Velma Darlene Adkins passed away at home on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. She was born April 22, 1941 in Declo, ID, to Joseph Earl Allen and Ormy Delores Divine Allen. She was the fourth of seven children: Joe, Jude, Marylyn,…
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W. Scott Rudeen, M.D. 11-8-23
Scott Rudeen was born April 2, 1947, the first of seven children to Claire Scott Rudeen and Mary Lou Jones Rudeen. He passed away at home in Twin Falls on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Scott graduated from American Falls High…
Vernon Bethke 11-8-23
Vernon Louis Bethke, August 11, 1935 – October 29, 2023, a lifelong resident of American Falls, ID. Vernon grew up along with three brothers on his parent’s American Falls farm. Ade and Bertha Tiede Bethke raised a boy who loved…
Humberto Reyes Castañeda 11-1-23
Humberto Reyes Castañeda passed away Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 in Rupert, ID. He was born May 29, 1941 in Del Rio, TX, the son of Pablo and Mary “Santo” Reyes Castañeda. He married Yolanda Bosquez on March 15, 1959 and…
Olga Cavazos Pena 11-1-23
Olga Cavazos Pena, 76, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, returned to her Heavenly Father and beautiful gardens in heaven on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Olga was born on Dec. 8, 1946…
Richard Melvin Morris 11-1-23
June 8, 1928 – October 23, 2023 Richard’s best friend once told him that he was nearly impossible to insult. It was just one reason that he had so many best friends. Richard, 95, died on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023…
Hepolita Cantu 10-25-23
Our dear Mother, Hepolita Navarro Cantu, sadly passed away on September 14, 2023 in Temecula, CA, at the age of 91 years old. She was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who was always there when we needed her.…
Jessie Dale Grimmett 10-25-23
03/28/1941 – 10/19/2023 Jessie Dale Grimmett, a woman of deep faith, gentle spirit, and unyielding love, was called home Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. She was born in Aberdeen, ID, on March 28, 1941, to Jesse and Mary Holt. Jessie was…
AFHS boys’ soccer wins District Championship
The American Falls High School boys’ soccer team won their sixth straight District Championship Wednesday night, Oct. 11, 2-0 over a tough Aberdeen team. The team will enter the state tournament at Vallivue High School in Caldwell Thursday, Oct. 19,…
Power County cops, state trooper involved in slow tractor chase
The Power County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call Sunday, Oct. 8, at 7:56 p.m. from a man reporting a disturbance at a residence on North Pleasant Valley Road, approximately 10 miles northwest of American Falls. The disturbance involved a…