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Janet Arvizu

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I am running for Tracy City Council with a strong love for the community that I have called home for 47 years and with a desire to help it continue to thrive!  Out of the 47 years, I have spent 27 years dedicated to serving on Tracy ...

Nikki Hinrichs

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): Hello. My name is Nikki Hinrichs and I have been a citizen of Tracy for 9 years. I was born and raised in Sibley, Iowa, a small town in northwest Iowa. I have worked in health care for the last 25 years and have been the Social ...

Gordon Crossley

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I was born in southwestern New York State and grew up on a farm. I went to college in GA where I met my wife, Susan, and we have been married for 45 years. We were foster parents for 20 years and I have 4 children and 6 grandchildren. ...

Cheering on success

COTTONWOOD — It was halftime of the Lakeview High school football game against Canby. All of sudden more than 20 little cheerleaders in gray shirts and black leggins stood facing the varsity cheerleaders sitting down in front of the grandstand. With arms twirling around, both squads began ...

Jeri Schons

Personal (please list occupation, education and family): I was born and raised in Tracy. I attended college at the U of M-Morris and SDSU in Brookings, SD. I graduated with my Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and began working at the Tracy Hospital as a Registered Nurse in 1987.  I ...

Hunter Biden laptop issue resurfaces as judge scolds prosecutors over case against ex-FBI officials

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their knowledge of a laptop the Justice Department says belonged to Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden. U.S. Magistrate Zia Faruqui struck from the record an amended criminal complaint filed overnight by the Justice Department that added a new obstruction charge against the two former officials, Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, after concluding that it was ...