Stories from Thursday, September 7, 2017

On Aug. 31, at approximately 4:22 p.m., Mountain Home Police was dispatched to the intersection of North 10th East St. and East 10th North St. regarding a collision between a bicyclist and a Public Works dump truck. According to an Idaho State Police officer, the bicyclist, Juan Carlos Vasquez, failed to yield at the intersection, running into the back of the dump truck and was caught underneath the wheels. ...

After 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, which took him to seven different bases, Randy Valley decided to settle down in Mountain Home when he retired. Shortly afterwards, he was asked to be a member of the Air Force Appreciation Day committee in 1995. The next year he was elected as chairman after the current chairman Bud Light asked Valley to take over...

The poplar petiole gall aphid, Pemphigus populitransversus, is unlike many of the aphid species of Idaho, in that it creates galls on the petiole portion of the leaf of poplar trees. As with most aphids their life cycle is quite complex and involves two host plants – poplar trees as their main host and cruciferous (cabbage, broccoli, mustard, canola etc.) as their summer host...

The Cottonwood Collective and Elmore Books & More, in partnership with the Mountain Home Arts Council, will host a reading and book signing for Idaho author Merri Melde on Friday, Sept. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., with a reading and questions at 6:30 p.m. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Mountain Home ATV/UTV Club recently hosted the Idaho State ATV Association annual meeting in the Pine and Featherville area. Approximately 120 people attended from all over the state, the furthest club in attendance being North Idaho ATV Association from Coeur d’Alene...

Frances Jane Lehto, 80, of Melba passed away Wednesday evening, August 30th, at home. Frances was born on April 5th, 1937 in South Dakota. On November 7, 1957, she married her husband of nearly 60 years, Lyman Lehto. The two started their family with the birth of their eldest son, Perry, on June 2nd, 1958...

Teresa Elaine Davis Grausam, 58, a resident of Mountain Home and formerly of Gooding, Idaho, passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center. Teresa Elaine Davis was born on April 28, 1959 in Twin Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Bob and Shirley Davis. She was raised and educated in Gooding. Teresa worked as a CNA and home health care provider...

Andrea Mae Cagle, age 73, of Mountain Home, passed away on Saturday, September 2, 2017, at her home following an illness. Per her request, no services will be held. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...