By ROBERT S MERRILL Assistant editor A cause of a $5 million fire on March 7 that destroyed a grain mill at Valley Wide Co-op (Franklin County Grain Growers) 264 S. State, Preston, is still under investigation by fire officials. Fire District Fire Marshal Scott Martin said the area where the fire started...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Even though it’s the tail end of the flu season, a nasty strain of viral disease has reared its head in Franklin County and across southeastern Idaho in recent days. Preston physician Lynn Eskelson told The Citizen that he has seen in recent days three individuals in...
By SYDNEY BLAIR WS sports writer This last week was a change for the West Side Track Team as they attended the Cache-Box Invite at Utah State University. It was a two day event going from Wednesday through Thursday. Even though it was West Side’s Spring Break, they still had quite a few kids...
By RICH BERGMAN Chairman of Bear Lake County Democrats The Caribou, Franklin, and Bear Lake Democratic Party will be holding their Presidential caucus on Saturday April 14 at 10 a.m. at AJ Winters Elementary, 535 Clay Street in Montpelier, Idaho. Because of the numbers we decided we would like to meet together at...
The recent $640 million Mega Million jackpot brought hundreds of visitors to Franklin County last Friday. Three big winners were announced with the nearest coming from Chicago, Ill. Here is a video report for the Franklin County area. Video and report by Rod Boam.
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Preston’s annual spring cleanup will begin this year on April 9 and conclude on April 20. “The cleanup period gives the entire community a good image, when things are nice and tidy. The annual cleanup gives residents an opportunity to get rid of almost anything they can get...
By JEAN CARTER Citizen staff writer Franklin City Council listened to a proposal by county commissioner Scott Workman, to adopt a county-wide ordinance to set clean air guidelines. Workman told council the Department of Environmental Quality (Idaho DEQ) is wanting to set mandates for wood-burning stoves, to improve air quality. He said if the...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor It’s a sure sign of spring in Preston as robins are pecking on the lawn and geese are flying overhead. Vehicles are once again allowed to park overnight on city streets. The ordinance banning parking expires Saturday, March 31. Beginning Nov. 1 each year and running through March...
By NECIA P. SEAMONS Citizen staff writer Eileen Kelly found more than she expected waiting for her after work on Tuesday, March13: there stood the son she’d been worrying about; who had been serving as a reserve in Kuwait. With a surprised screech she enveloped Patrick Kelly in her arms and then the tears...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Preston and West Side high schools are teaming up with www.fightthenewdrug.org to actively educate the public about the negative effects of pornography. There will be a meeting presented by Fight The New Drug (FTND) for all parents and community leaders in the Dahle Performing Arts Center (West Side...
