Stories from Monday, September 5, 2011

The Taco John's restaurant in Mountain Home was robbed early Sunday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 4:50 a.m. Mountain Home police said that as a store employee arrived to prepare the store for opening, a man appeared who was described as a white male subject approximately 6' tall, skinny, wearing a red hoodie, black sunglasses, a red bandanna covering his face, baggie blue jeans and a black backpack with a blue inner liner. ...

A 25-year-old Texas man was injured when he rear-ended a semi on the Hammett hill on I-84 Saturday. According to Idaho State Police, Ernesto Madrigal, 49 of Paul, was traveling westbound in a 2007 Mack semi and was traveling uphill at a slow speed with his emergency lights on, when for unknown reasons, Quentin Schmieding, of Denton, Texas, driving a 2007 Volkswagon Jetta and who also was traveling westbound, struck Madrigal's vehicle in the rear...

Joseph Lee Swails Sr., beloved, husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather and friend, passed away at home on Sept. 2, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, at The Christian and Baptist Church in Mouontain Home under the direction of Rost Funeral Home. Burial to follow with military honors at Mountain View Cemetary. There will be a viewing on Friday from 5-7 p.m. at McMurtry Chapel...

Natalie Baublitz, 60, of Glenns Ferry, died on Sept. 2, 2011. A graveside service will be held Friday, Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...