Setting the default font and saving Microsoft Word documents
Lately, I have received numerous questions about using Microsoft Word. For the next several articles, I’ll cover how to set it up once you have it installed, how to use it to write letters, and some...
View ArticleElections are on the horizon and not everyone will cast a ballot on Nov. 5
September means cooler weather, football games, leaves turning colors and of course, elections! This year Municipal/Special Service District elections will be held on Nov. 5. Entities holding elections...
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Michele Kroff
Our beautiful wife, mother and grandmother Michelle Colby Kroff, 70, passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday, Sept. 10. She was surrounded by the love of her life, her husband David Kroff, and...
View ArticleGoff Firewood cuts and stacks them deep in Grantsville
After 18 years of operating out of backyards, empty fields and street corners, Goff Firewood has a permanent home in Grantsville. The father and son team of Gary and Cody Goff opened their new firewood...
View ArticleFamous people who failed to properly plan
It’s almost impossible to overstate the importance of estate planning, regardless of the size of your estate or the stage of life you’re in. A close second to the need to plan your estate is getting it...
View ArticleStallions glide past GHS 10-0 in soccer
Stansbury wrapped up a mercy-rule victory against Grantsville early in the second half when Katrina Clausing kicked home the 10th goal from 20 yards out. This was the first region game of the season...
View ArticleRains send ash and mud onto reservation
Residents of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians Reservation may have dodged a bullet from a devastating fire last month, but the Patch Springs Wildfire may have gotten the last laugh. Ash and...
View ArticleDepleted uranium disposal decision another year off
EnergySolutions’ request to accept depleted uranium at its Clive facility is two years old and it looks like another year may pass before a decision is reached. Rusty Lundberg, director of the Utah...
View ArticleSome elections canceled due to few candidates
It may sound un-American, but three towns and two improvement districts in Tooele County have canceled their Nov. 5 elections. The people who filed to run for office in Ophir, Rush Valley and Vernon,...
View ArticleDrought driving up costs for local farmers, ranchers
This summer’s weather has produced mixed results for Tooele County farmers and ranchers, but the lack of water has taken a toll in most parts of Tooele Valley. Most crops reliant on irrigation water...
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Young/Froehlich
Jessica Young and Scott Froehlich Jessica Young and Scott Froehlich are ecstatic to announce their marriage on Sept. 21. Jessica is the daughter of Steve and Diane Young. Scott is the son of Mark...
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Zachary Garrard
Zachary Howard Garrard, son of Howard and Wendy Garrard and the late Shanna Garrard, has been called to serve in the Argentina Resistencia Mission for the LDS church. His farewell will be held on Sept....
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Elder Lee Johnson
Lee Maxwell Johnson returned from his mission in the Timpie and Gilbert Arizona Missions, and he will be the speaker in the Grantsville Sixth Ward in the Sept. 22 sacrament meeting at 1 p.m. He is the...
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Judy Barnett
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend Judy Lucille Barnett passed away peacefully in her home in Tooele on Sept. 11 at the age of 76. She was born June 8, 1937 in Kenton,...
View ArticleCourier service loses license
A Grantsville-based business had its license revoked Wednesday for allegedly running a taxi service without proper licensing or endorsements. Stan and Amy’s Delivery Service was granted a business...
View ArticleStallions’ doubles duo on hot streak
Stansbury’s first doubles team turned up the heat on opponents in St. George last weekend. “Our first doubles team is really clicking right now. They have been playing extremely well,” said Stansbury...
View ArticleNinigret Depot focused on expansion
Ninigret Group, which bought Utah Industrial Depot last winter, is enthusiastic about the future of industry in Tooele after more than six months of operations in the area. The industrial depot, dubbed...
View ArticleTooele High celebrates century mark with special year book
The history of Tooele High School’s mountainside “T” is only one story portrayed pictorially in Tooele High School’s “Cornerstone: 100 Years of Excellence” yearbook that reflects on a century of life...
View ArticleCommittees to help county stay out of the red
A couple of citizen-based committees will help keep Tooele County’s financial recovery on an even keel after two years of an off-kilter budget that lead to layoffs, cuts, closures and the first tax...
View ArticleCity-dwelling deer likely to stay
Tooele residents have noticed some new neighbors this summer — populations of deer have taken permanent residence, and they aren’t likely to leave any time soon. Both Grantsville and Tooele Cities have...
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