With 97 measles cases in 17 states as of late March, Utah public health officials are warning of a measles outbreak in the state. The state closest to Utah that has recorded cases is Arizona. In all of 2023 there were 58 cases nationwide. Utah public health officials encourage everyone to check their immunization records because the MMR vaccine is 97 percent effective against measles when two doses are given. Measles symptoms appear 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. A rash with small red spots begins 3-5 days after other signs of the illness. Common symptoms include cough, high fever ..read more

HYRUM – Mountain Crest High School is preparing to host a Regional Water Polo Tournament on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20. The two-day aquatic event, sponsored by the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, is expected to draw high school water polo teams from throughout northern Utah. Water polo is a competitive team sport played in pools between two opposing teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team’s goal. From its beginnings as a adaptation of rugby played in lakes and rivers, water ..read more

NORTH LOGAN – Auditions have been set for the upcoming production of the recent musical comedy Something Rotten!, which will be a joint effort by the Cache Theatre Company and Music Theatre West. In-person try-outs for that show will be held in 15-minute increments from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19 at the Cache Theatre Company Academy Building in North Logan. Mandatory one-hour dance auditions for Something Rotten! will be held at 8:30 p.m. each night. Call-backs will be held by invitation only on Saturday, April 20. Something Rotten! is a rock musical comedy ..read more

LOGAN — A 40-year-old South Jordan man has been arrested for allegedly trying to meet up with a 9 year old girl in Logan to have sex, according to law enforcement. Joseph Thomas Dunlop was booked Friday, March 29, into the Cache County Jail after reportedly admitting to molesting a 1-year-old girl. According to an arrest affidavit, Dunlop began messaging the Logan City undercover officer on March 26. The officer was posing as the father of a young girl on an internet forum related to incest. The officer allegedly received a message from Dunlop, expressing a desire to meet for the purpose of s ..read more

TREMONTON  — During last year’s municipal races in Tremonton, one of the candidates, who ended up being elected to the city council, Jeff Hoedt, ran on a promise to engage better with the public. To that end, he has hosted semi-regular public hearings for Tremonton residents. The third one will be held this coming Wednesday evening at 630p.m. at Bear River Valley Senior Center. On KVNU’s For the People program last week, Hoedt said it’s a chance to come sit down and ask questions of a city official or officials. “That’s the way that it is run, I’m the host of the meetings to date, so, it ..read more

LOGAN — The embattled Utah State women’s basketball program will turn its future over to Ohio State assistant coach Wesley Brooks as the Aggies look to bounce back from a turbulent five-year stretch. “Wesley is a great developer of people, not only as high-preforming student-athletes, All-Americans and professionals, but as young women in society,” USU Athletic Director Diana Sabau said in a statement. “Under his leadership, we look forward to advancing the trajectory of women’s basketball at Utah State University.” Brooks holds two decades of coaching experience, starting out as a manager un ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are set to release the first 12 hymns of a new hymnbook after six years of work reviewing thousands of submissions and gathering music from across the world. 12 hymns of the new “Hymns—for Home and Church” will be available on May 30, 2024. According to a press release, the selections will include “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” and will be published in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. The hymns will be available online. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sing hymns as part of wors ..read more

The UHSAA released the first of several RPI rankings to be revealed this week. This morning the baseball rankings were posted and Region 11 teams were not very well represented at the top as Bear River is the only team from the region to be inside the top 10 of the RPI. The Bears came in ranked fourth of the 24 teams in the 4A classification with Ridgeline at 13th, Green Canyon at 20th, Sky View at 23rd and Logan in the 24th spot. Box Elder, in the 5A RPI, came in at 13th of 31 teams. Five more RPI rankings are scheduled to be revealed this week, one each weekday through Friday. The time of r ..read more

LOGAN — Roughly 48 hours after Jerrod Calhoun was officially announced as head coach of men’s basketball at Utah State, the program received some welcome news. Isaac Johnson, the team’s starting center last year who showed several flashes of brilliance, indicated his intention to stick with the Aggies for his junior season on his Instagram account. “We ain’t done yet,” the 7-foot center said to conclude his post. That re-commit, or “run it back” post — since such things are almost necessary in the transfer portal age of college sports — is one of what Calhoun and Aggie fans everywhere will be ..read more

July 5, 1937 — March 28, 2024 (age 86) Larry Robert Keller, 86, passed away on March 28, 2024 at his home in Preston, Idaho, the same home he was born in on July 5, 1937 to Herman Wilford and Mary Evans Keller. Larry was the youngest of six children. Larry loved the outdoors. He loved to hunt and fish and shared that love with his children, grandchildren, nephews and friends. In the out of doors, he could always be found carrying a pistol, or firearm and loved ‘shooting stuff.’ As a young man he loved playing neighborhood baseball. He also spent a lot of time at the local reservoirs. He gradu ..read more