The McCall Nordic and Biathlon Ski Club hosted a Junior National Qualifier race Saturday and Sunday at the Bear Basin Nordic Center, fielding 24 of the club’s own athletes in the event.U16 racer Taylor Nalder finished third in the skate sprint on Saturday and fourth in the classic race on Sunday to qualify for her second U.S.
There was a lot to celebrate at the McCall-Donnelly gym on Friday, and a packed crowd was there to revel and watch as the Vandals boys basketball team capped a singular regular season with a 62-26 victory over visiting Homedale.With the win, the M-D squad accomplished a few notable things: Collected win no.
Families in the McCall-Donnelly School District will get a chance to try out a four-day school week next year with 10 shorter weeks included in the 2024-25 school year calendar.The calendar for next school year, which the M-D School Board of Trustees approved in their regular meeting on Monday, included the shorter weeks to see how the schedule works for students and staff.“It wouldn’t be appropriate to dump a significant calendar change in a short turnaround, so, we’ve committed to basically rolling over the current calendar, however, adding some of the things that the community and staff were interested in,” District Superintendent Eric Pingrey told Trustees on Monday.“It will give people a taste of what a four-day week would look like,” Pingrey said.A recent survey sent to parents and staff found that about two thirds of respondents wanted the district to move from a five-day week to a four-day week.The possibility of a permanent schedule change is still under consideration and has not been finalized.“This schedule will get us through next year,” Pingrey said.The district’s Calendar Committee will present evidence in the fall on the benefits of a four-day week versus a five-day week, he said.The ten four-day weeks in the 2024-25 calendar all run Monday through Thursday.
A decision on the now 341-lot MacGregor Townsite subdivision was postponed by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission last week.Commissioners first considered an application for the planned unit development in a meeting in January with 335 lots proposed.The applicant, Craig Groves of Donnelly, presented an updated plan and more information at a meeting on Thursday, Feb.
Surveys were sent out Tuesday to voters in the McCall-Donnelly School District to poll support for up to $79 million in bonds to fund a new high school and staff housing.The survey will also ask voters to consider the district’s first supplemental levy to bridge a roughly $3.3 million funding gap.The district is facing a twofold funding problem, which includes a $2.74 million reduction from levy funding enacted in 2007 and an expected $590,000 loss in state revenue this year because Idaho returned to a funding model based on average daily attendance.Depending on the results of the poll, the district could ask voters to approve bonds or levies as soon as the May 2024 primary election, M-D Superintendent Eric Pingrey has said.The district will review the results of the poll in a special meeting on March 18 at 6 p.m.
Jonathan Nichols led the McCall Winter Sports Club U14 racers with an eighth-place finish in his second of three super-g races at Grand Targhee Resort over the weekend.The race, which ran Friday through Monday, was the second qualifier in the Intermountain Division of the U.S.
The man suspected of shooting and killing another man in Donnelly on Jan.
Last year was the busiest on record for the Valley County Planning and Zoning department, with 953 total applications, besting the previous high of 846 in 2006, according to county data.Much of those applications, however, were from short term rental permit applications and permit renewals.
A Donnelly woman was killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Idaho 55 about 4.5 miles south of Donnelly, according to the Idaho State Police.Jeanette Dimuccio, 52, was driving south in a small SUV when the vehicle crossed the centerline and collided with a northbound pickup truck driven by a 74-year-old man from Cascade at about 1:30 p.m.Dimuccio died at the scene from massive blunt force trauma, said Valley County Coroner Scott Carver.The driver of the pickup was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.