Good morning, Surprise.

Independent Newsmedia’s Senior Expo will bring businesses focused on health care, home improvement, and money matters to The Colonnade in Surprise on Wednesday, Aug.20 from 9 a.m. to noon—vendors will offer services on skin care, ear care, banking and estate planning.

Valley native Colleen Kelahan-Pierson, 29, competes today in Ireland’s Rose of Tralee festival to honor her late mother Kathleen who died last year from a brain aneurysm.

A watch party is held at the Irish Cultural Center and McClelland Library at 11:30 a.m.—her participation aims to raise awareness for aneurysms and strokes.

Dysart Unified School District Superintendent Dr. John Croteau had his 2025-2026 goals approved at a July 28 meeting at 15802 N.

Parkview Place, Surprise — board members set his targets for boosting student career and college readiness. He will be evaluated this school year on whether he meets, exceeds or does not meet these objectives.

Residents near De Jong Dairy Farm have noticed a hay fire burning for weeks and said that smoke and odor have caused health concerns.

Air quality inspectors issued a non-compliance notice as the dairy monitors the blaze daily with a water truck—and they expect the fire to burn out by Friday, August 22.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and other top prosecutors will be subpoenaed to testify in a special evidentiary hearing to decide if charges against pro-Palestine protesters were retaliatory—state law requires them to take the stand to protect First Amendment rights; it remains unclear if the office will challenge the ruling.