Two people were killed on Idaho 55 last Friday when a pickup truck crossed the center line and set off a chain of collisions one mile south of Lake Fork, according to the Idaho State Police. Sharon Martin, 70, of Cascade and Kelli Hopkins, 28, of Twin Falls both died from their injures, Valley County coroner Scott Carver said.
A dozen McCall-Donnelly high schoolers peered into the open engine compartment of a school bus in the cold winter afternoon on Friday to confirm that the bus was ready to roll. The 12 juniors and seniors will each have to repeat the process again before the end of the semester as part of an elective class to obtain a commercial drivers license.
Turkey Day revelers can start their celebration with the Aspen Club’s annual 6K Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, at 9 a.m.
Valley County is seeking members for a newly created recreation advisory council to help direct the recreation department. The council will have seven to nine members to provide recommendations and advice on the best use of lands and funding to meet the growing demand for public recreation in Valley County, recreation department planner Dave Bingaman said.
A steady beeping noise droned loudly in Janna Allen’s ear as she sliced her shovel through snow last week during a rescue training drill at Brundage Mountain Resort. The noise was coming from a new radar device available to the resort to help find lost skiers and snowboarders this coming ski season, which is set to begin on Friday at Brundage.
Kiki Frick passed her senior moves in the field test to become a U.S. Figure Skating gold medalist for the McCall Figure Skating Club. Her test was completed virtually through the Vaca Valley FSC in Vacaville, California in August 2022. Frick is a freshman in high school.
Gabi Green poured in 17 points, but the McCall-Donnelly girls basketball team dropped a non-conference game to Cole Valley, 36-30, on Saturday at the M-D gym. Ashtyn Jones also chipped in eight points, four rebounds and a team-high five steals.
The Payette Lakes Middle School eighth-grade girls basketball team swept the competition during games last week to move to 8-1 on the season. The Vikings topped Weiser Middle School, 33-14, in a game played at the PLMS gym.
The McCall-Donnelly girls basketball junior varsity swept games last week to move to 2-0 on the season. The Vandals edged Cole Valley, 41-36, on Saturday and Grangeville, 45-25, earlier in the week.
Colt Crockett, Cayden Fee, Damian Nuno, and Kevin Rushton each won two matches as the Payette Lakes Middle School wrestling team competed at a quad-dual last week in Payette. Coltin Jones, Nicholas Craus, and Garrett Rogers also picked up a win as the Vikings took on middle school competition from Homedale, Payette and Ontario (Oregon).