October 2009 Archives
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7:46 AM Wed, Oct 28, 2009
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Teen girl rescued from abandoned mill
Firefighters rescued a 13-year-old girl Tuesday night after she fell while playing in an abandoned grain mill.
The mill is on Main Street near Simplot Boulevard in Caldwell.
Firefighters say the girl climbed a ladder inside the building to the top, then fell about 20 feet off a platform and got stuck.
The rescue effort went well. By 9pm the girl was safe.
"They said they were just playing. They said they come over here all the time and play. It is marked no trespassing and there is a fence around," said Caldwell Fire Deputy Chief Steve Donahue.
Rescuers say she had minor injuries, including a possible broken ankle.
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6:13 AM Thu, Oct 22, 2009
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Meridian hotel robbed
MERIDIAN - Police are looking for a suspect in a robbery at the Marriot Hotel near Eagle and Overland roads.
They say at about 3 a.m. Thursday, a man walked into the lobby and demanded money from the front desk clerk, who was working alone. The clerk says the robber did not show a weapon. No injuries have been reported.
Police describe the suspect as a white man, possibly in his late 20s, with dirty blond hair and a goatee. They say he was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, baseball cap, and long jean shorts at the time.
Investigators are reviewing surveillance video from the hotel.
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7:03 AM Mon, Oct 19, 2009
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Students will begin receiving swine flu vaccinations today
BOISE - Students in the two largest school districts in the state will have the opportunity today to get the H1N1 vaccine.
If you want the vaccine for your student there's some important information you should know.
The vaccines will start with elementary kids and work up to high school students.
The two school districts that will receive the vaccinations first are boise and meridian.
Today central district health personnel will be working with teams of school nurses to give students the vaccine.
The first shipment of the vaccine came in the form of nasal spray which the health department says is a good match for children.
Strike teams and school nurses will travel from school-to-school giving the vaccine.
It's important to send your student to school with a consent form already filled out.
Because the c-d-h-d will be busy at the schools, this week the immunizations clinic in boise will be closed, they will reopen the 26th of october.
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8:26 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009
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Police arrest bank robbery getaway driver
Oregon police arrested a getaway driver in connection with an armed robbery this week.
The Valley Community Credit Union in Nampa was robbed on Tuesday.
Police say Wendi A. Wood is charged with aiding and abetting.
Police are still looking for Christopher Darr.
An arrest warrant is out for him.
Police think Darr could be traveling in a white PT Cruiser with Idaho plates 2CBN940.
If you have information please call police at 343-COPS.
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7:24 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009
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Horseshoe Bend Schools Closed Today
The entire school district in Horseshoe Bend has canceled all its classes today.
School Superintendent John Cook says 30% of his students are out with the flu.
He says 82 of their 315 students in the district were home sick yesterday.
The flu hasn't only hit students teachers have also caught the virus.Cook hopes by giving them a three day weekend that will be enough time for them to recover.
Eight teachers are sick with the flu right now.
Cook plans on opening the school on Monday
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6:44 AM Thu, Oct 15, 2009
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Police seek help looking for Boise woman
New this morning, investigators are looking for a missing Boise woman.
Judith Hallum was last seen around noon on Tuesday, Oct. 13th when she dropped her son off at Fairmont Junior High.
Police want the public's help finding her and think she may be driving a four-door green Kia Sephia.
The license plate number is 1A HF331.
