Health Alert: Bat found in Lemhi County tests positive for rabies

KIFI on September 9, 2025

News Release

The following is a news release from Eastern Idaho Public Health:

LEMHI COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) — EIPH has confirmed that a bat found in Lemhi County has tested positive for rabies. Rabies is a fatal viral illness in humans and other animals. Household pets and other animals can be exposed to the virus by playing with sick bats that can no longer fly normally.

While most bats are harmless and do not carry rabies, they are the only animal in Idaho that is a natural reservoir for the virus. Vaccination against rabies for humans and animals is important to protect against illness.

Ken Anderson, Epidemiologist at Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH) states, “It is important if you have been bitten, scratched, or have come in close contact with a bat to contact your health care provider immediately. Rabies is fatal once symptoms appear, but it can be prevented almost 100% of the time when the rabies vaccine and other medical therapies are administered soon after the exposure occurs.”

To protect yourself and your pets, EIPH offers the following tips:

Do not touch a bat with your bare hands. If you have contact with a bat or wake up to find a bat in your house, seek medical advice immediately. Collect the bat in a plastic bag without touching it, wash your hands thoroughly, and call your local public health office for possible testing. Any bat found in a home should be tested for rabies if there is any suspicion that exposure to a person or pet might have occurred. The teeth of a bat are very small, and it is possible to be bitten while sleeping without feeling it.

Because household pets and other animals can be exposed to the virus through contact with sick bats, it is important to make sure that animals (dogs, cats, horses, etc.) are up to date on vaccinations against rabies. If your household pet brings a dead bat home, collect it in a plastic bag without touching it, wash your hands thoroughly, and call your local public health office for possible testing. Also, contact your veterinarian to make sure your animal’s rabies vaccinations are up-to-date.

Parents should teach their children to avoid bats, never bring them to school for show-and-tell, and to let an adult know if they find one.

Bat-proof your home by plugging all holes in siding and maintaining tight-fitting screens on windows. Bats can enter through holes the size of a quarter.

Call EIPH epidemiologists at (208) 533-3152 to determine whether testing the bat for rabies is indicated. If it is determined that you or your pet may be at risk of exposure to rabies, testing of the bat is a free service.

For information about bat proofing your home, visit the CDC Rabies page.

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Madison County lifts burn ban, urges continued caution under drought conditions

KIFI on September 9, 2025

News Team

REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) — Effective immediately, the Madison County Fire Department, in partnership with the Board of County Commissioners of Madison County, has cancelled the temporary open fire ban. The temporary ban began on August 1.

“Madison Fire Department thanks our community members for their efforts to prevent wildfire. The community was very responsive to the burn restrictions issued earlier this summer,” said Chief Corey Child. “Our community members worked diligently to prevent ignition and report any fire in a timely manner. Their efforts directly impacted the amount and size of fire in Madison County.”

While the burn restrictions have been lifted, fire officials ask that residents remember the area is still experiencing drought conditions. MCFD encourages the public to recreate safely and responsibly with fire. For more information, click HERE.

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Local businesses join FIND Food Bank for Action Hunger Awareness Month

KESQ on September 9, 2025

Hernán Quintas

Coachella Valley businesses are joining the movement to end hunger. Telemundo 15 anchor Hernan Quintas spoke with Katie Finn, owner of Desert Wine Shop in La Quinta, who shared her personal story on why this campaign is crucial to our community.

Finn is no stranger to serving up some of the best wine found in the desert, but now she is uncorking a special promotion to help stamp out hunger.

“We are putting together some three-bottle promotional gift packs for Find Food Bank for Hunger Action Awareness Month. These are different price points, different bottles that I’ve put together and curated for great hostess,” Finn said

Finn is no stranger to the FIND Food Bank. For the last five years, the unique wine shop has been supporting this campaign to end hunger.

“We appreciate the local support of businesses like Katie at the wine shop to step up to the plate, so to speak, to be able to say, while you’re doing your normal course of activities in La Quinta or other cities in the valley, and you have an opportunity to also support fine food bank, please do that, especially during Hunger Action Month,” said La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans.

And even though Katie never experienced food insecurity herself, her mom as an educator here in the Coachella Valley, saw the need directly. 

“When my mother became a school teacher in Palm Springs, she became aware that a lot of times the lunch provided breakfast or lunch was the only meal that these kids would ever get, and so she stocked a utility cabinet full of snacks that she would buy in bulk, and realizing that, you know, you can’t do you can’t learn if you’re hungry, you can’t Focus, you can’t concentrate,” Finn said.

Debbie Espinoza, President/CEO of the FIND Food Bank, added, “So it’s not just the kids. We’re looking at a community-wide effort to make sure that the kids and their families are taken care of, as well as our fixed-income seniors. They may be coming in from the summertime, where they were in higher need, but they still are in need during the time of school. They’re very active. They have to take tests. They have to make sure that they can do well in school, and it takes healthy and nutritious food that they have regular access to at all times in order to be able to do that.”

“I think my mother would be very proud that we’re supporting the fine food bank and helping people not be food insecure,” Finn said.

Both FIND and the City of La Quinta are grateful to all local businesses for their support and extend an invitation. Hunger Action Month campaign runs throughout the month of September, and it is not too late for other businesses to join in. 

“FIND Food Bank, which is the Regional Food Bank that serves our area, wants to thank all of the cities and all of the businesses, like desert wine shop, like the city of La Quinta, for lighting up orange, for creating really beautiful packages where people can both support local business as well as supporting local ending hunger initiatives, so that everybody is taken care of here in our community,” Espinoza said.

Evans added, “So any challenge to these city officials that are listening or watching other cities, please make sure that you get behind FIND Food Bank, so many of our residents, collectively, are getting services from FIND and we need to get that path out of poverty, and by helping food insecurity, we can do that together.”

List of local businesses participating:1)Desert Wine Shop in La Quinta    •    Selling special 3 bottle wine packs where 100% of the proceeds will be donated to FIND    •    Promo runs from 9/1-9/302) Nutrishop in Indio     •    donating 10% of sales from the store on Monday 9/8/253) Handel’s Ice Cream (3 locations)    •    donating 20% of sales from all 3 locations in Indio, La Quinta and Palm Desert Thursday 10/2/254) Grill-A-Burger in Palm Desert    •    Monthlong milk shake campaign 9/1-9/30, portion of each milkshake sold will be donated to FIND in addition to a second promo below    •    20% of Sales from Tuesday 9/30/25 donated to FIND5) La Fe Wine Bar in Palm Desert    •    wine event (date TBC) check out our website for updates on the wine event6) Burgers & Beer in La Quinta and Rancho Mirage    •    more details coming soon

And to be clear, it’s not just businesses that can be part of this campaign; you too can be a part of the Hunger Action Month.  

Details can be found on findfoodbank.org/events

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Rolling Stone: Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G to headline Coachella 2026

KESQ on September 9, 2025

Jesus Reyes

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Two of the headliners for the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival might be set, according to a report by Rolling Stone.

The Rolling Stone reported on Tuesday that Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G will be among the headliners next year. Both artists have performed at Coachella in recent years: Karol G in 2022 and Carpenter in 2024.

Goldenvoice, operators of the festival, are looking to lock down the final two headliners, Rolling Stone wrote.

The Coachella line-up has not been officially released. In recent years, the line has been released as early as November and as late as January.

Coachella will take place on the weekends of April 10-12 and 17-19, 2026 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing festival updates.

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Crash leaves motorcyclist with serious injuries, shuts down Callaway County highway

KMIZ on September 9, 2025

Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries Tuesday in a crash that shut down part of Highway 54 for more than an hour.

The driver of the 2009 Honda GL1800, a 31-year-old man from Marthasville, Missouri, suffered serious injuries when he rear-ended an SUV on westbound Highway 54 near Fulton, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The man was not wearing a helmet, the report states.

The SUV driver suffered minor injuries. Both drivers were taken by University Hospital by ambulance.

The crash shut down westbound Highway 54 while the road was cleared.

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Multi-week closure announced for portion of sidewalk on East Broadway in downtown Columbia

KMIZ on September 9, 2025

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A portion of sidewalk in downtown Columbia will be closed for several weeks, according to a Tuesday press release from the city.

The sidewalk in front of the McKinney Building at 411 East Broadway (between Fourth and Fifth streets) closed on Tuesday evening.

An exact date for the sidewalk to reopen was not listed, but the city wrote it would last several weeks. Repairs are being made to the McKinney Building.  

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Texas Roadhouse teams up with Kyler Murphy Foundation for statewide fundraiser

KYMA on September 9, 2025

Andrea Turisk

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A popular restaurant chain is teaming up with an NFL star’s foundation to give back to Arizona communities.

On Monday, September 15, Texas Roadhouse will host a statewide fundraiser benefiting the Kyler Murray Foundation.

From 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., 20 locations across Arizona, including Yuma, will donate 10% of each bill when guests mention the fundraiser.

The foundation supports undeserved youth, Veterans, and cancer patients through programs focused on healing and opportunity. 

In addition, the foundation will be donating five signed jerseys and cleats “as an ‘Enter to Win’ for in-person or order-to-go guests at the fundraiser.”

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Buc-ees on the Ballot: Your guide to the Palmer Lake special recall election

KRDO on September 9, 2025

Michael Logerwell

PALMER LAKE, Colo. (KRDO) – Tonight, Palmer Lake residents have a choice: Do they want a Buc-ees in their community?

There are three questions on the September 9 Special Election Ballot.

Do you want to recall Town Trustee Kevin Dreher?

Do you want to recall Town Trustee Shana Ball?

Then you have the option to vote for two of the three potential candidates to replace Dreher and/or Ball if they are recalled.

Those candidates are: Roger Moseley, John Marble, and Elizabeth Harris

Should voter approval be required for land annexations?

The third and final question about the land annexation ordinance says,

“Any proposal to annex land into the Town of Palmer Lake shall be subject to approval by a majority vote of the registered electors of the Town of Palmer Lake at a regular or special municipal election. No annexation shall be deemed effective unless and until it has been approved by the voters in accordance with this ordinance.”

If passed, this ordinance would go into effect immediately, and the ballot language says it would retroactively apply to “any annexation approved by the Town Board of Trustees within one year prior to the effective date of this ordinance but not yet finalized.” That includes those pending legal challenges or awaiting infrastructure developments.

This is a mail-in only election. There is no in-person voting. All ballots need to be turned in to the town hall during business hours and received by the Town Clerk by 7:00 p.m. for the vote to be counted. A vote tally will be announced tonight, but that will not be the final result. The results will be finalized by September 19 at the latest.

A sample ballot for the election can be found below:

Palmer Lake 0909 sample ballotDownload

Residents at the ballot

KRDO13 spoke to residents who say they are excited to put this division behind them.

“I feel like this is a great waste of our time and money, but I’m still exercising my right to vote so that I can have my voice be heard,” says Sam Teres, Palmer Lake resident.

Many residents told KRDO13 that they don’t recognize the town they’ve known all their lives since the first Buc-ee’s meeting nine months ago.

The 1st Buc-ee’s Meeting: Buc-ees met with fiery response by Monument Hill residents at public comment over proposed store

“I just feel like it’s kind of local politics gotten ugly, unfortunately,” said Teres.

Residents told KRDO13 that they hope the town can heal after the Buc-ees issue is resolved.

“Obviously, I’d like to see the community come back together. Whatever decision is the best decision for the town of Palmer Lake,” says Rob McKie, Palmer Lake resident.

If recalled, the new trustees will be put into office at the first trustee meeting after the election is certified on September 18th or 19th.

As of 10:30 p.m., the results of the election have not been announced.

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Fulton man accused in south Columbia road rage incident

KMIZ on September 9, 2025

Mitchell Kaminski

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Columbia police arrested a Fulton man Tuesday after a report of shots fired in a busy commercial area.

Arnold R. Phillips, 77, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, unlawful gun use and armed criminal action.

The Columbia Police Department says in a news release that one vehicle was hit by a bullet but no one was injured.

The incident happened in the 1200 block of Grindstone Parkway, near a shopping center that includes Walmart and Goodwill stores.

Columbia Police Department spokesman Brian McNeill wrote in an email that officers found evidence of shots being fired and property damage, though no injuries have been reported. Another person was detained at the scene, but was let go around 4:15 p.m.

Five CPD cruisers were at the scene and at least two vehicles were pulled over.

This marks the second publicly reported road rage arrest in Columbia this week, after police say, 19-year-old Denver Thai nearly crashed into another driver while pulling into a Columbia parking garage, then allegedly pointed a gun and shouted at the man before he drove away.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, since 2019, an average of 373 drivers have died in road rage incidents each year. Many of these incidents have been the result of gun violence, with road rage resulting in an average of 601 incidents of gun violence per year since 2020. 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol tells ABC 17 News that these types of incidents are uncommon. So far this year, Mid-Missouri has already seen several notable road rage incidents, which include a deadly shooting at a Columbia McDonald’s, where 32-year-old Derek Gonzalez was killed. 

Other incidents of note include: 

March 17 – Columbia: Richard McDonald, 62, was charged in two separate road rage cases where he allegedly brandished a gun while driving aggressively in Columbia and on Interstate 70.

March 19 – Columbia: Jarrod Whelchel of Mexico, was charged after allegedly flashing a gun at another driver on Highway 63 during a road rage altercation.

June 24 – Columbia: Jadon Gooldy, 20, received probation after admitting to firing a gun during a road rage incident in april, one of two felony weapons cases tied to him this year.

Aug. 27 – Saline County: Mason Mayhew, of Boonville, was charged after allegedly firing shots from a Nissan at another vehicle on I-70, causing a crash that injured multiple people.

The Department of Motor Vehicles advises drivers to defuse road rage by keeping plenty of space between vehicles, avoiding obscene gestures and pulling over to a safe location if you feel threatened.

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City of Greenfield considers new sewer rates to replace wastewater treatment plant

KION on September 9, 2025

Katie Nicora

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Greenfield is considering increasing sewer rates as a way to pay for the replacement of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

A city report says the new plant is expected to cost more than $110 million.

The same report suggests modernizing the sewer rate structure and new capacity charges to help finance it.

The new structure would see a uniform fixed charge for each structure along with a variable charge per each thousand gallons of water up to five thousand gallons.

The average single family rate payer would see their payment increase from an average of about $63 per month to a little over $91 per month next year.

Non-single family bills will vary based on water use.

Greenfield could also apply for grants and a small loan to pay for the project, or it could borrow the full amount, which could see rates increase even more to prepare for higher annual payments.

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