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The undoing of the rezone for two development projects in Tooele County at the polls in November 2020 had their origins in a movement that started in Erda in 2018. As 2018 drew to a close, the Tooele County Clerk Marilyn Gillette was verifying signatures on six referendum petitions for developments approved for Erda that would put those land use decisions by the Tooele County Commission on a ballot. One of the petitions was for the Skywalk development, a 246-acre planned unit development south of state Route 138 and west of the Tooele Valley Airport. Tooele County officials declared that peti...

SALT LAKE CITY — The owner of a houseboat management company is accused of mismanaging money intended for maintenance and storage fees, causing the owners and shareholders of 34 houseboats on Lake Powell to nearly lose their boats, according to prosecutors. Jordan Blackwell Schneiman, 41, of Sandy, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with nine counts of unlawful dealing of property by a fiduciary, and engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity, both second-degree felonies. The Utah Attorney General's Office began investigating Lake Point Management, LLC a houseboat management company b...

COVID-19 changes format, but 100 children were helped ♦ The annual “Shop with a Cop” event this year was a success, but it was different this year because of the pandemic. About 50 police officers and civilian staff from Tooele City, the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office, Grantsville, Stockton, Utah Highway Patrol, Bureau of Land Management and Wendover City traveled to Walmart in Tooele on Dec. 19 to buy toys for 100 children from the county in need. “This year, due to COVID, the parents of the children supplied a list of things that the children needed,” said Jeremy Hansen, public...

Mom, 11 children displaced after fire rips through northwest Harris County home Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – A mother and her 11 children are left without a home for the holidays after a massive fire devastated their house. The incident happened around 4 a.m. Wednesday in the Lake Point subdivision on Pinewood Trace Lane near West Little York, authorities said. Cpt. Daniel Arizpe with the Cy-Fair Fire Department said the fire started in the garage and quickly spread into the attic. Catherine Modlies said she’s thankful she and her children were awake when they smelled smoke. Modlies said ...

11 wreaths at 11 cemeteries in one day ♦ A Tooele City veteran will travel from one end of Tooele County to the other to honor veterans on National Wreaths Across America Day. Dennis Tracey will travel to 11 cemeteries in Tooele County on Dec. 19 to place a wreath at each cemetery to remember veterans.  Tracey’s plans include a brief ceremony at each cemetery to explain the significance of National Wreaths Across America Day and the playing of taps on a bugle, he said. Tracey said he has placed wreaths at cemeteries in Tooele County in the past as part of the Wreaths Across America prog...