AM: Mitt, Butch, & Friends

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Mitt Romney flank Otter’s wife, Lori Otter, in the back row against the flag’s red and white stripes Wednesday in Boise. Religion emerged front-and-center at a campaign event for Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter in Boise, attended by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Romney, a Mormon, is popular in  Idaho, where about a third of the 1.5 million residents also belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Story here . (AP Photo/John Miller)

• Idaho Records /Sherry Adkins, SR
• Wednesday Scanner Traffic /DFO, Huckleberries Online
  
• Showers arrive in Spokane, more over weekend /Mike Prager, SR
• Sex predator has Sandpoint on edge /Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Bee
• 2-fer: High school football: Greg Lee’s Pick 6 /Spokesman-Review; and: Coeur d’Alene High ranks No. 2 in latest prep football poll /Ryan Collingwood, LMTribune
• 3 boys allegedly abducted by father found safe in Butte /Spokesman-Review
• 3YO boy ‘critical’ after baby-sitter pushed him for urinating /Brian Walker, Press
  
• Agreement for fences on Sanders Beach would end suits /Tom Hasslinger, Press
  
• Colleges combine forces to seek Ed Corridor building /Brian Walker, Press
• Farm Bureau: Minnick 1 of 5 with perfect voting record /Dan Popkey, IS
  
• Ash aphids return to Coeur d’Alene /Alecia Warren, Coeur d’Alene Press
  
• Landers: Readers share stories of moose on the loose /Spokesman-Review