“A Smithfield woman dropped harassment charges against her sister for sending a text message about her breast implants.” — Dan Metcalf Jr (Continued…)

“Putting old pictures of Smithfield on the walls, installing lettering on the outside wall marking the building as “Smithfield City,” installing a chambers sound system and rebuilding the council dais are among things yet to be done — turns out the dais put in is too tall and hides councilmembers from the audience.” — Jay Patrick (Continued…)

A surprise windstorm hit Richmond, Utah on Wednesday afternoon. (Continued…)

Loved your piece on Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride. The amount raised was a bit off. To date it is $1.5 million. Thought you may like this press release the NMSS sent out today. Thanks for writing about the event and hope you come out again. (Continued…)

Utah cyclists raised $140,000 this weekend for Multiple Sclerosis research. The “Bike MS: Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride 2010” was a two-day, all-valley ride. Saturday, riders went as far north as Dayton, Idaho before returning through Rimchond and Amalga to the starting point at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Sunday they went south to Paradise, past Hyrum Dam, through Wellsville, Mendon and back to the fairgrounds. (Continued…)

“The text said that because of Hansen’s new breast implants, she could now apply for a job at the Hooter’s restaurant. Hansen was offended by the text and went to Smithfield City Police Department with her complaint.” — Marco Ortiz (Continued…)

“Here’s how it works: 4,000 gallons per minute is diverted from Summit Creek through a pipe, which runs about 50 feet underground before dumping into a cement vault containing the turbines. The water runs through the vault and into a pipe that takes the water back to the creek. The turbines can generate a maximum of 1 kilowatt per hour — together enough to power two homes. Two more turbines will go into the vault in the future.” — Jay Patrick (Continued…)

The Utah Humanities Council’s Human Ties Awards recognize exemplary public humanities programs. In 2010, just three projects have been selected for this honor from the hundreds of activities that have taken place in the past year. This year, William Thornley spearheaded a project to share some of Smithfield’s heritage through dozens of oral histories, and will be receiving the Human Ties Award. (Continued…)

The Herald Journal reports that body was found in Smithfield Wednesday morning. (Continued…)

CACHE COUNTY — A new mosquito season has begun. Cache Mosquito Abatement District (CMAD) workers this week began checking areas of standing water for mosquito larvae and are finding high numbers present. Larvacide is being applied to attack the mosquitoes before they become airborne. This minimizes fogging to kill the adult, airborne mosquitoes. (Continued…)

Shareholders of a local canal company have voted to seek a loan to fund their portion of the canal renovation. Keith Meikle, President of the Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield Canal Company — also called the “upper” canal company — said the vote was part of a special Monday night meeting. (Continued…)

The Herald Journal is running a story on the 215th home built in Smithfield by the Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation. (Continued…)

A minor, 4.9 earthquake hit near Randolph, Utah at 5:59 p.m. Thursday evening. The quake was felt by people as far away as Salt Lake City. Logan resident, T.J. Hilton reported on twitter that the floor swayed slightly and the doors rattled for a second. Others report feeling dizzy or feeling their chair sway. (Continued…)

The need for Rocky Mountain Power employees to regularly enter Smithfield customers’ property to read electric meters is coming to an end. Automated electric meters will be installed on the homes and businesses of approximately 16,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers in Smithfield beginning Tuesday. The meter installations are expected to be completed by the end of May. (Continued…)

A vacant building collapsed Thursday night in Richmond, bringing emergency crews from throughout the valley to the north Cache town and knocking down some power lines while shutting down U.S. Highway 91 for a time. (Continued…)

SMITHFIELD—No one was injured in a two vehicle accident that flipped a postal truck on it’s side last evening. “The red car hit, broadsided the mail truck,” said Todd Elwood who witnessed the accident at the intersection of 300 South and 100 West. “You can see where it spun around on two wheels and then it just tipped over.” (Continued…)