Marijuana related arrests made at South Fremont High School
ST. ANTHONY — Nine high school students, two men and seven teenage boys, 15 to 17 years old, were arrested on drug charges Tuesday afternoon at South Fremont High School.
View ArticleBoston official: Video shows bomb suspect
BOSTON (AP) — In what could be major break in the Boston Marathon case, investigators are on the hunt for a man seen in a department store surveillance video dropping off a bag at the site of the bomb
View ArticleBackground check bill faces likely Senate defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan effort to expand background checks faced almost certain defeat Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence.
View ArticlePilot escapes injury in aircraft accident
REXBURG — A man escaped injury in a light plane accident Thursday morning at the Rexburg-Madison County Airport.
View ArticleBoy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Under pressure over its long-standing ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.
View ArticleCowboy poets get together
ST. ANTHONY -- The 26th Annual St. Anthony Poetry Gathering got under way Friday afternoon.
View ArticleDaredevil eggs
The Idahome Educators homeschooling group held an egg drop Thursday afternoon in Porter Park in Rexburg. The Rexburg-Madison Fire Department brought a ladder truck and Trevin Ricks climbed to the top
View ArticleBoston bombing suspect in serious condition
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured hiding out in a boat parked in a backyard Friday and his older brother lay dead in a furious
View ArticleAnnual pancake supper set for Saturday
Zion Lutheran Church, 901 Main St, Ashton, is holding its annual pancake supper on Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
View ArticleSizable crowd turns out for education taskforce
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's Idaho Task Force for Improving Education wants public feedback on both the state of and future of education. It got an earful Monday night in Idaho Falls.
View ArticleNew home for trumpeter swans
DRIGGS — A little flock of young trumpeter swans will get a new home in Teton Valley this summer, and lots of people are hoping the cygnets find their way back to the valley to nest next spring after
View ArticlePerson of interest in Shilo Inn shooting jailed
IDAHO FALLS — Fabian Hernandez, 21, of Rexburg, who is a person of interest in an early morning shooting incident at Shilo Inn on Jan. 6 in Idaho Falls, has been arrested on a Madison County warrant f
View ArticleTractor damaged by fire in Sunnydell
REXBURG — Madison firefighters extinguished a tractor fire that broke out on a farm in Sunnydell Tuesday afternoon but the tractor was extensively damaged. The man driving the tractor was not injured.
View ArticleTruck tips, no one hurt
ST. ANTHONY — A large utility truck tipped onto its side in St. Anthony while boring holes for street lights on U.S. Highway 20 late Tuesday afternoon.
View ArticleNew principal named for Madison High School
REXBURG — A new principal was named at Madison High School on Wednesday, as Mike Bennett was tabbed to take over for the outgoing principal, Rodger Hampton.
View ArticleFremont fire heavily damages outbuilding
ASHTON — Fire heavily damaged a farm outbuilding Wednesday evening and threatened two nearby log structures before 13 firefighters from North Fremont Fire District were able to knock down the blaze an
View ArticleTechnology brings new hope
ASHTON — A lot of caring, a little luck and advances in technology are combining to provide possibly life-changing help for a young patient at the Ashton Living Center.
View ArticleLDS church pleased with BSA proposal
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says it welcomes the Boy Scouts of America's latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.
View ArticleRobotics team brings home world championship
REXBURG — With 72 teams from around the nation gathered in Anaheim, Calif., for the first VEX IQ competition for robotics, Justin Olaveson, an eighth grader at Madison Junior High said he was “nervous
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