In brief: Motorcycle hits moose on highway
A Nevada motorcyclist suffered injuries Thursday when his Harley-Davidson motorcycle struck a moose on U.S Highway 95 about two miles north of Plummer.
Joe R. Haberthur, 75, was northbound on his 2004-model bike when he crashed into a moose near milepost 397, according to the Idaho State Police.
The Fallon, Nev., man was taken to Kootenai Medical Center, where he was listed in fair condition Thursday evening. A passenger also was injured, but her name and condition have not been released.
Haberthur was wearing a helmet, according to the ISP.
Spokane County
ATV pins, kills man on farm lot
An 85-year-old man died Thursday when the ATV he was using to spray weeds overturned and pinned him, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
The man apparently had been under the ATV for a couple of hours when emergency crews arrived at a small farm lot in the 4100 block of West Washington Road in response to a 911 call about 1 p.m., said sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan.
The man’s family went looking for him an hour after he was due home for lunch. His relatives found him pinned under the vehicle, according to a news release. It appeared he might been driving across the embankment when the ATV overturned.
The man’s name was not released.
BOISE
Education board drops fall ISAT
The Idaho Board of Education has voted to waive standardized testing next fall for thousands of Idaho students in public schools statewide.
The Idaho Standards Achievement Test is given in reading, math and language in the spring to measure student progress and see whether schools are meeting requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Board spokesman Mark Browning said a bulk of the state’s school districts also took advantage of the optional ISAT in the fall to measure student progress from earlier in the year. But teachers across the state signed a petition last year calling for fall testing to end. Students take the spring test in late April and early May, just weeks before school lets out. Some educators argued that testing the students upon their return in September was redundant.
The board’s decision to waive the fall testing is expected to save the agency an estimated $500,000.