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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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Gusting winds caused power outages

BULLHEAD CITY- Sudden strong wind gusts in northwest Arizona resulted in scattered outages throughout the Mohave Electric Cooperative service area this week. MEC crews were battling the elements to restore power to affected areas. According to the National Weather Service website, storms were expected to produce local, strong wind gusts reaching up to 60mph. MEC received reports of around 10 outages affecting approximately 3,000 members scattered throughout our east and west service areas. The first reported power outage took place Tuesday at 8:15 A.M. and power was restored to all members by 8:23 P.M., last night. One of the outages,…

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LHC Manager ordered for professional development

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City Manager Jess Knudson is being directed to engage in some self-improvement activity following marathon deliberations by the city council. Knudson told a local newspaper weeks ago that he was embarrassed by what he called his own misbehavior featured in a You Tube video showing him in drinking environments with a young woman who briefly worked for the city. The council met in executive session last month and for more than six hours twice this week before Mayor Cal Sheehy made an announcement at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. “The council has met in several…

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Arizona man pleads guilty to starting 2019 Cottonwood Creek Fire in Grand Canyon National Park

GRAND CANYON – Following an investigation by Special Agents of the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Services Branch and U.S. Park Ra ngers, Thomas Grabarek, 71, of Flagstaff, Ariz., pled guilty on September 8, 2020 to misdemeanor violations for starting a wildland fire within Grand Canyon National Park. The Cottonwood Creek Fire ignited approximately 64 acres in the Inner Canyon along the Tonto Trail near Horseshoe Mesa. On October 27, 2019, while backpacking near Cottonwood Creek, Grabarek started a fire by lighting toilet paper in an attempt to incinerate it. High winds that day allowed the fire to quickly spread uphill,…

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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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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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