During the next four days, the fire skipped across dozens of roads and jumped Interstate 15 to burn more than 325,000 acres in Millard and Beaver counties. On Thursday, teams of archaeologists walked five abreast across the range, looking for artifacts and planting flags when they found ancient broken pottery, stone tools and even a pile of trash left here some 50 years ago. But the fire slowed in those early days when it hit the gravel track in Antelope Valley, because on either side of...

Even as steam rose silently from their bare backs, and their muscles strained, the pair calmly went about their business with what looked like a sense of serenity and purpose. The modern way, which uses big machines to harvest trees, is too rough on the environment for Randall's liking, though he said he knows machine-based loggers who do an excellent job. Mechanized logging "Horses are a lot lighter on the land than some of the equipment, but there's new equipment out there that is...

The unidentified infant was properly restrained in the seat and was seated next to the door that took the brunt of the impact with the tractor-trailer. The Chevrolet traveled nearly 100 feet before going up over the curb and a two foot concrete retaining wall that borders the county courthouse before coming to rest. According to an unidentified witnesses at the scene, the tractor-trailer failed to stop. Saturday following an accident involving a tractor-trailer and a small pickup truck....

John Deere has a new line of &#8220bullet rotor STS combines which deliver ultimate harvesting performance to meet the productivity requirements of today's growers. Midwest Messenger: New Products Midwest Messenger. This five-speed drive system delivers 45 percent more feederhouse-drive capacity to allow more productivity from the new 600C Corn Heads. Instead of continuously holding an adjustment switch for a particular setting, the operator is now able to rotate a selection knob to the...

Gresham said it would be impossible to get every hospital staff member, every police officer, every sheriff s deputy and every firefighter in the parade as grand marshals, so the heads of these agencies were chosen, Gresham explained. We will have stilt walkers and antique tractors. Who can deny the fact they did just that during the tornado? Those wishing to participate in the day s contests will need to sign up at 9:30 a. Saturday s train ride to Plains will include entertainment, and...

A King Corn silo sales brochure from the early 1900s sold for $1,700 Friday, fetching the highest price of the 184 items that went on the block during the opening session of a John Deere memorabilia auction held at the John Deere Collectors Center in Moline. A King Corn silo sales brochure from the early 1900s sold for $1,700 Friday, fetching the highest price of the 184 items that went on the block during the opening session of a John Deere memorabilia auction held at the John Deere...