Conrad News

PONDERA COUNTY - Cleanup of the Cowgill's commercial garden this fall was aided by 75 toms and hens that think Swiss chard and grasshoppers are a feast.

BILLINGS - Nearly 500 kids in Billings are going home with meals tucked alongside the homework in their backpacks.

Hot apple cider and steaming coffee. Children's choirs singing Christmas carols.

His lone opponent Keith T. Melhus, who had 42 votes, also ran as a write-in. Karla Breding and Wendy Curry Judisch ran unopposed for council.

Ag producers play a crucial role in our region's economy. Each fall, the Montana Grain Growers Association holds listening sessions, to update members on current Ag issues, while giving producers a chance to voice their own concerns.

Steve Allen Bucher, 61, of Vaughn, a Navy and Army National Guard veteran, died of congestive heart failure Sunday at a Fort Harrison hospital.

CONRAD - Walking past the Orpheum Theatre, Helen Elliott takes a step back in time.

Sen. Jon Tester has hired a Conrad farmer to serve as his new state agriculture liaison.

VALIER - Wayne Kilmer Anderson, 71, of Valier, a retired farmer, outfitter and "jack of all trades," died Wednesday of injuries he sustained in an automobile crash near Dupuyer.

When you play a board game, therea s often a marker that becomes a oeyoua for the duration of the contest.

Doreen Lightner's full-time job is working on the farm she and her husband own. Her other job is a group leader with PartyLite Candles, a direct sales company.

A party like this one only comes around every 100 years. Considering that Conrad owes its name to a pair of famous brothers, it seems fitting that another pair of talented brothers is the centerpiece of the town's centennial celebration this weekend.

CONRAD - With his hand on his heart in a futile attempt to slow its nervous beating, Francis Erickson watched frozen as the crane lowered, leaving the 700-pound clock to hang on its brackets.

With a centennial celebration just a week away, it's "time" to celebrate in Conrad.

Montana cowboy recording and performing artist Wylie Gustafson makes a couple of stops in the area next weekend.

CONRAD - Within a year of his arrival in Montana in 1872, Reverend Van Orsdel's works with churches, schools and hospitals earned him a sterling reputation and a legion of parishioners and admirers.

When I was 5 years old, I did not like to take naps. One day, during my forced naptime, as I lay in bed watching the window sash move in the breeze, I wondered what would happen if I took a match to it.

Heather Michelle Sutherland and Jonathan David Carpenter have chosen Oct. 17 as the date of their marriage.

CONRAD - Donatus Alois Kronebusch, 90, of Conrad, a World War II Navy veteran and retired farmer and rancher, died of natural causes Sunday at a Conrad medical facility.

BUCKLIN - Son born Thursday to Vanessa and Tyler Bucklin of Conrad. SHOCKLEY - Son born Thursday to Jessica and Steve Shockley of Fort Benton.