Parkwood water deal OK’d
Author(s): Mark SmithIt’s a temporary fix, but likely a welcome one too, as the Madera City Council this week approved an agreement with Madera County to provide a secure water supply to some 602...
View ArticleNext leg of bullet train gets feds OK
Author(s): Associated PressSACRAMENTO — The U.S. Department of Transportation gave its approval Friday for work to begin on the second leg of California’s proposed $68 billion high-speed rail line,...
View ArticleWater leak causes anger
Author(s): Elsa MejiaBusiness owners neighboring a building on 313 W. Olive Ave., formerly occupied by Mi Rancho Supermarket, complained all week about water leaking from the back of it. Reports...
View ArticleWoman killed along SR 145
Author(s): DJ BeckerA 61-year-old woman from Coarsegold was killed on impact when she lost control of her car on State Route 145, drifted out of her lane and struck an oncoming tour bus head on,...
View ArticleVisitor brings images of Madera’s history home
Author(s): Elsa MejiaThe nephew of the first Madera man to die in World War I visited Maderan’s Veterans of Foreign Wars over the weekend and expanded their hall’s photo gallery with images of his late...
View ArticleBreakfast Lions install new officers
Author(s): Leon EmoThe Madera Breakfast Lions dined on tri-trip and installed new officers and directors Friday evening at the home of outgoing president Steve Von Flue.The duties of the new officials...
View ArticleValley veterans take flight of honor
Author(s): The Madera TribunePart 1 of 2 - By Sammy LaProtoThe phone rang early that Sunday morning in December 1941.Theodore Grizzell wasn’t expecting his boss to call from the Ascot Speedway in...
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Prison officials seek delay of deadline
Author(s): Associated PressSACRAMENTO (AP) — California prison officials on Monday asked for a two-month delay in meeting their first court-ordered target for reducing the state’s inmate population,...
View ArticleYosemite celebrates sesquicentennial
Author(s): Mark SmithOn June 30, 1864, the United States was at war, with neighboring states pitted against each other in the nation’s bloodiest conflict. In the three preceding months, tens of...
View ArticleBaby’s ashes found in trash
Author(s): DJ BeckerMADERA RANCHOS — A man recycling metal recently found a small, worn metal container decorated with a kneeling angel. When he looked closer, he discovered the sealed box contained...
View ArticleValley veterans gain closure from Honor Flight
Author(s): The Madera TribuneBy Sammy LoProto - Part 2 of 2Many World War II veterans among the Central Valley Honor Flight’s group of 67 agreed it would have taken days to view all the engravings,...
View ArticleGang members nabbed
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneTwo known Norteño gang members, one in possession of a loaded AK-47 assault rifle, were arrested late Monday afternoon after they attempted to flee from a residence in...
View ArticleValley native to perform in ‘Legends’
Author(s): Farin MontanezOne of the clowns who will tumble through the Selland Arena this week as part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is a Valley native.Rudy Uresti, 30, who was born in...
View ArticleGirls talk abstinence in Choose Purity sessions
Author(s): Elsa MejiaGirls and young women met recently to talk about dating and abstinence during Choose Purity, a campaign a church is trying to promote throughout Madera. Prayer, song and scripture...
View ArticleGolf, entertainment, fireworks at golf course on Friday
Author(s): Leon EmoThe Madera Parks and Community Services Department will host the city’s annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular on Friday at Madera Municipal Golf course at the corner of Avenue...
View ArticleFirework sales help local nonprofits
Author(s): Elsa MejiaOfficials ask public to set them off safelyAs the Fourth of July draws near, more loud bangs are heard throughout Madera and officials are asking the public to be safe and take...
View ArticleClass graduates Citizens Police Academy
Author(s): Mark SmithThe Madera Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy held its first graduation ceremony this week, and several residents who participated said they came away from the course with...
View ArticleIntersection crash injures two
Author(s): DJ BeckerA three-vehicle collision at the intersection of Road 26 and Avenue 17 sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.The incident...
View ArticleConstruction aids Valley economy
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneThe June San Joaquin Valley Business Conditions Index points to growth for the 18th time in the past 19 months, despite slipping slightly from May. The overall index...
View ArticleCounty industry meeting planned
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneState business incentives to be its focus Madera County Supervisors Rick Farinelli and Tom Wheeler are inviting manufacturing and industrial businesses in Madera County...
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