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Daily Herald year in review: Remembering acts of community service in 2025

When someone is in need, residents of Utah Valley are often there to help. The community's compassion was exemplified in 2025, when acts of service took place in cities throughout the valley. Here are some important moments of charity covered by the Daily Herald staff this year: Volunteers ...

Polar freeze: Annual Pond Town Polar Plunge discontinued in 2026

The 11th annual Pond Town Polar Plunge, a growing New Year's Day tradition where people jump into the Salem Pond, will not take place Thursday, organizer Jefferson Chase announced Monday.  Chase, a Salem native who started the plunge in 2015, said he is discontinuing the event because, for ...

Fourth person arrested after Eagle Mountain shooting; victim making improvement

A fourth person was arrested in connection with a Dec. 23 shooting in Eagle Mountain, the Utah County Sheriff's Office announced Monday. Leopoldo Gutierrez, 25, of Lehi, was arrested Monday on suspicion of two counts of aggravated attempted murder, 18 counts of felony discharge of a firearm, ...