Pride of the Barns returns to the Fair
The Madera District Fair is proud to announce the 2025 Junior Livestock Show and Auction, taking place September 2-6. A long-standing tradition of agricultural education, community pride, and youth achievement, the event showcases the dedication of local exhibitors through market projects, breeding projects, and showmanship competitions. The week-long show will culminate in the Junior Livestock […]
County receives Yosemite informational report
The Madera County Board of Supervisors were treated to a rare visit from the interim superintendent for Yosemite National Park at its regular meeting last week. With the intention of building a positive relationship with the park’s neighboring communities, Interim Superintendent of Yosemite National Park, Ray McFadden, made his way downhill to meet with the […]
Big plays lead to big win
The Madera Coyotes football team scored seven touchdowns in its 49-15 win over the Sunnyside Wildcats to open the 2025 season. Three of Madera’s touchdowns went for 288 yards while the other four accounted for 53 yards in a big win Friday night. Lawrence Flores scored on an interception return and a kick off return […]
Hawks power by Spartans
In the many years he has coached the Liberty Hawks football team, head coach Mike Nolte’s mantra has always been to control the line of scrimmage. With one of the best lines in Liberty history, Nolte has the manpower to do just that, and it showed in a 29-7 manhandling of the Strathmore Spartans in […]
Coyotes get rivalry win in four
Despite a second set loss, the Madera Coyotes girls volleyball team did enough for a four-set victory over the Madera South Stallions in Joe Flores Gym. The Stallions took the second set, 25-21. However, in the other three sets, Madera outscored Madera South, 75-46. Both teams were hurt by the serve, either receiving or serving, […]
Book Talk: Greg Iles, ‘The Quiet Game’
I’ve read a few of Greg Iles’ more recent novels, all stand-alones, and I enjoyed each of them. I decided to do a quick search on the Internet to find what else he had written and discovered that he started a series, based on a character named Penn Cage, just before the turn of the […]
Surimi, anyone?
The morning of writing this, I prepared that night’s dinner, which was a form of taco salad. I have had many different versions of taco salad, including the usual one with ground or shredded beef. Also, chicken, halibut, cod, catfish, shrimp and some with nothing but veggies. I like them all, but must admit that […]
Democrats took Madera
In November of 1884, Grover Cleveland was elected to the Presidency of the United States, the first Democrat to be so honored since 1856, and his party was jubilant. Joyous celebrations proliferated throughout the nation, but none like the one thrown in Madera. Most of the nation’s Democrats waited until the votes were counted before […]