The Calaveras County Jail and Sheriff’s Office project in San Andreas stands at 81 percent complete through work done in March, according to a monthly status report by construction management firm Kitchell CEM.

The $59 million project is scheduled for completion on June 18. Builder Flintco Pacific of Sacramento estimated last month construction is running about three weeks behind, but that has been trimmed to 17 days in the past month. 

The 29th Annual ICES Children’s Fair will take place Saturday at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds.

The event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature a variety of childrens’ activities, including face painting, seed planting, art projects and gymnastics. The fair is designed to acquaint families with local services and resources.

An on-duty Calaveras County Sheriff’s deputy was injured Sunday in an auto accident in Copperopolis.

About 6:35 p.m., Eric Lisk, 34, was driving a patrol vehicle south on Little John Road with lights and siren activated, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Ric Ryan, of Murphys, is known as the “Walking Man of Murphys.” Amy Alonzo Rozak / Union Democrat, Copyright 2013.

Ric Ryan, widely known as the “Walking Man of Murphys,” turns those waves into donations for military veterans in need of operations.

A former Murphys man accused of killing his son to collect insurance money will stand trial this fall in Seneca County Court in New York.

Investigators are also still looking for parallels to the death of Karl Karlsen’s former wife, who died in a 1991 Murphys house fire.

A bill making its way through the state Legislature would require the California Fish and Wildlife Department to use nonlethal methods when dealing with problem mountain lions.

Under the bill, Fish and Wildlife wardens would be required to attempt nonlethal means to remove a mountain lion perceived as a threat to public health or safety. Such means could include capturing, pursuing, anesthetizing, marking, monitoring, relocating, hazing, re-releasing and other options, according to the bill.

A group of local students will haul homemade catapults to San Jose this weekend for an unusual contest at The Tech Museum of Innovation. 

The 15 homeschooled students formed the Tuolumne Tech Club this year to prepare for the museum’s popular Tech Challenge. 

Sonora High School will get a new aquatics center and updated buildings under a preliminary plan for spending $23 million from a bond measure passed last year. 

Architects and consultants outlined the plan for the Sonora Union High School District Board of Trustees Tuesday, but months of design work still lie ahead. 

The Yosemite Community College District Board of Trustees, which governs Modesto Junior College and Columbia College, is seeking two new members for the Measure E Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee.

The independent committee’s primary function is to inform the public on the spending of Measure E funds, a $326 million bond measure passed in 2004 to pay for improvements and new buildings on both campuses. 

Winter weather didn’t impede progress on the current stage of the East Sonora Bypass, which is still slated to wrap up in July 2014, Caltrans said.

Agency spokeswoman Angela DaPrato said construction crews were able to continue structural work, which is 85 percent completed.