An expansion of Mile High Marina on Payette Lake that was approved earlier this year will be reconsidered by the McCall City Council at its meeting tonight. The council, which approved the application in June after a 3-2 split, is revisiting the approval after a request for reconsideration was submitted to the city by Boise lawyer Abigail Germaine of Elam & Burke on June 26.
A Donnelly man scored a hole-in-one on the McCall Golf Club links this week.
Several new City of McCall employees would be hired under a 2025 budget the McCall City Council is set to consider adopting tonight.The council will hold a public hearing on the city’s budget proposal for 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
The sounds and smells of idling diesel engines picking up elementary students are set to become a thing of the past as the McCall-Donnelly School District transitions to an all-electric school bus fleet for most trips. Diesel powered buses will still be used for school trips outside the district.
Payette Spangenberg, Taylor Nalder, Finn Cromwell and Svea Eitel all topped the medal stand as the McCall Area Composite Mountain Bike Team kicked off the Interscholastic Cycling Association season on Saturday at Brundage Mountain Resort.
Rules regarding cell phones at schools in the McCall-Donnelly School District will remain the same, for now, as the start of the school year approaches.Parents approached the M-D Board of Trustees in July to ask for stricter rules governing cell phone use at school.The district already limits phones in classrooms, where they are only allowed with teacher approval, but there is no policy restricting phone use at recess, between classes and generally on school property.Parents worried about the effects of phones relating to mental health, school performance, personal development and potential exposure to pornography, among other concerns.To address the issue, trustees formed a committee tasked with researching the issue and presenting a policy recommendation and plan of action by Aug.
Total enrollment: 1389 students in kindergarten through 12th gradeTeachers: 104Total staff: 179
Former McCall-Donnelly coach Jerry Randolph remembers a finish line on the shores of Payette Lake during the early days of the Dash & Splash cross country race, held annually at Ponderosa State Park in McCall.
Current McCall-Donnelly girls soccer coach Mike Maini led the Vandal boys to a state championship back in 2004. But he passed when a head coach vacancy for the boys opened up after last fall.
Cooler temperatures and possible precipitation are forecast for this weekend as containment increases on fires in the West Mountain Complex. The total number of firefighters on the West Mountain Complex increased this week to 1,064, aided by 200 soldiers from the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.