Tooele County Spotlight

07/11/2025

🎉 Weekend Events in Tooele County – July 11–12
Here’s what’s going on around town this weekend👇

🗓️ Thursday, July 11

🕥 Morning at the Museum
📍 2930 W Hwy 112, Tooele
🕰️ 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
👤 Hosted by Tooele Valley Museum
✅ Free event

🕔 Monster Truck Show (Day 1)
📍 Desert Peak Complex – 2930 W Hwy 112, Tooele
🕰️ Gates open 5:00 PM | Show starts 7:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Monster Truck Family Tour
🎟️ Tickets required

🕠 After Hours D&D Night (Ages 19+)
📍 Tooele City Library – 128 W Vine St
🕰️ 5:30 PM
👤 Hosted by Tooele City Library
✅ Free, registration required → linktr.ee/TooeleCityLibrary

🕖 Fridays on Vine: Lonely Hearts Club Band
📍 Tooele City Park – 55 N 200 W
🕰️ 7:00 PM
👤 Presented by Tooele City Arts Council
✅ Free concert

🕖 Sea Glass Succulents Workshop
📍 Hammer & Stain - Tooele – 28 N Main St, Suite 7
🕰️ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
👤 Hosted by Hammer & Stain – Tooele
🎟️ Paid, pre-registration required

🕖 Wheel Throwing Pottery Class
📍 Black Rabbit Studios – 68 Millpond, Stansbury Park
🕰️ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Black Rabbit Studios
🎟️ $45 per person | Beginner friendly

🗓️ Friday, July 12

🕚 Tooele Valley Museum Free Summer Activity
📍 35 N Broadway St, Tooele
🕰️ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Tooele Valley Museum & Historical Park
✅ Free family activity

🕛 Macey’s Tooele Hiring Event (Day 1)
📍 Macey’s – 972 N Main St
🕰️ 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Macey’s Tooele
✅ Free to attend

🕑 Salt City Drift
📍 Burt Brothers Motorpark– 512 Sheep Ln
🕰️ 2:00 PM – 10:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Salt City Drift
🎟️ $150 per driver | Ride-alongs $25
💻 Tickets/info: saltcitydrift.shop

🕒 Reptiles & Crafts at the Farm
📍 Sassy Pants Farm LLC– 2128 Droubay Rd, Erda
🕰️ 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
👤 Hosted by Sassy Pants Farm LLC
🎟️ $15 per person | Limited seating

🕔 Monster Truck Show (Day 2)
📍 Desert Peak Complex – 2930 W Hwy 112
🕰️ Gates open 5:00 PM | Show starts 7:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Monster Truck Family Tour
🎟️ Tickets required

🕕 Tooele DU Bingo – Red, White & Pews
📍 Pins & Ales (inside All Star Lanes) – 400 N Main St
🕰️ 6:00 PM
👤 Hosted by Utah State Ducks Unlimited
🎟️ Paid event | Dress patriotic for bonus drawing

🕡 Pressed Flowers in Resin Workshop
📍 Hammer & Stain – 28 N Main St, Suite 7
🕰️ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
👤 Hosted by Hammer & Stain – Tooele
🎟️ Paid, pre-registration required

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07/10/2025

07/10/2025

📬 Sorry, no roast today… just this colorful postcard we mailed out to Grantsville!
Designed to spotlight and support our amazing local businesses.

If one of these landed in your mailbox, which LOCAL business would you be excited to support? 👇
Tag them below and help us spread the love! 💛

07/09/2025

🤠 ChatGPT ROASTS STANSBURY PARK (Final Banger Edition)

Stansbury — where every house looks like it was copy-pasted from a Pinterest board called “Suburban Dreams, Mild Regrets.”

This is the land of Bluetooth golf carts, string lights in every backyard, and $2,000 patio sets that no one actually sits on. Every other street is called Country Club — which is cute, considering the biggest flex here is knowing which swan won’t chase your kid.

Everyone moved here from Salt Lake for “peace and quiet,” and now spends half their life stuck on I-80 and the other half defending themselves in the Facebook group because their trash can was visible for six minutes.

The HOA? Thinks it’s MI6. They'll fine you if your lawn is thinking about turning yellow and blacklist you for planting the wrong shade of hydrangea.

And who could forget the time someone dumped bubbles in the waterfall by Maverik and turned the whole place into a low-budget foam rave? Everyone thought it was hilarious — except the poor guy who had to drain it while muttering, “This wasn’t in the CC&Rs.”

And the gnats? Indestructible. No spray, fogger, or HOA-funded exorcism has ever stopped them. They are the true rulers of Stansbury — right behind the emotionally unstable swans and the self-appointed Park Blvd Police who radar-gun every SUV like it’s NASCAR.

You’ll spend more on irrigation than groceries, cry into your Dirty Heifer from Barnyard Coffee & Pop, and wonder why your soul is slowly evaporating somewhere between the HOA newsletter and a Facebook thread about bark mulch standards.

Stansbury Park: Where the streets say Country Club, the vibe says Passive Aggressive, and the only thing stronger than the swan’s side-eye is your HOA violation record.

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07/08/2025

🤠 ChatGPT ROASTS GRANTSVILLE:

Grantsville — where the cows outnumber the people and somehow still have more personality than half the HOA.

Downtown? Blink and you missed it. It’s just a Maverik, a Dollar General, and your childhood trauma all on one block.

Everyone complains about Tooele growing too fast... from the porch of their brand-new beige build with a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag and a diesel truck that revs like it’s in heat at 7 a.m.

Every yard’s got a hay bale, two goats, and a trailer that hasn’t moved since Obama’s first term. And yes, the Walmart Distribution Center is basically our town hall.

Everyone’s cousin has a side-by-side “for emergencies,” a dirt bike that hasn’t had brakes since 2019, and at least one kid who can’t wait to do donuts in a hay field the second school lets out.

Locals brag about “country living,” then immediately post in the Facebook group asking when we’re getting a Costco and better WiFi — in that order.

And when something does open, it’s a full-blown event. Peak Grantsville? A building that doubles as an ice cream shop and a tax office — because nothing says “treat yo’self” like a vanilla cone and your tax return in the same breath.

Every July, the whole town cosplays as cowboys for rodeo week, then goes right back to rage-posting in the 411 about “mysterious booms” — which, spoiler alert, is just the Army depot blowing stuff up again.

Grantsville: where loud trucks rule the streets, the ground shakes on schedule, and the phrase “we don’t want change” is always followed by “but when are we getting a Costco?”

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07/07/2025

📬 Grantsville, Keep an Eye on Your Mailbox! Our First-Ever Local Mailer Just Went Out!

We’re excited to announce that we just closed out our very first Grantsville Spotlight Mailer! 🙌
Huge shoutout to all the amazing local businesses who advertised with us — thank you for your patience and support as we brought this to life!

Also, big props to our print division TC Print Pros for handling all the printing like champs. 💪

📮 Grantsville residents — your postcards are officially on the way, so check those mailboxes!

✨ Up next: Tooele and Stansbury — we’re coming for ya!

07/07/2025

📢 Important Update for Our Spotlight Community! 📢

Hey everyone — we have some exciting news!

Moving forward, Tooele County Spotlight will focus on postcard mailers, community events, and local promotions, while all printing services will now be handled exclusively by our new print division: TC Print Pros!

✅ Need business cards, flyers, banners, or signs?
✅ Looking for high-quality printing with fast turnaround?
✅ Want to support a local business you already know and trust?

Head over to TC Print Pros — your new go-to for everything print! We’re proud to offer the same great service you expect from the Spotlight family.

Thank you for your continued support — we can’t wait to serve you!

07/07/2025

🔥 ChatGPT ROASTS Tooele, Utah:

Ohhh Tooele — where the biggest local headline was a bear in Stansbury, and every business milked it for clout like they’d spotted the Loch Ness Monster.

Every Wednesday at 4 p.m., the town’s doomsday siren screams like Satan’s alarm clock, but everyone just keeps doomscrolling the 411, arguing if that “bang” was a gunshot, firework, or a 1991 Civic coughing its last breath.

Tooele’s 411 page? A soap opera with more drama than Bravo: one post begging for Chick-fil-A, the next ranting about Californians ruining the “small-town vibe,” then a full-blown debate about whether the mystery boom means the aliens finally landed.

Meanwhile, lifted trucks with straight pipes thunder down Vine like it’s Fast & Furious: Rust Belt Edition — because no emissions or safety checks means any pile of junk can become Tooele’s next midnight rev champ.

Traffic? A crawling nightmare on I-80 where you’ll spend more time stuck in your car than at your kid’s school play — all while fantasizing about a Target that’ll never show up.

And every “big new restaurant” is just another chicken or taco joint — because in Tooele, culinary innovation means swapping green salsa for red.

Tooele: where the sirens never stop, the trucks never shut up, and everyone’s still holding out hope that a Chick-fil-A will finally save us.

07/06/2025

🚨 Important Announcement! 🚨

Hey everyone — we have an exciting update!

Moving forward, Tooele County Spotlight will focus on postcard mailers, community events, and local promotions.

All printing services will now be handled exclusively through our dedicated print division, TC Print Pros!

TC Print Pros is part of the Spotlight family and your new go-to for everything print: business cards, banners, flyers, signs, and more — all with the same great service you know and trust.

📢 Need printing? Head over to TC Print Pros and message us today for your quote!

Thank you for your support — we’re excited to continue serving you better than ever!

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07/05/2025

🎆 Don’t Miss the Star Spangled Market – Happening Today! 🇺🇸

📍 140 E 200 S, Tooele, UT
🕓 Open until 4 PM – still time to come enjoy the fun!

Bring the whole family out for a day of excitement at the Star Spangled Market! Explore over 60 vendors and shops offering unique collectibles, gifts, and more. 🛍️✨

Kids will love the FREE water slide, and you can grab a delicious bite from the on-site diner! 🍔🍟

Whether you’re in Tooele or coming from nearby, this is the perfect way to spend your day!

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07/04/2025

Update: Tickets are sold out, but you can still watch it online (see link in this post).

Bit N' Spur rodeo tonight and tomorrow. Don't miss the bronc and bull riding, barrel racing, calf roping, and mutton bustin' fun! 🐎👢

🤠 Get your tickets at https://tooelebitnspur.com/ before they are sold out.

Beware of SCAMS - tickets are only available online on the above link and in person at Macey's Grocery in Tooele.

The Tooele County Bit N Spur rodeo will be available for live streaming at https://mylocalradio.com/mlrsn-rodeo/

07/04/2025

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸
We’d love to see how you’re celebrating today!
Share your favorite 4th of July photos in the comments below! 📸🎆