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Sorenson charged in campground rape

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man has been arrested for allegedly raping a sleeping woman at the Crazy Horse campground. The 39-year-old victim and her daughter ended up in an altercation with her alleged assailant about 12:30 a.m., on Sept. 7. The woman told officers she was being raped by 30-year-old Jeremy Sorenson when she woke up. The daughter said Sorenson walked by her and into her mother’s bedroom after asking where she was. A physical fight ensued when Sorenson exited the bedroom several minutes later, according to a police report. It said Sorenson twice punched the…

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Adult mosquito control in Mohave Valley Friday

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mosquito surveillance conducted this week in Mohave Valley by the Mohave County Environmental Health Division (MCEHD) revealed the following locations that met the protocol to conduct fogging.  (The MCEHD uses the CDC’s recommended matrix as a guide of when to fog.) FOGGING: Adult mosquito control application will begin on Friday evening September 11 around 8:00 pm, weather permitting. Baron Pest Control was awarded the contract to provide fogging services within Mohave County and will be conducting the ground fogging application. Areas in Mohave Valley to fog include: ·       South of Courtwright Rd to Cheyenne Drive and east and…

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Simple principles for a great day

Dear Editor, Work hard. You feel better and have more money working than if you are doing nothing. Your job is not forever. Visualize the work you want to do and then move your life toward that kind of work. This may require training. Working a low-level paying job in the profession or industry of interest to gain knowledge will help. Be flexible realizing the work you are doing now is preparing you for other opportunities. Working jobs, you don’t enjoy will still provide valuable lessons for wherever you want to be later in life. You will also have some…

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Havasu drug dealer takes plea deal

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A drug dealer from Lake Havasu City has entered a mandatory prison plea agreement to prevent the longer sentence he would receive if convicted of all counts at trial. Scott Holdren, 54, pleaded guilty on Sept. 1 to possession of dangerous drugs for sale and misconduct involving weapons. Prosecutor Jacob Cote informed the Court that Holdren was the subject of a July 7 traffic stop on McCulloch Blvd., south of highway 95. He said officers confiscated a handgun from the vehicle and that Holdren was a prohibited possessor by virtue of a prior felony conviction. Cote…

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Meth, heroin seized in traffic stop

FT. MOHAVE – Late Aug. drug seizures and arrests in Fort Mohave are reported in a news release issued Wednesday by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputy observation of a non-working license plate light led to an 8:53 p.m., Aug. 28 traffic stop in the 4500 block of Camino Viuda. Mortensen said the driver and passenger were directed to get back inside after they exited the vehicle. She said the driver, Scott Bellue, 53, Bullhead City, indicated he was not in possession of a driver’s license and that a records check indicated it had been…

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Fifty-seven bison successfully relocated from the North Rim

GRAND CANYON – On September 4, in cooperation with the InterTribal Buffalo Council, Kaibab National Forest, and Arizona Game and Fish Department, National Park Service (NPS) staff successfully relocated 57 bison from the North Rim. All bison were transferred to the InterTribal Buffalo Council, who successfully transported them to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Kans.), Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (S. Dak.), Santee Sioux Tribe (Nebr.), and Modoc Nation (Okla.). Eleven additional bison were outfitted with tracking collars and released during the corralling process. The collaring was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Service in order for park wildlife biologists…

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