Stories from Friday, February 7, 2020

Jacob Herrboldt, a senior at Mountain Home High School has proven that through hard work and dedication one can take themselves to great heights. At a school assembly Friday, January 31, Herrboldt sat front and center with his mom Amy Herrboldt and Head Wrestling Coach, Patrick Starkey, looking on while he signed on to wrestle for North Idaho College in the fall of 2020...

In last week’s history piece Idaho had became one of the states that chose to implement prohibition laws ahead of the National prohibition on alcohol. In the minds of many of the temperance movement supporters prohibition in Idaho would be ‘easy.’ After all many people in the state already abstained from drinking the ‘devilish’ substance. Citizens quickly realized it would not be as easy as to regulate as people had thought...

The Elmore County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Friday, January 31st to have a discussion with Defense Attorney, Terry Ratliff, who currently holds the Public Defender’s Office contract. They also discussed other items of County business that had come up during the week...

Waltraud "Wally" Butler Sibley, age 93, of Mountain Home, passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Ontario, Oregon, Tuesday, Feb. 4th.

Yvonne Cole, age 62, of Mountain Home, passed away on February 6, 2020, at her home following an illness. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.