Car plows through house, 1 arrested
A 30 year-old Madera man was arrested after he lost control at a fairly high rate of speed and plowed through the front door of a house, through the living room and then into the rear wall of the house in the 300 block of Adell Street, according to the Madera Police Department. No other […]
Opinion: Test, and patience
This was passed along by a friend, the great Jim Dedmon: Regarding the coronavirus that endangers us: We are not human beings going through a scary, perhaps even fatal human experience in which we are challenged by a devil in viral form that we can’t see. We are spiritual beings going through a temporary human […]
Supervisors approve pandemic relief program for local small businesses
The Madera County Board of Supervisors has approved a Small Business Pandemic Assistance Grant program to help support small businesses located in Madera County, including the cities of Madera and Chowchilla. The County will partner with the Madera County Economic Development Commission to disperse over $3.8 Million in the form of small business grants. The […]
Man killed in SR41 crash
A 27-year-old Fresno man was killed after he lost control of his 2004 Dodge Durango SUV, struck an embankment and overturned as he drove south on State Route 41 just north of Road 406, according to the California Highway Patrol. The man’s name is not being released pending notification of next of kin. Two other […]
Madera Unified hires 30 permanent teacher subs
Thirty permanent teacher substitutes went to work Thursday to begin their training in distance learning so that they will be ready to fill in for MUSD teachers who are absent during the 2020-2021 school year. Each substitute has been assigned to one school (with the exception of Eastin Arcola, La Vina, and Dixieland). In this […]
Letter: City girl meets feed store staff
It was straight out of BIG CITY L.A. in 1978 that we arrived in Small Town Madera with two horses in tow. Besides finding residence for the human members of our family, we needed assistance for an equine domicile and all that goes with it. Upon the recommendation of our new dentist, Dr. T.R. Gustaveson, […]
Another Madera Milestone awaits on the horizon
Sept. 26, 1971, marks a watershed in the history of Madera. On that Sunday afternoon, more than 600 people turned out for the dedication of the Madera Community Hospital. A few of those in the crowd remembered how the whole thing started in 1964, during a meeting between Darwin Shebelut, Dr. Jack Bick, Dr. Gilbert […]
Opinion: An adult orphan
This last week I acquired three mid-1960s vintage, special editions of national magazines. A copy of “Look,” and two copies of “Family Weekly,” magazines. The mailing label of the Look magazine reads Mrs. C. Harold Nordine, the mother of Mrs. Annette Nordine Doud. The Family Weekly magazines were originally distributed by the Bellingham Herald of […]
Opinion: U.S. president resigns on this date
Before you gnash your teeth in despair or pop the cork on a bottle of champagne in celebration, please note that I’m not writing about the current occupant of the White House. It was on this date, Aug. 8, 1974, that Richard Nixon gave a nationwide television address on which he announced that he was […]
Madera South grad still playing sport he loves
Since Aaron Vallez graduated from Madera South in 2014, he is still able to play the sport he loves — baseball. Vallez was enjoying his junior season at York College in Nebraska when his season was shut down and has two more seasons coming up. “Next year, I’ll be a junior, again,” he said. “I […]