Platteville News

Oscar Escalera and Mayra Martinez Haro, both of Greeley Samuel Bennett and Leslie McDonald, both of Firestone Oct.

Four years ago in the quiet town of Platteville, a grandmother who should have been playing bridge with friends, lay dying in her home, bleeding from cuts to her throat.

Several Weld County municipalities are allowing their voters to decide whether ordinance publications and other proceedings should still be required to published in newspapers.

A heilium powered aircraft that was believed to carry a 6 year-old child floats southwest of Keenesberg, Colo.

After scouring northern Colorado by foot and air, frantically chasing a now-infamous Mylar balloon for dozens of miles, and interviewing his big brother, over and over, authorities ended their search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene where it began -- at his house.

The aircraft was spotted near Interstate 76 at Keenesburg around 1 p.m. Eric Bellamy/ebellamy@greeleytribune.com Larimer County Sheriff's Office sent out a press release at 4:15 p.m. today that 6-year old Falcon Heeney has been located and is at home in the custody of sheriff's office personnel in Fort Collins.

A large wagon pulled by a farm tractor takes guests around the 200-acre working farm on a free guided, informative tour telling about Harvest Farm and its operation and residents during the 2009 Fall Festival.

Henry Jneiser and Larry Swyers met by accident - literally - and are now partners in a automotive repair shop that will conduct a grand opening Saturday.

"From the time the egg is laid to the time it is put in the carton, it is not touched by humans," said Derek Yancey, of Platteville, to a tour group before watching eggs go through a wash at Morning Fresh Farms east of Platteville on Thursday morning.

Inmates from the Summit County Jail traveled to Miller Farms in Platteville, Colo., last Saturday to participate in a trial run of what has been dubbed "Operation Produce." The brainchild of Capt.

Do you feel the economy is turning around? Yes No It's so slow I can't tell which way it's moving.

A Greenwood Village company will soon bring broadband Internet and digital phone service to Frederick, Platteville and Fort Lupton.

ENLARGE This pastoral view looking in a southerly direction from the gate into the Fort St.

Robert Alquist and Melody Anderson, both of Fort Lupton Alonzo Delgado and Mary Elias, both of Platteville Jamie Edwards and Sandra Swim, both of Evans Clifford Moore and Nancy Walker, both of Rush Springs, Okla.

Tickets General admission is $7.50; tickets can be purchased online at https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=229 Before heading to Los Angeles for a master's program in film and television production at USC, A.K. Hottman wanted to finish what he started during his undergraduate years at CU Boulder.

A Sept. 21, 2009 , wedding is planned at River Falls Inn in Drake. Kristina is the daughter of Jennifer Palma of Platteville and Daniel Mattusch of Boulder .

Tabitha, right, and Becky Campbell, left, of Victory World Outreach church look at the scale at the Weld Food Bank, as they weigh food they will donate to needy families in their congregation.

The annual Miller Farms Fall Festival starts Labor Day weekend and continues through mid-November, offering a variety of educational experiences for children and adults.

Weld County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested two men and charged them with stealing close to $20,000 worth of drill stem pipes.

St. Nicholas Church is preparing to celebrate its 120th anniversary beginning at 11:15 a.m. Aug.