Idaho briefs December 12, 2011

$100K donated for Moscow rink

MOSCOW - The manager of the Palouse Ice Rink said an anonymous benefactor has pledged to donate $100,000 to expand the rink, if county officials agree to give the rink a 50-year lease to use Latah County Fairgrounds land.

Manager Bryan Hawn said legal counsel for the Latah County Commission is reviewing the proposal and it will be discussed by the Latah County Fair Board as well.

The three-quarter-size sheet rink opened in 2001.

Man to face trial in Idaho bank robbery case

REXBURG - A Livingston, Mont., man has been found competent to stand trial on charges that he robbed an eastern Idaho bank.

Idaho's 7th District Judge Greg Moeller held a competency hearing for John Holland Green last week. The judge set his trial on burglary and robbery charges to begin April 9.

Prosecutors said the 32-year-old Green held up Zion's Bank in Rexburg in January 2010.

- The Associated Press