Fugitive arrested in Idaho Falls car chase has extensive criminal history
IDAHO FALLS — The man involved in a police chase and wreck on Sunnyside Road Tuesday is a fugitive, according to the Idaho Department of Correction offender database. He also has an extensive criminal...
View ArticleIdaho Falls police to hold Community Night Out in August
IDAHO FALLS — The city’s biggest neighborhood summer block party is planned for the evening of Aug. 5. The Idaho Falls Police Department’s will hold its 15th annual Community Night Out between 6 p.m....
View ArticleIdaho Falls officers Sworn In
IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Police Department announced the addition of Officers Mitchall Bierma and Tyler Howard to the city’s police force Wednesday. Bierma and Howard were officially sworn in by...
View ArticleHave You Seen this Missing St. Anthony teenager?
ST. ANTHONY – The Fremont County Sheriff’s office is attempting to locate a 17-year-old from St. Anthony. Tayson Nick Rowbury was reported as a juvenile runaway on July 14th. Deputies said since then...
View ArticleLocal police emphasize safety during car chases
IDAHO FALLS — Action movies and TV shows are packed with high speed chases with speeds surpassing 100 mph and numerous accidents and collisions with the public. If popular media is to be believed,...
View ArticleEITC launches new technology programs
IDAHO FALLS — For those seeking jobs, or maybe looking for a new direction in employment, Eastern Idaho Technical College is adding a new, and an old, program providing new opportunities – and helping...
View ArticleBYU-Idaho professor releases interactive storybook for kids
REXBURG — Brigham Young University-Idaho professor Russell Shaffer is publishing his first children’s book entitled “Have You Ever Touched A Cloud?” But this isn’t just any storybook — it’s an...
View ArticleRetired investigator on Deorr Kunz: ‘This will come to a resolution’
LEADORE — It’s been two weeks since Deorr Kunz disappeared. There’s been no sign of him at the campground, his family isn’t commenting and investigators are releasing very little new information....
View ArticleBingham County spraying in response to local West Nile outbreak
BLACKFOOT — In response to recent West Nile Virus positive mosquito pools detected in Bingham County, the Bingham County Mosquito Abatement District will be spraying approximately 15,396 acres by...
View ArticlePocatello woman arrested for stolen vehicle
POCATELLO — Angel Cherie Jensen, 26, was arrested Thursday in Pocatello for felony grand theft. The Pocatello Police Department report the Pocatello woman was being investigated for stealing a vehicle....
View ArticleMissing man in Yellowstone National Park
YELLOWSTONE — A search is underway in Yellowstone National Park for Feiyang “Isaac” Xiang, a 21-year old man from China. Xiang is a seasonal concessionaire employee in the park and was backpacking with...
View ArticleRepair of Henry’s Fork Bridge west of Rexburg starts Tuesday
RIGBY – Repair of Henry’s Fork Bridge, west of Rexburg, will begin Tuesday, Idaho Transportation Department officials said. The project, on Idaho 33 about five miles west of Rexburg near Beaver Dick...
View ArticleBond payoff saves Idaho Falls Power customer electric bill pain
On the local public power front, there is good news and bad news balancing each other out. On Wednesdy, The Bonneville Power Administration announced it would be raising power and transmission rates...
View ArticleI-15 Rollover Crash Sends 2 to Hospital
IDAHO FALLS – Two people were injured during a two car crash Sunday night shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Interstate 15 at milepost 117. Idaho State Police say Morgan Lyon, 22, of Rexburg, was northbound...
View ArticleVIDEO: Family Friend at Campsite says Deorr Kunz “Just Disappeared”
IDAHO FALLS – The man camping with the family of Deorr Kunz Jr. said, as far as he knows, the toddler “just disappeared.” Isaac Reinwand, 35, of Idaho Falls, was at the Timber Creek Campground on July...
View ArticleSHERIFF: Family friend not a suspect in Deorr Kunz case
IDAHO FALLS — The third individual who was at the Leadore campsite when two-year-old Deorr Kunz Jr. disappeared said he has no idea what happened to the toddler. Lemhi County Sheriff Lynn Bowerman...
View ArticleUS Highway 26 vehicle crash leads to arrest
IDAHO FALLS — Idaho State Police arrested Bradley Andersen, 35, Sunday following a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 26, five miles east of the Lane-Clark Rest Area. The Rigby man was a passenger in a...
View ArticleShelley Man Arrested For DUI
IDAHO FALLS — Idaho Falls Police arrested Darren C. Mathews, 55, for felony driving under the influence Friday night. The Shelley man was driving a 1996 Toyota Camry when he was pulled over at 11:30...
View ArticleIdaho Falls Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault, Eluding an Officer
IDAHO FALLS — Idaho Falls Police arrested 27-year-old Charles F. N. Cortez for aggravated assault, attempt to elude an officer and malicious injury to property following an incident that occurred...
View ArticleMan, pet dog attacked by large canine in Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS — Eric Cline, a traveler from Alaska, and his Jack Russell Terrior were bit by an off-leash mixed-breed-dog today between Walgreens and Signature Party Rental on W. Broadway. Cline, who was...
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