Minidoka

!!Unofficial Results!!

Sheriff Race

Jerome County Sheriff

Douglas J McFall (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .     5,014

Kenneth R. Rushing (IND)  .  .  .  .  .     1,428

 
 Twin Falls COUNTY SHERIFF
        Tom Carter (REP) .  .

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(KLIX)- The Magic Valley has two new magistrate judges. On Friday the Fifth Judicial District announced Blaine Cannon and Calvin Campbell as judges. Campbell will replace former judge Nicole Cannon who resigned amid DUI charges in June

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(KLIX)- A 24 year old Paul man died after being struck by a pickup on his ATV. Idaho State Police say Kenny Stevenson of Paul was headed down 1100 North in a Polaris Ranger RZR. Marcus Newton, 30 of Rupert, was headed down 400 West in a 2008 Dodge Pickup

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(KLIX) Drivers in Twin Falls will have to make their way around Minidoka Avenue. The city has extended its closure into next week.  Work is being done on Minidoka between Jerome and Murtaugh Streets

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(KLIX)   Idaho State Police say one person died in an early morning crash on I-84 in Minidoka County.  The crash occurred just before 6 a.m. Monday.  Police say 28 year old Andrew Castello of Eden was traveling east on Interstate 84 in a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt when his vehicle travelled off the left shoulder

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The Minidoka County School District is reeling from state budget cuts in education and the “Students Come First” initiative.  At a school board meeting this week board members approved the layoffs of 11 teachers in the district.  The board was hoping that attrition and retirements would account for most of the reduction in teaching staff in the district but that didn’t happen.

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There are new concerns growing over the future access of Lake Walcott in Minidoka County and County Commissioners are becoming concerned as a management plan is being developed for the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge.  The Times News reports today that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is developing a 15-year plan to manage the nearly 21,000-acre refuge that encompasses Lake Walcott State Park. 

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National Park Service grants will help preserve two Idaho sites that remind us of a difficult time in our nation's history.  Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar has announced two grants totaling more than $300,000 for preservation and interpretive projects at World War II-era Japanese-American internment sites. 

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Tuesday was a good day for school supplemental levies in the Magic Valley.  Hansen School District voters passed a $190,000 levy for one year.  Kimberly voters approved a $300,000 levy with 69% voting in favor.  Murtaugh

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Voters in six school districts in the Magic Valley will be going to the polls to decide on supplemental levies.  The Cassia County School District is asking for just over $681,000 per year for two years.

The money goes into the school district’s general fund.  Hansen School District is asking for a renewal of its annual $190,000 levy.  Voters in the Jerome School District will vote on the renewal of an annual $650,000 levy which will go into the general operating budget and will not be used for facilities.

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