MT. PLEASANT—The Mt. Pleasant City Council heard a recommendation on the city cemetery, approved a contingent contract for the drilling of a new well and adopted an ordinance at its last meeting. In the fall, Pam Stoker complained about the condition of the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. She was back Tuesday, April 27. She proposed…
MANTI—After attempting suicide just last year and dealing with other suicide-related challenges, Keyera Braithwaite was chosen as Miss Manti 2021. Braithwaite counts her suicide attempt and losing a close friend to suicide two weeks ago as challenges she needed to overcome to compete at Miss Manti Scholarship Pageant 2021. She also felt compelled to talk…
After getting pummeled by high-powered Gunnison Valley, the North Sanpete High School baseball team responded with a win over Delta before having to play Delta again and losing—in 10 innings. The Hawks (7-13 overall and 2-6 in 3A Region 14) lost 17-6 Wednesday, April 28 to Gunnison Valley (See Ben Lasseter’s story on the game.)…
MANTI—Katie Larsen can celebrate a Sweet Sixteen. The Manti senior is at least a year past the birthday version, but against a top-5 team on the road, she smacked her 16th home run of the year over the fence to help Manti softball take down Grand County in a late-season non-region matchup last Saturday, 6-2….
The North Sanpete High School softball team had an impressive week last week. After getting edged out 4-0 at Carbon, the Lady Hawks annihilated American Leadership Academy (ALA) 21-0 before beating Union 5-3. Their wins came by an average score of 13-2. North Sanpete is now 12-8 overall and 6-3 in 3A Region 14. At…
MT. PLEASANT—The North Sanpete softball team went 2-1 last week, with their wins coming by an average score of 11-3. The Lady Hawks (10-7, 4-3 in Region 14) beat Delta 11-1 Tuesday, April 20. North Sanpete’s 11 runs came on just eight hits and Heather Howarth pitched a one-run game. “Heather Howarth has been very…
Just about everyone in the market for a home in Sanpete County right now is struggling to find suitable housing, either because both rental housing and homes for purchase are in such short supply, or because prices have skyrocketed. Tosha Nielsen, her husband Scott Kiefer, and their seven children ages 9 to 20, enjoyed living…
EPHRAIM—Snow College volleyball coach Jeff Reynolds had one year of coaching experience—in high school—when he was hired to lead the Badgers on Feb. 1, 2016. Since then, he has won three conference championships in four seasons and finished ranked eighth nationally or higher in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I rankings in each…
EPHRAIM—A “Karen” has come to be known as someone who loves speaking to managers, regardless if something has gone wrong or not. What does April Nelson, new manager of Ephraim Walmart, think about such people? “I’m pretty fair and consistent when it comes to stuff like this,” Nelson said. The no-nonsense response, not to mention…
MT. PLEASANT—A Mt. Pleasant resident has asked the city council to make his hometown a “constitutional city.” Resident Mark Larsen made his proposal Tuesday, April 13, before the Mt. Pleasant City Council. Larsen claimed there are cities and counties that have become “Second Amendment sanctuaries” and will not enforce laws that violate the Constitution or infringe on…
FAIRVIEW—After conducting a traffic study, the Fairview City Council decided to remove the stop signs on 300 South in Fairview. At a meeting last month, the council accepted a plan prepared by Councilman Matt Sorensen and Police Chief Steve Gray showing where traffic signs should be placed in town and where others should be removed….
WEST PLAINS, Mo.—After winning nine sets and losing just one over three matches, the Snow College volleyball team lost 3-1 to Iowa Western Community College in the national junior college championship last Saturday. “As much as we wanted to win that national championship and as close as we were, we got beat by the best…
RICHFIELD—Salt Lake Community College edged out Snow College in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 18 men’s basketball tournament semifinals last week.
In the first round of the tournament on Thursday against Colorado Northwestern Community College, the Badgers led 71-27 at halftime. They won that game 110-64.
RICHFIELD—“The magic ran out.”
That was how Snow College women’s basketball coach Mike Russell described his team’s 83-57 loss to College of Southern Idaho in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 18 women’s basketball tournament championship.
You might say the North Sanpete High School softball team had an excellent week. The Lady Hawks (7-5, 1-2 in 3A Region 14) went 4-2, with all of their four wins coming by six runs or more and the wins coming by an average of 12.3 runs. North Sanpete started the week by winning 23-0…