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Hyrum weighs costs of irrigation water swap between canals

By Heidi Hansen
HYRUM—A proposed irrigation project that would give the city access to more water was discussed in City Council Thursday, but it may come with a high energy price.
“We would like to partially eliminate irrigation out of the O’Berry Canal and connect to the city irrigation system,” city engineer Craig Neeley said of [...]

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Cleo Griffin, Newton’s library lady, started it all with $50 and a lot of help from her friends

By Kelly Greenwood
NEWTON–Chances are, if you’re familiar with the Newton Library you’ve probably heard of a woman named Cleo Griffin.
Griffin, an Idaho native, became the Newton library director as the result of an LDS Church calling back in 1997.
She said that she and some Relief Society women had talked about having a library for a [...]

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‘Every Bloomin’ Thing’ in Smithfield takes pride in locally grown flowers

By Katie Krusi
SMITHFIELD–Colorful flower arrangements, antiques and locally made crafts are just some of the things you’ll see as you walk into Every Bloomin’ Thing. This isn’t your typical floral shop.
“One thing that makes us really unique is that we grow and raise a large percent of our flowers,” assistant manager and floral designer Necia [...]

Tags: Every Bloomin' Thing, floral shop, Hansen's, Smithfield

Students mark Guy Fawkes Day with bonfire, marshmallows

By Seili Lewis
LOGAN–The Fifth of November was surely remembered this year, as USU students celebrated the European holiday.
Guy Fawkes night is probably one of the biggest celebrations of failure in history. The story goes as such, a group of Roman Catholic restoration activists in 1605 plotted to displace the rule of Parliament and its [...]

Tags: bonfire, Fifth of November, Guy Fawkes Day, Logan Canyon

Open house this weekend at Richmond’s new water treatment plant

By Dan Fawson
RICHMOND–The recently completed wastewater treatment plant will be officially introduced to the public tonight, as the city kicks off a two-day open house at the plant.
The open house is scheduled to go from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with plant operator Scott Ball conducting small [...]

Tags: open house, Richmond, wastewater treatment facility

Two-car crash in North Logan sends driver to hospital

By Heidi Hansen
NORTH LOGAN—Paramedics transported an injured woman to Logan Regional Hospital today after the car she was driving was broadsided by another car. The accident happened as she was turning left from a Chevron parking lot at 1936 N. Main St. at 2:30 p.m.
Sergeant John Seamons of the North Park Police Department said the [...]

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Smithfield man pleads guilty in domestic violence case

By Kara Kawakami
LOGAN–Smithfield resident Joshua Lee Thalman, 28, pleaded guilty Nov. 3 in 1st District Court to three misdemeanors in a domestic violence case. He will be sentenced Nov. 30 at 9 a.m.
The charges, assault by a prisoner, a class A misdemeanor, and assault and domestic violence in the presence of a child, both class [...]

Tags: domestic violence, guilty plea, Smithfield man

Kingdom Hall in Nibley houses three growing Jehovah’s Witness congregations

By Benjamin Wood
NIBLEY—it’s 3 p.m. and roughly 60 people are in attendance at the services in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. They stand for a prayer and hymn and after sitting, Brother Hicks, a visiting elder from the Roy area, begins speaking on the differences between world government and heavenly leadership.
The orator stands alone [...]

Tags: Jehovah's Witnesses, Kingdom Hall, Nibley, religion, Watchtower

Explorer Scout program teaches Paradise teens to be firefighters

by Seili Lewis
PARADISE–Troy Fredrickson has been fighting fires in Paradise for 25 years.
Fredrickson is chief of the town’s volunteer fire department. He wanted to be a firefighter ever since he was a “snot-nosed kid coming around because fire is cool,” he said.
Fredrickson said that interest by the town’s children in volunteering spurred his efforts [...]

Tags: Explorer program, fire department, Paradise

North Logan resident files trespassing complaint against city

By Amanda Pierce
NORTH LOGAN–A former candidate for City Council said he filed a report with North Park Police because a city employee was trespassing on his property.
L. Alan Collins, who ran unsuccessfully for council this year, said in a council meeting Wednesday that a city employee was on his land to take measurements without his [...]

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One vote separates Hyde Park’s mayoral race; no winner yet

By Dana Ivins
HYDE PARK – With the mayoral election separated by only one vote, the race outcome is contingent upon 12 provisional ballots awaiting county approval. Mayoral candidates Tom Price and Bryan Cox received 430 and 429 votes, respectively.
According to city recorder Marsha Hymas, those who submitted provisional votes have no more than five [...]

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Logan council seats won by Quayle, Daines

By Brendon Butler
LOGAN–Voters confirmed Holly Daines and Dean Quayle to 4-year terms on the Logan Municipal Council Tuesday.
The final count was 2,906 for Quayle and 2,763 votes for Daines. Tony Wegener received the next most votes with 2,328 and Steve Stokes followed with 1,595.
“I feel excited, I feel glad the campaign’s over with, I [...]

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Watts re-elected as Logan’s mayor

By Chelsey Gensel
LOGAN–Randy Watts has been elected to another four-year term as mayor of Logan. Watts got nearly 53 percent of the vote.
Candidate Mike Morrill received 2,322 votes to Watts’ 2,600, with only 15 percent of Logan’s registered voters casting ballots.
“I couldn’t be happier,” Watts said. “I’m pleased with the group of people that got [...]

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Municipal election results, Cache County

Winners have asterisk by names
More results at Cache Valley Daily
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RIVER HEIGHTS
Mayor:
*William Baker 281
Council:
*Douglas Glausen 217
*Kathryn Hadfield 272
Richard Okelberry 107
Skyler Tidwell 56
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HYDE PARK
Mayor: (no winner yet; 12 provisional ballots uncounted)
Bryan Cox 429
Tom Price 430
Council:
Sam Balls 192
Marvin Biggs 458
*Mark Hurd 472
*Carol Johnson 543
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LOGAN
Mayor:
Mike Morrill 2,322
*Randy Watts 2,600
Council:
*Dean Quayle 2,906
*Holly Daines 2,763
Tony Wegener 2,328
Steve Stokes 1,595
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NORTH LOGAN
Mayor:
*Lloyd [...]

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‘Cheeky and Swank’ baby clothes make a booming business for Logan mom

By Catherine Meidell
LOGAN–Stay-at-home moms all over Cache Valley are engaging their creative minds by building their own businesses from the ground up, like Logan resident Jennifer Johnson, founder and creative director of an  apparel company called Cheeky and Swank.
Johnson concocted the idea for a company that would sell baby products like bibs, blankets, burp cloths and onesies, because she and other [...]

Tags: baby apparel, Cheeky and Swank, home business, Jennifer Johnson

Courage of her convictions: Jessica Sahely finds a way to help Ugandan women

By Candice Mattson
Jessica Sahely found herself standing on a platform overlooking the Nile River, her feet bound by thick cords. The water glided along smoothly below, gently tousled by some rapids and a small cascade. The banks were lined by lush vegetation leading up a steep embankment to where she stood. It wasn’t captors who [...]

Tags: invisible children, Jessica Sahely, seminars, Uganda, women's health

Watts campaign reports more than 200 signs stolen

By Heidi Hansen and Cassidee Cline
LOGAN—Police have recovered about 70 of the more than 200 stolen campaign signs in Dumpsters and at the mouth of Dry Canyon.
Logan City Police Captain Jeff Curtis said the signs belong to Mayor Randy Watts and were taken over the last two weeks from yards Watts had commissioned to [...]

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Fire alarm system maintenance causes false alarm

By Dana Ivins
LOGAN–-A police car and fire truck responded to a false alarm at the Latter-Day Saint Institute building at 2:45 p.m. Friday. Routine maintenance being done to the building’s fire alarm system triggered the alarm, said Cannon Perry of the Logan City Fire Department.

“It’s a common thing that happens all over town,” Parry [...]

Tags: false alarm, LDS Institute, USU

$1.7 million still needed to pay off Hyrum’s library bonds

By Heidi Hansen
HYRUM—Two years after completion of the new Hyrum City Library building, the city still owes more than $1.7 million in bonds borrowed to fund the $5 million project.
“We have a great library in Hyrum but it needs to get paid off,” Councilman Paul James said. “It seems like after the building was finished [...]

Tags: $1.7 million, bonds, Hyrum, public library

Voters’ Guide: Bailey, Larsen running for Wellsville mayor

By Nick Rust
WELLSVILLE–As the general elections approach, Wellsville will choose between two retired educators for the mayor’s office. Thomas G. Bailey and M. Kent Larsen both hope to lead the city they love for the next four years. One of them will replace Mayor Ruth P. Maughan, who has held that office for the last [...]

Tags: mayor, Voters' Guide, Wellsville