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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says a missionary from Chile serving in Guatemala has died after coming in contact with a live electrical wire. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spokesman Eric Hawkins identified the woman Sunday as 22-year-old Heidi Andrea Ortega Huber.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mayor says he spent a night on the street and another in a troubled Salt Lake City shelter as he was deciding on the location of a new homeless resource center. Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams said he went undercover with another county employee over a weekend in March.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City elementary school has found a cheap, chemical-free way to clear weeds from a treacherous hillside: A team of hungry goats. For the third year in a row, a herd of goats is being used to landscape the tricky terrain at Washington Elementary School. Ordinarily, the 4 Leaf Ranch brings 100 to 200 goats to devour the overgrown vegetation. But ranch owner Greg Cover says due to other commitments, only 50 goats were available.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah emergency personnel responded to a cardiac arrest call. The victim of that call was a 6-month-old girl. Weber Area Dispatch says the call came around 10 a.m. Friday at the Lantern House community in Ogden. Lantern House Executive Director Jennifer Canter says staff at the nonprofit shelter was conducting routine room checks and found the baby's mother on the phone with dispatch. The child was transported to the hospital where the infant was pronounced dead. The cause of death is unknown.
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