Mar 30, 2008 |
The Dirt Riders' Spring Grand Prix is Sunday
The Electric City Dirt Riders are sponsoring the annual Spring Grand Prix on Sunday at the Rainbow Track Complex, located on Wire Mill Road above Black Eagle. via Great Falls Tribune
Power lines likely sparked Rainbow Dam fire
Officials with the Black Eagle Fire Department say they believe some arcing electric wires may have started a grass fire that broke up near Rainbow Dam on Monday. via KRTV
“Go figure, it was 11 miles south of Chinook”
Sleeping in the calving barn, it wasn't the sound of a laboring cow that woke up Aaron Boehm at 4:30 a.m. Monday - it was the whipping wind battering the barn's wood walls. via Great Falls Tribune
“We're just definitely a value added business for Montana farmers and for the Montana agriculture. We're a specialty business but the demand for that is really growing.”
Montana Milling, a commercial and organic grain mill, is building a new processing plant in Black Eagle. via KFBB
Fire Behind Cheif Joseph School
It took 25 firefighters to knock down a blaze behind the Cheif Joseph School at the edge of Great Falls. via KFBB
BLOCK/HANSON - Son born Friday to Melissa Block and Kaine Hanson of Great Falls. via Great Falls Tribune
Black Eagle/Assinniboine Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution, has selected Good Citizen winners. via Great Falls Tribune
Agency gives transmitter a $500,000 grant
“There's still more work to be done.”
A proposed new public television transmitter for the Great Falls area suddenly went from possible to probable, a project backer said Monday. via Great Falls Tribune
Ice rescuers take cold, hard class
“As happens every year and it has happened in Great Falls, we have people who wander out on the ice when conditions are unsafe”
It flattens out, stretches out, reaches out - unmarked and inviting. "Here I am," it seems to say, "An easy way across - a way you cannot take just any old time." The Missouri River is a siren's call to the ... via Great Falls Tribune
Young taxidermist brings home honors from state show
“He went to taxidermy school in Minnesota and he also teaches whitetail courses.”
All Katie Willard knew growing up in Minnesota was whitetails. 'That's all we have back in Minnesota,' Willard said. via Great Falls Tribune
Richard 'Dick' Vukasin, 81, a retired bartender, died Monday at his home in Black Eagle. via Great Falls Tribune
Worthy, helpful housing organization needs some help
Banging a drum softly. That's what NeighborWorks has been doing the past week or so, tapping loyal supporters in its low-key annual fund drive to provide operating money for the housing organization. via Great Falls Tribune
Dance and help charity Friday nights
“We'll put their names in the hat.”
Great Falls is home to many generous souls. Just look at the charity fundraisers held in the city throughout the year. via Great Falls Tribune