. He was born Feb. 22, 1935 to Willard and Hazel Tandland. He married his wife, Theda, in the Manti Temple on...
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Jeannette Rodgers Houtz
On March 15, 2015, our Heavenly Father called one of our family’s brightest stars home: our mother, stepmother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and wife, Jeannette Rodgers Houtz, born in Salt...
View ArticleACA enrollment reopened for citizens hit by tax return penalty
Residents who paid this year’s Affordable Care Act’s tax penalty for the uninsured have one last opportunity to enroll if they wish to avoid next year’s fines — which will double over this year’s...
View ArticleLocal Scouts will pick up donated food from homes this Saturday
Leave any bag or box full of food on your doorstep this Saturday morning and it will end up at a local food bank. This Saturday hundreds of local Scouts will scour the front porch of every home in...
View ArticleStansbury man charged for alleged felony sexual abuse of two children
A Stansbury man faces felony charges related to a series of incidents involving alleged sexual abuse of two children. Jason Law, 24, faces three charges of first-degree sodomy of a child, first-degree...
View ArticleMom faces charges for fatal ATV accident
The mother of a 9-year-old Tooele girl killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Feb. 8 is facing criminal charges, according to Tooele City Police. A blood sample taken from Necole Anderson, 39, at...
View ArticleMotocross back at the Peak
The Deseret Peak Complex’s Motocross Track has sprung to life this year after slumbering for a season. The Tooele County Commission approved a three-year deal with Steadman’s Recreation of Tooele for...
View ArticleCosmetics are top source of poisoning in county cases
On average, Tooele County residents are hospitalized for poisoning more often than other Utah or U.S. citizens — but the most common poison local residents encounter doesn’t always come with a...
View ArticleGrantsville OKs zone out for prison
The Grantsville City Council has enacted a contingency plan to try to keep the Utah State Prison out of the city’s borders. Wednesday night’s unanimous council vote approved an ordinance to amend the...
View ArticleBuffs let lead slip away in loss to Hunter
Through the first five innings of Thursday’s non-region game against Hunter, it appeared the Tooele softball team was going to cruise to its seventh victory of the season. Instead, the Buffaloes...
View ArticleCowboys score three in second half to beat Buffs
The Grantsville boys soccer team took a bit to get its offense going Friday afternoon, but the Cowboys got goals when they needed them to pull away for a 3-1 victory against Tooele in a Region 11 match...
View ArticleWork begins on new meeting hall for Jehovah’s Witnesses
A local congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses is well on its way to building a new meeting hall this spring. Volunteers have begun preparing the site for the building, dedicating their weekends to...
View ArticleVine Street fire destroys shed, but home is spared
A fire destroyed the shed behind a Tooele home last week, but the adjacent house received little to no damage. The Tooele City Fire Department responded to a fire at 774 W. Vine St. before 2:30 p.m. on...
View ArticleHello, Tooele. Your doctor and his robot will see you now
Check into Mountain West Medical Center for a hip or partial knee replacement in the near future and your doctor’s assistant may not be human. The local hospital recently joined the growing ranks of...
View ArticleFFA Chapter earns top awards at national, state conventions
The Future Farmers of America chapter at Tooele High School attended a national convention in Louisville, Kentucky, last fall and several students and the chapter received awards. Individual national...
View ArticleCommissioners attend conference in DC
Tooele County Commissioners spent the last week of February with the largest landowner in the county. All three commissioners participated in the National Association of Counties’ Legislative...
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