Did you miss your news last week? Here’s a selection of the week’s top news items from across Snohomish County as they appeared in The Herald. For the full stories, go to www.heraldnet.com.
Sunday, Sept. 4
So far from home. Clay Isbell figured he could always return to his home in New Orleans. But after Katrina struck, with no home to return to and living in a one-bedroom Houston hotel room, Isbell, his daughter, Amanda, 11, and his fiance, Lynn McDaniel, decided to drive 36 hours to her aunt’s house in Lynnwood.
Krista Kapralos
Monday, Sept. 5
Growth spurs Marysville bond. Marysville voters will decide Sept. 20 whether they are willing to increase their taxes to build new schools and improve existing ones. The $171 million proposal would cost $1.32 per $1,000 of assessed property value.
Eric Stevick
Tuesday, Sept. 6
Tougher to buy Sudafed. Some changes await Sudafed customers and retailers starting Oct. 1, when Washington launches a new offensive against methamphetamine. Batches of the drug are often made using a mix of cold medications and chemicals.
Jerry Cornfield
Wednesday, Sept. 7
Man tells police he killed offenders. A man arrested in the shooting deaths of two convicted child rapists in Bellingham tried to plead guilty Tuesday before he was even charged. Michael Anthony Mullen, 35, turned himself in to police late Monday.
Bellingham Herald
Thursday, Sept. 8
Car hits two girls. Two eighth-grade girls were hit by a car Wednesday while waiting for a school bus to take them to their first day of classes at Olympic View Middle School. Police are investigating whether the driver, a 52-year-old Mountlake Terrace man, suffered a seizure before he crashed into the girls.
Diana Hefley
Friday, Sept. 9
I-5 nightmare to last years. Construction starts today on an ambitious $220 million bid to add new lanes, bridges and exit ramps to Everett’s notoriously congested chunk of I-5 between U.S. 2 and Highway 526.
Lukas Velush
Saturday, Sept. 10
O, say can you sing? Two dozen boys in Shelley Logan’s eighth-grade choir class at Evergreen Middle School in Everett on Friday started learning how to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” – part of an effort by music teachers across the country to help kids learn and understand the national anthem.
Melissa Slager
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