Deanie Wimmer

4 days ago | ksltv.com | Deanie Wimmer

OGDEN — Graduation day in the Ogden School District, and no one appreciates the importance of this day more than Deliah Romero. “I got told many times that I wasn’t able to graduate and people looked at me and told me personally that I wasn’t going to make it, and that I wasn’t going to do anything, be anything, and I proved them wrong because I had support,” Romero said.

3 weeks ago | ksl.com | Deanie Wimmer |Debbie Worthen

Estimated read time: 4-5 minutesKEY TAKEAWAYS Sha Reh survived a family shooting, but lost his entire family and sustained vision loss. Reh transferred to Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind to learn Braille. He plans to attend University of Utah, inspired by his brother, pursuing pre-law. OGDEN — Thousands of Utah seniors over the coming weeks will graduate from Utah high schools. Few, if any, have experienced the challenges of a senior from Granger High.

3 weeks ago | ksltv.com | Deanie Wimmer

OGDEN — Thousands of Utah seniors over the coming weeks will graduate from Utah high schools. Few, if any, have experienced the challenges of a senior from Granger High. On December 17, Sha Reh survived a family shooting that killed the rest of his family. He was shot and found two days later in the garage. “I just want to keep moving forward with my life,” Reh said. Recovering and grieving in the hospital, he had to decide how he was going to live his life.

3 weeks ago | ksl.com | Deanie Wimmer

SALT LAKE CITY – Mother's Day is often a celebration of love, sacrifice, and inspiration, but for one Utah County family, it also marked an extraordinary academic milestone. On the same day, 79-year-old Connie Measom achieved her long-sought bachelor's degree while her daughter Erin Measom earned a doctorate, turning their graduation ceremony into a family triumph. Erin Measom was able to push her mother's wheelchair across the stage to resounding applause.

1 month ago | ksltv.com | Ken Fall |Deanie Wimmer

SANTAQUIN – Peaches, apples and cherries are starting to blossom in orchards around Santaquin. To keep his family farm running and the fruit trees productive, Curtis Rowley relies on the federal H-2A guest worker program. “I’m just a farmer,”  Rowley said. “Part owner with all my brothers.”All the laborers at Cherry Hill Farms are on H-2A visas. At this time of year, Rowley says the plan is to employ 50 to 60 seasonal workers, the majority from Mexico.