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Ellen Pewtress Easton
Our mother, sister, aunt and “gran” is now free of pain, as she returned to her Heavenly Father on Aug. 18, 2015. Ellen was born in Delta, Utah, on Nov. 9, 1939, to George Pewtress and Savalla Webb,...
View ArticleTooele boy struck by car Saturday released from Salt Lake hospital
A Tooele City boy who was struck by a car Saturday evening has been released from the hospital, according to the Tooele City Police Department. The 8-year-old boy was riding his bike near his home in...
View ArticleTwo iguanas stolen from Tooele pet store
Two valuable iguanas were stolen from a Tooele pet store Wednesday night, according to Tooele City Police. The burglary occurred at Rockstar Pets on North Main Street, according to police. Nothing else...
View ArticleCouncil OKs steps to further clarify duties of city treasurer and finance...
Two new city ordinances will update the mayor’s expenditure cap, as well as clarify the duties of the Tooele City treasurer and finance director. Tooele City Attorney Roger Baker explained that in...
View ArticleDeveloper asks city to annex next phase of Sunset Estates
The Tooele City Council voted Wednesday to approve the annexation of an additional 10.31 acres into the North Tooele Special Service District. The property is Phase 6 of Sunset Estates, located west of...
View ArticleConcert aims to collect over 5 tons of groceries for food bank
A local businessman will try and break his own record for the largest one-day, one-place food drive this weekend. Danny Marz, owner of Pit Stop Carwash and Pit Stop Coffee Shop & More, will hold...
View ArticleNew bus service for area starts Monday
A new on-demand bus service is coming to Tooele County after the Utah Transit Authority decided to cancel the mid-day runs on its F401 route from Grantsville. The new service will be operated by Tooele...
View ArticleTooele police urge residents to report and cleanup graffiti
Tooele City employees quickly got to work and removed the majority of graffiti painted on bathrooms and playground equipment at Red Delpapa Park over the weekend. Faded remnants of lewd images and...
View ArticleLast week’s smokey skies made county air ‘unhealthy’
Smoke blowing in from wildfires in California, Washington and Idaho last week may have made Tooele County air quality unhealthy for residents, a state official said. The Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticleA summer ends and school begins
School started this morning in Tooele County and the students came in droves. Young students were followed by their parents with even younger children carried in arms or pushed in strollers down...
View ArticleSales tax revenues see boost
A sharp rise in Tooele County’s taxable sales for the first quarter of 2015 may be an early indicator of a strengthening local economy, according to economists. An analysis of 15 years of taxable sales...
View ArticleGrantsville man gets prison sentence for home invasions
A Grantsville man will spend up to 10 years in prison after breaking into several homes without pants back in May. Dakota Joe Denton, 23, was sentenced in Third District Court Tuesday to consecutive...
View ArticleTATC busy teaching, hosting community events
Open for just over two years, Tooele Applied Technology College has become home to conferences, conventions, political debates, civic meetings, and more. During the twelve months from the beginning of...
View ArticleSchools will start using email fliers to get notices to parents
The days of rummaging through your child’s backpack to find a crumpled flier announcing a long-past school event are over. When school started this week, the Tooele County School District announced the...
View ArticleAn Osmond to take the stage at Fridays on Vine concert
For this week’s Fridays on Vine artist, music runs in the family. Taking the stage will be Nathan Osmond, an internationally recognized country music artist from Utah. His father, Alan Osmond,...
View ArticleMan dead after I-80 rollover Wednesday
A 61-year-old man died in a one-car accident on Interstate 80 on Wednesday morning. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 6:49 a.m. near mile marker 70 in the eastbound...
View ArticleGrantsville considers new sign ordinance that’s simpler to use
A new, slimmer sign ordinance could be coming to Grantsville City in an effort to simplify the way the city addresses signage. The proposed sign ordinance is only 12 pages, less than half the size of...
View ArticleBrush fire behind East Elementary burns hillside and causes evacuation of condos
A brush fire sparked south of East Elementary School in Tooele threatened condominiums and forced evacuations Tuesday evening. The outside fire, which began around 5:30 p.m., spread rapidly south from...
View ArticleMore salt flats races canceled due to rain
The Bonneville Salt Flats remain bereft of racing engines as two more landspeed events were canceled this month. The Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials, scheduled to take place Aug. 30-Sept. 3, and the...
View ArticleGrantsville ‘revved up’ for new owner of racetrack
When Miller Motorsports Park becomes the Utah Motorsports Campus next year, the new owners will find themselves in Grantsville City. Grantsville City, with the support of Tooele County, annexed Miller...
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