COTTONWOOD -- The Idaho County Fair Royalty committee is seeking young ladies, 14 to 18 years old, interested in participating as a part of the 2020-2021 fair royalty. Girls must be going into their sophomore though senior years of high school and must be available through the end of the 202…

COTTONWOOD -- A funnel cloud was spotted a few miles east of Greencreek on May 26 at 9:30 a.m. At one point it looked like it touched down on the ground. There were several more smaller ones that day. In the early morning hours on Sunday, May 31, we had a terrible rainstorm. Weather is getti…

St. John Bosco (formerly Summit Academy) in Cottonwood held its graduation ceremony May 23 in Greencreek with a Mass for families. Erin Chmelik, Alexis Currier, Jessie Sonnen and David Wassmuth are the class of 2020 graduates.

COTTONWOOD -- We are remembering all our veterans on Memorial Day. We appreciate your service to our country. The VFW held their Memorial Day Services at the Ferdinand and Keuterville cemeteries this year. This is a great service that they do for our area. They alternate between the four tow…

COTTONWOOD -- The grass is green, flowers are blooming, and we have been able to work outside once in a while when it isn’t raining. Our garden is starting to come up.

COTTONWOOD -- What a nice sunny day we had yesterday for Mother’s Day. Best wishes to all mothers. We went to church after not going for a month; later we went mushroom hunting and although I did not find any, several in our group did pretty well.

COTTONWOOD -- Spring has sprung! The daffodils are extra big and so pretty this year. We planted some of our vegetable garden last week and hope to get more done this week. It sounds like more people are planting gardens this year as there is a shortage of seed potatoes. That’s a good thing.…

COTTONWOOD -- The weather cooperated last week, so we were able to get some yard work done. I’m sure the farmers were happy about that, also. I have planted some red onion seeds. I never tried this before. They are coming up but are probably a long ways from forming a bulb so I can plant the…

COTTONWOOD -- Greeting from my isolated corner of the prairie. We took a drive to Cottonwood Butte yesterday, so we could have a change of scenery and look out over the Camas Prairie. Traffic by my place is picking up as the farmers are still busy in the fields. Some of them must be finished…

COTTONWOOD -- Happy Easter week to all of you. We spent our day social distancing with a drive to Joseph Plains. We enjoyed the ride, saw some elk and deer, and found some snow still melting in places.

COTTONWOOD -- I sneezed a sneeze into the air, it fell to earth I know not where, but hard and cold were the looks of those, in whose vicinity I snoze. Just something to think about with the virus going around. Continue to pray for an end to the coronavirus and for all those who are sick and…

Cottonwood students put on the Missoula Children’s Theater play “Snow White the Seven Dwarfs,” Friday, March 13, at Prairie High School. The play was sponsored in part by the Center for Discovery and a donation from Pepper and Kim Harman. Snow White was played by Hannah Schwartz, the king by…

COTTONWOOD -- The Central Idaho Art Association 53rd Annual Spring Show will be April 22-25 this year, hosted by the Super 8 Motel in their conference room. Entries will be accepted Wednesday, April 22, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and picked up on Saturday, April 25, no later than 4:15 p.m. Ju…

COTTONWOOD - Idaho County Fair Royalty will present "A Princess Tea Party" Saturday, March 21, at Prairie High School, 1 to 3 p.m. Cost is $7 for little princesses ages 4 years through grade six. Those attending must be accompanied by an adult.

COTTONWOOD -- We had quite a snowstorm on Sunday, which was so vicious it even had the electricity off for a little while. It started with rain and then turned to snow. The wind was up to 45-miles-per-hour for a while. We lost tree branches from our fir trees.

COTTONWOOD -- Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you. This is a day to honor your loved ones and let them know how special they are to you.

COTTONWOOD -- The groundhog saw his shadow in our area so there will be six more weeks of winter. The roads were very icy a few times this last week. It makes you remember how to drive defensively.

KEUTERVILLE -- The 43rd annual Keuterville Holy Cross dinner is set for Sunday, Feb. 9, taking place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Keuterville Hall. 

Several local children were winners in a USFS poster contest.