Friday Oct 23 | The Modesto Bee
Small-town homes bring higher prices
When it comes to real estate prices, some small towns are doing much better than big ones in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.
Nursery associated with Zaiger to join Ag Hall of Fame
Dave Wilson Nursery, a Hickman-area business that grows and markets Floyd Zaiger's fruit varieties, will join the Stanislaus County Ag Hall of Fame in November.
Bidding farewell to farm friends
Emily Kosky said her final goodbye Saturday morning, stroking the neck of her Boer goat as it gobbled up a breakfast of protein-fortified pellets and alfalfa.
Jardine: Salmon bill thwarts gold miners
Dan Repke of Hickman is one frustrated gold seeker. He's been mining since 1970, sometimes with a pan and sluice box, and at other times with a suction dredge.
Thief files claim over dog bite
A car thief bitten by a sheriff's K-9 has filed a $750,000 claim against Stanislaus County.
Economy, new laws and vigilance help cut rural crime
Stanislaus County nursery operator Michael Frantz enclosed his family's entire operation in miles of chain link fencing.
Patterson girls bounces out of second-story window
A Patterson girl broke her left arm in several places Thursday evening after she bounced off her bed and out a second-story bedroom window, officials said.
The second funeral for Hickman rancher Frank E. Craig will begin at 1 p.m. today at the Turlock Memorial Park Chapel.
Kristin Michelle Lilly of Visalia, daughter of Guy and Nancy Lilly, will be getting married to Cody Porter, son of Jim and Alyson Porter of Hickman, CA.