Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Mountain Home police located John Nichols, 74, a local resident who was reported missing early Tuesday evening from Cedar Crest Residential Care. Nichols was last seen in the area of the local Albertsons grocery store around 9 p.m. Tuesday in his wheelchair. He was found at a local motel around 8:25 a.m. Wednesday.

Ann Reid Millet, 86 of Grand View, Idaho, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016, at a Emmett assisted living center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at the LDS Church in Grand View, Idaho. Interment will follow in the Riverside Cemetery in Grand View...

Qualifications of the county's next sheriff, government overreach and economic challenges took center stage as candidates running for county and state offices met with voters during a forum April 5. More than 100 people gathered at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge to listen to the five candidates running for the state legislature and the six others running for county commissioner, sheriff and prosecuting attorney...

by Tim Bondy Mountain Home News The Elmore County Commissioners decided to reopened a hearing Friday to reconsider a conditional use permit regarding a large-scale subdivision The initial reconsideration involving the Blue Sage Subdivision headed by local developer Jim Carrie was held April 1 and closed that same afternoon after additional written and verbal testimony was presented...

"Crouch!" "Touch!" "Set!" With each command, the players representing both teams responded accordingly as the ball was tossed below them. With each team throwing their combined weight against the other, the goal was simple -- gain control of the ball and drive to the goal line...

John Harry Schaub, 78, died Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at his home in Nampa of natural causes. Services are pending under the direction of Zeyer Funeral Chapel in Nampa.

Richard "Dick" Humpherys passed away peacefully on April 12, 2016, at his home in Hammett. He was a beloved father, grandfather and friend. Dick was born Jan. 26, 1930, in Pocatello to Lorin and Ina Humpherys. He married Ella Baker on July 23, 1951, and they were married for 49 years before his beloved wife passed away in 2001. The couple had three sons, Dennis, Dave and Douglas.