Stories from Thursday, February 7, 2019

Charles D. Hoagland, age 67, of Mountain Home, passed away at St Luke’s Elmore, on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

A preliminary hearing was held in the state's case against Gerry Schossow on Jan. 30. Schossow is currently out on bond on charges of willfully possessing or accessing sexually exploitative material of a child, enticing a runaway and providing shelter to a runaway...

The Mountain Home High School Agriculture Program has received grants and donations from the community of Mountain Home to build a greenhouse. The greenhouse is 60x30 feet and will be used by agriculture students in the new class, Introduction to Agriculture Plant Industry, taught by the Agriculture teacher, Kya Vines...

On Jan. 31, a preliminary hearing was scheduled in the case of Joseph Nutter. Nutter is currently being held in the Elmore County jail on charges of lewd conduct with a child under 16 and forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object. During the hearing it was stated that a motion had been filed to assign a conflict attorney in the case and a motion was granted issuing a continuance of the hearing in order to give the new defense attorney a chance to go through discovery in the case...

Dear Friends, One of Governor Little’s initiatives is to reduce state regulatory burdens on Idaho’s citizens and businesses. The past week in the Senate Transportation Committee we rejected 22 existing rules and replaced them with 8 new rules. The old rules had just evolved over time adding new rules from time to time. ...

Nearly 2,600 students qualified for the University of Idaho’s Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester. To be included in the Dean’s List, U of I students must maintain at least a 3.5 GPA on a minimum of 12 graded credits during the semester. The fall 2018 semester ended Dec. 14...