NINE MILE RESERVOIR — The daily limit for all trout species at Nine Mile Reservoir was removed Aug. 10, allowing anglers to catch and keep as many of the fish as they want during maintenance work at the reservoir. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Director Mike Fowlks issued the emergency […]
On the morning of July 29 officials responded to a call about a structure fire in Skyline Mountain Resort in Sanpete county. According to a post to the Sanpete Sheriff Twitter page, “the structure is a loss but the fire was held to the immediate property.” Fire resources used structure […]
After being confirmed in domestic rabbits in Sanpete County in June, Rabbit hemorrhagic disease has now been confirmed in wild rabbit populations in Wayne County as well. Rabbit hemorrhagic disease serotype 2 (RHDV-2) was confirmed on July 21 after some dead wild cottontail rabbits were found in the Teasdale area […]
(Salt Lake City) Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHDV2), is a highly fatal disease that affects rabbits. The fatal sickness has been spreading across the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico and has now been detected in Utah. A positive case was recently confirmed in a domestic rabbit in Sanpete County. RHDV2 […]
On Monday, June 1 at approximately 5:22 p.m. Sanpete County Dispatch received a call from a male identifying himself as 32 year old Michael Hartnell. Hartnell stated he had killed someone and wanted to turn himself in. Law Enforcement Officers responded to the Hideaway Valley area and located Hartnell at […]
Just before 3:30 p.m. on May 9 the Sanpete County Sheriff’s office received a call about a small plane that had landed around 1.5 miles west of the old Mount Pleasant airport. According to Sanpete County Sheriff Detective Derick Taysom, “the pilot believed they were having a medical issue so […]
On April 28th the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office received a report of dead sheep near Axe Handle Canyon, which is located several miles northwest of Ephraim City. With the assistance of a DWR officer, a total of 11 sheep carcasses were located. Five of the sheep had been shot, most […]
Roughly two dozen sheep were found dead in Sanpete County earlier this week several miles northwest of Ephraim. Sanpete County Sheriff Detective, Derick Taysom, stated that “at this time we don’t know the cause of death as they are all in different stages of decay.” According to the rancher most […]
The first ever virtual Utah Republican state nominating convention was held over the weekend. Here are the people moving on in the race for the positions that effect central Utah. Utah’s second congressional district covers Salt Lake City as well as the rural western and southern portions of Utah. For […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD) has confirmed the first positive cases of COVID-19 in Sanpete County. Three cases have been confirmed in the county, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Central Utah Health District to fifteen. Two of the individuals are between the ages of […]
