Stories from Friday, December 27, 2013

The Mountain Home Tiger wrestlers came home from the Bonneville Duals with a second-place trophy. Earlier in the week, the Tigers lost to Columbia but beat Jerome and Canyon Ridge. Columbia 58, Mountain Home 27 The defending two-time state champion Columbia Wildcats appear to have reloaded for this year, rolling to a 58-27 win over the tigers last Tuesday in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

Elmore County Deputy Sheriff Laytreda Schultz is retiring after 34 years in law enforcement. Her last official day was Dec. 23. An open house retirement party for her will be held Jan. 10, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Marine building between the new jail and the police station -- a fitting location because she had been one of the driving forces in getting it built...

Efforts to build a large-scale solar energy complex southwest of Mountain Home gained a new start last week after the county's planning and zoning commission recommended new permits associated with the project. During a public hearing Dec. 18, the eight-person commission unanimously recommended approving a set of five new conditional use permits for the Grand View PV Solar One project...

Louella Margene Wetzel was born July 31, 1928, to the late Frederick and Lillian McGuire. She peacefully returned to her savior on Dec. 23, 2013, in Venice, Fla., with her family by her side. She was born in Pratt, Kan., and then later moved to Witchita...