Platteville News

To apply for the $20,000 Wedding Giveaway, fill out the entry form at one of the following entry drop-off locations by Dec.

It was, said Lucy Pineda of Firestone, "like a giant Easter-egg hunt." Pineda and her husband, Dan, along with their 5-year-old grandson K.J., were among the hundreds of people who flocked to Miller Farms, west of Platteville, for its second annual gleaning - which allows people to gather as much produce as they like.

Howard Helmer, left, a Guinness World Records holder since 1999 for the world's fastest omelet maker, shows Jean Haskovec of Firestone, who works for Eggland's Best Eggs, how to flip an omelet from the pan to the plate Thursday afternoon at the Weld Food Bank in Greeley.

Rozetta Anderson prepares for another serving of jalapeno jelly, served by Sandy Felte on Saturday morning at the Family Affair Craft Sale at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 225 6th St., in La Salle.

A front-page article in a recent edition of The Tribune quoted a Weld County Commissioner as saying the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's new rules are as much to blame for reduced drilling operations in the Wattenburg Basin as the impact of the struggling economy.

For more information on the Weld County Veterans Memorial, go to www.weldvetsmemorial.com. OTHER EVENTS Other Veterans Day activities planned: Veterans who have served in wars from World War II to the War on Terror will take part in a panel discussion at Aims Community College from 12-1:15 p.m. Wednesday in Ed Beaty Hall Theater.

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.