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More students turning down drugs, alcohol and tobacco
Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series on Utah’s Student Health and Risk Prevention survey on Tooele County students. Part One is about alcohol, tobacco and drug use among youth....
View ArticleCity aims to further reduce water use by 10 percent in 5 years
The Tooele City Council unanimously passed a resolution to continue the city’s water conservation efforts on Wednesday. City engineer Paul Hansen gave a slideshow presentation about Resolution 2015-50...
View ArticleFuture land use, transportation plan for county ready for review
Tooele County planners and their consultants are about ready to reveal the future of Tooele County. Tooele County Planner Blaine Gehring and a steering committee have been working for almost six months...
View ArticleHogan retires from Utah Farm Bureau after years of service
After 14 years serving as president of the Utah Farm Bureau, local rancher Leland Hogan retired from the position this year. Hogan grew up on a ranch in Stockton. He first became involved in the UFB in...
View ArticleGrantsville schools closed while police chase and catch fugitive
The fugitive that caused schools in Grantsville to institute a lockout Tuesday afternoon has been charged with four misdemeanor charges. Michael Paul Busico, 34, of Tooele, is being held in the Tooele...
View ArticleUSU-Tooele dean Dillingham-Evans heading north to Logan
Utah State University is looking for a new dean for Tooele. Donna Dillingham-Evans will leave USU-Tooele Regional Campus for a new assignment in the Provost’s Office at USU’s Logan Campus, according to...
View ArticlePart of Clark Farm rezoned for cemetery
A portion of the Clark Historic Farm property was rezoned by the Grantsville City Council Wednesday night, paving the way for future cemetery development. The council approved rezoning approximately...
View ArticleNovember weather gets water year closer to normal
November’s snow and rainstorms have brought Tooele City within an inch of normal precipitation levels for the water year, according to the National Weather Service. However, the U.S. Drought Monitor...
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Commissioners delay vote on budget
Larry Shumway Budget Advisory Committee Chairman Tooele County taxpayers will have to wait two more weeks to find out if the county will raise property taxes to balance next year’s budget. During their...
View ArticleOfficials promise bumps on Main St. will be smoothed out
Construction officials promised the Tooele City Council and members of the public on Wednesday the work on their SR-36 Renewed project would continue. Before construction crews pack up for the winter,...
View ArticleUnclaimed bikes to help burn victims
Unclaimed bikes collected by the Tooele City Police Department will be put to a higher purpose through a partnership with West Valley City. Three firefighters from the West Valley City Fire Department...
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John Joseph Woodruff
John Joseph Woodruff, of Grantsville, Utah, passed away suddenly early Sunday morning, Dec. 6, 2015. His funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 12, at the LDS Chapel at 81 N. Church St.,...
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Mary C. Mangold
Mary C. Mangold passed away suddenly in her home of 66 years in Merrill, Wisconsin, on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Mary was born in Tooele, Utah, on April 27, 1942, to John Victor Mangold and Bella (Maguire)...
View ArticleForget the salt flats. The Great Salt Lake has ‘The Curve’ too
Tooele County has more than a dozen mountain ranges, several with summits that crack 10,000 feet above sea level. Yet, the county is perhaps more renowned for land features that go out instead of up....
View ArticleSoldier Canyon offers close-to-home winter escape, solitude
A large, dry wash empties out of the Oquirrh Mountains about two miles southeast of Stockton and terminates to the west at Rush Lake. This wash is the mouth of Soldier Canyon, which is a long and...
View ArticleStansbury Park Service Agency gives nod to $1.25M budget
The Stansbury Park Service Agency board unanimously approved a $1.25 million budget for 2016 at its meeting Wednesday night but not before a debate about a proposed 8 percent pay increase for its...
View ArticleToday was the last day of paving on Main Street until next spring
Today will be the last day of paving on the state’s $25.5 million SR-36 Renewed project until next spring, an official said. Carlye Sommers, public involvement manager for the Utah Department of...
View ArticleWith winter inversions looming, ‘no-burn days’ may be back
With winter’s temperature inversions that trap air pollution possibly coming soon, Tooele County residents may again hear state health officials issue no-burn days. On such days, it is illegal for...
View ArticleImproved responses to threats at schools sought by officials
Emergency managers, police and school officials want to improve response protocol to threats, including active shooters, in Tooele County schools. Every year, county emergency management identifies an...
View ArticleHigh school grad numbers higher than state’s rate
Eight out of every 100 ninth-grade students in Tooele County that started high school in 2011 did not graduate four years later, according to new state data. The Utah State Office of Education released...
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