In the early morning hours of Sept. 13, an inmate incarcerated at the Millard County Jail was found alone and unresponsive in his cell. Life-saving efforts were initiated and the inmate was transported to the Fillmore Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. The Iron-Garfield-Beaver’s Critical Incident Task Force was […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The first case of avian flu in wild birds in Utah was confirmed in April, and now the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has confirmed the virus has spread to wild birds in three additional counties, most likely due to the fall migration. The virus had […]
A family in Millard County is seeking the public’s help in locating their van. In a post to Facebook early during the morning of Aug. 25, they shared they believe the van was stolen from their driveway in Leamington sometime after 6:00 p.m. the night before. The van is a […]
(St. George, UT) — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals officials want the four men who started the Halfway Hill Fire in Millard County to face animal cruelty charges. Michael Patti, Darri DeWolfe, Talon Kessler and Tyler Smith are facing charges for starting the blaze. The fire has scorched […]
(Millard County, UT) — Crews in Millard County are continuing to gain ground on the Halfway Hill Fire. Authorities say the wildfire is 62-percent contained after burning close to 12-thousand acres. Close to four-hundred firefighters remain on the front lines. Officials say the fire could be fully contained during the […]
DELTA, Utah (AP) — Developers in Millard County who want to create big underground caverns to store hydrogen fuel won approval for a $504 million federal loan this spring. They plan to convert the site of a 40-year-old coal plant to cleanly-made hydrogen by 2045. The seasonal storage project is […]
(Millard County, MI) — The Halfway Hill Fire is ten-percent contained and a public meeting is set for 7 p.m. today at Fillmore’s North Park Pavilion for an update. The fire has scorched eleven-thousand-637 acres so far, and efforts to battle the flames were helped this week by monsoon rains. […]
(Millard County, UT) — Officials in Millard County have lifted evacuation orders for a subdivision located near the Halfway Hill Fire. The Virginia Hills subdivision was evacuated shortly after the fire began last Friday. The fire had burned over 11-thousand acres and was ten-percent contained as of last night. Four […]
(Millard County, CO) — Firefighters are gaining ground on a wildfire burning in Millard County. Fire officials say containment of the Halfway Hill Fire increased to five-percent yesterday. The fire near Fillmore has burned more than ten-thousand acres since it was first reported last Friday. An abandoned campfire caused the […]
On July 8, just after 2:00 p.m., Millard County Dispatch received notification of a fire near Halfway Hill between Fillmore and Meadow in Millard County. During the efforts of suppressing and investigating the fire, Millard County Deputies and State and Federal Fire Investigators developed leading information that the fire was […]
