County has right to veto Indianola lake
Indianola residents describe a litany of problems related to development, roads and zoning enforcement at a county commission meeting.
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Manti considers spending $150K to replace air conditioning at City Annex
Manti appears close to a decision to replace the central air conditioning system on the Manti City Annex at a cost of about $150,000, although the city council would still have to vote on the expenditure.
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CERT training to be showcased at mass casualty simulation Saturday at North Sanpete High School
North Sanpete High School will be the scene of multiple mock disasters, including a bus crash and earthquake, on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.
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Moroni eyes capital improvement projects from water to property
MORONI—The Moroni City Council discussed capital improvement projects ranging from replacing valves in the culinary water system to reviving a plan to turn the one-time Mud Bogs property into a horse practice arena at its last meeting on Aug. 19. Councilman Troy Prestwich reported that Moroni will receive about $184,000 from the American Rescue Plan,…
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New York, Washington far away, but 9/11 hit home
Emotions 20 years ago ranged from shock, to calls for normalcy, to patriotism and national unity I had been in Sanpete County for six months when, on Sept. 11, 2001, as I was getting ready for work, an anchor on one of the morning news shows reported something strange was going on at the World…
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County attorney caseload soaring
MANTI—The caseload in the Sanpete County Attorney’s Office is on track to nearly double this year compared to 2020. Kevin Daniels, the county attorney, attributes the increase to a more aggressive approach to combating crime at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF), legislative action reducing penalties for many crimes, offenders committing new crimes while out…
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Manti wants to make sure growth is ‘nice’
MANTI—The Manti City Council approved the second phase of a 18-lot subdivision and discussed a potential 60-lot subdivision at its meeting Aug. 18. “Manti is growing. We understand that,” Mayor Korry Soper told a representative of the proposed 60-lot project. “Make it a nice neighborhood, a beautiful neighborhood. That’s what I think we want.” Of…
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Moroni to drill test well in October as part of new $3.54M water project
City anticipates increasing water supply by one-third MORONI—Drilling a test well, the first step in a $3.54 million water project in Moroni, is expected to begin about Oct. 1, Mayor Paul Bailey said last week. The main features of the project are a well in the southwest corner of the city, a 500,000-gallon water tank…
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Convict loses Court of Appeals case
Reign as ‘paper terrorist’ coming to end, Daniels says SALT LAKE CTY—The man who pleaded guilty to murdering Kammy Mae Edmunds in Mt. Pleasant in 2017 has lost an appeal of a separate conviction for assault by a prisoner. On June 28, the Utah Court of Appeals rejected Anthony Christensen’s appeal of a jury verdict, rendered…
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Messenger admits story on North Sanpete coaches had some serious flaws
The Sanpete Messenger ran a story in this space last week about North Sanpete High School coaches that did not live up to our usual standards of journalism. In fact, it was exceptionally poor journalism. The embarrassing thing is that I, the publisher and the person who has by far the most education and journalism…
