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Grand Marshals Clyde and Norma Nielsen: Meet the Spanish Fork Candy Bomber

<div class="grid_1 vertIconBar alpha">This year’s Fiesta Days grand marshals are Clyde and Norma Nielsen, Spanish Fork residents for more than 40 years.“We are lucky enough to live by Clyde and Norma Nielsen,” Ashley Christiansen said. “They are an incredible couple that ...

Bring your bathtub or whatever to the soap box derby

Kids and adults who have the wish to be like a kid are invited to the fifth annual Soap Box derby held in conjunction with American Fork’s Steel Days celebration.It will be Tuesday, July 7, with racing beginning at 6:30 p.m. on a course on 740 North, on the north side of the city ...

How to get ready for Fiesta Days: Top tips to enjoy the celebration

<div class="b_slug">Whether you are a first-time visitor or a long time participant to Fiesta Days in Spanish Fork, you will want to know what top tips residents shared on how to prepare for the city celebration.“Bring sunblock because it’s going to be really hot,” said ...

Nathan Osmond to headline Steel Days concert

Magic, comedy and music will bring the annual Steel Days celebration to a close with the Big Show on July 11.Country music singer-songwriter Nathan Osmond will perform his hits in a concert that is free to the public. The event will be in the Art Dye Complex, 1000 N. 550 East, American ...

Fling into the fun at Highland’s city celebration

Highland games, BMX bikes, a fine arts show, parade, 5K, baby contest, concert and fireworks — there’s something for everybody who attends the Highland Fling during the end of July.The theme for the celebration, “Love For Home,” evokes different feelings for various people. Highland ...

Time-tested traditions and new event for families at Santaquin Orchard Days

Much thought and effort has gone into planning for the annual celebration of Santaquin Orchard Days, which will include cherished traditions in addition to new family-friendly activities.On July 27 from 6 to 9 p.m., residents can participate in the city’s family night and the event’s new ...

Rodeos a sure crowd-pleaser at Santaquin city celebration

A city celebration isn’t complete without a rodeo, and nowhere is that more true than Santaquin and its award-winning Orchard Days rodeo.According to Paige Steele, rodeo chairman, Santaquin has earned the distinction of Rocky Mountain Professional Rodeo Association “Rodeo of the Year” the ...

Art showcase just one of the Highland Fling highlights

Highland is known as a great city — it is beautiful, it is clean, it is safe and it has a lot of things going on all the time to draw the community together. Those are artist Shauna Holt’s feelings about her adopted hometown.As a 30-year resident and chair of the Highland City Art Council, ...

Buhler family marks 100 years of Highland farming

Alma Buhler rode the train from Midway to American Fork with the intent to buy a farm in 1915. He was told there was a 180-acre farm for sale in Highland. With $15 in his pocket he headed that way.Though the farm has since been reduced from 180 to 80 acres over time and is now a 30-acre spread, ...

Candy Bomber to drop 1000 candy bars over Scera Park event

He’s known throughout the world as the famous "Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings," so when Cries of Freedom announced that Gail Halvorsen would be dropping 1,000 candy bars at Scera Park at 4 p.m. Friday, July 3, people in and out the state took notice.Recently featured in the full-length ...