Kootenai County, ID: Several area schools started this week with the remaining schools opening next week. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind drivers to slow down in the school zones. Speed limits in school zones are 20 mph, additionally, drivers are required to stop when someone is in a cross walk or crossing at an intersection.
Deputies will be conducting patrols in the areas and will focus on speed violations as well as cross walk violations.
Please help us ensure our children are safe while they are commuting to and from school.
Sheriff Ben Wolfinger
By: Lt. Ryan Higgins