What: ”Father of the Bride” Who: Imagination Theater Where: Imagination Theater, located on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville When: Thursday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Sept. 25. Shows are Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. In addition, two Saturday night shows will be held Sept. 10 and 17, [...]

The El Dorado County Environmental Management and Health Services departments received confirmation Wednesday, Aug. 31, that a bird found in El Dorado County has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first for 2011. The bird, a swallow, was found Aug. 22 south of the town of El Dorado. There have been no human cases [...]

U. S. Marine Corps Corporal Steven J. Ulrich, son of Steven W. and Teresa Ulrich of El Dorado Hills, is being deployed in September to Sangin, Afghanistan located in the volatile region of the Helmand Province. He is currently assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines based at Twenty Nine Palms, where he recently completed [...]

By Tiffany Kennedy Mother Lode News Stuart John Porter of Georgetown was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in state prison for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor under 16 years of age. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department first received a report alleging child molestation on Nov. 13, 2009, involving a 14-year-old girl and a [...]

Air Force Airman Ryan M. Riggen graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward [...]

Scott Cowan of Boy Scout Troop 88 in Placerville, which is part of the Golden Council Empire, performed his Eagle Scout project the weekend of Aug. 13 on the Rubicon Trail in El Dorado County. Braving warm temperatures and dry Sierra Nevada conditions, Cowan and his crew walked the trail and completed the project in [...]

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — A California Highway Patrol helicopter was used to rescue a man who suffered a head injury following a fall at Lower Eagle Falls Saturday afternoon. The man slipped and hit his head while walking near the falls about 3:30 p.m., said Les Lovell, a lieutenant with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s [...]