Vaughn News

In March, a house fire broke out in Sun River and the local fire department showed up - all three of its volunteers.

Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Thursday, a mobile home in Vaughn caught fire; all of the human residents escaped without injury, but several pets were lost in the blaze.

No one was injured after a fire destroyed a mobile home in Vaughn this morning. Vaughn volunteer fire crews responded to the fire in a trailer home at Sunset Loop around 2:40 a.m. Vaughn Fire Chief Nate Curtis said the home was mostly engulfed in flames when he first arrived at the scene.

Vernon Vincent Muretta, 76, of Great Falls, died of cancer and respiratory complications Wednesday at Peace Hospice.

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

The Vaughn corn maze is back for a fifth season, and so far, staff members say that the response has been "a-maze-ing!" The maze saw over 600 people come through on Saturday, taking part in a tube slide, a corn tunnel, a hay maze and a net maze, as well as a duck race game.

Wednesday marks the deadline for four area groups to decide if they'll enter an agreement to take on more responsibility for the two levees built to protect homes from flooding on the west end of Great Falls and in Vaughn.

As a mom of a 12-year-old, there are lots of things I've trusted my daughter to do: clean her room, make lunch for herself, vacuum, draw wonderful cartoons of cats.

VAUGHN - Former Zortman resident, Buddy J. Morgan, 77, of Vaughn, a Korean War Army veteran and retired Anaconda smelter worker, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home.

A 41-year-old Great Falls man was killed in a motorcycle crash near Vaughn late Friday.

Jeramey Sheeler of Vaughn, who left his 4-year old daughter in the car for hours in sub-zero temperatures last December, received his sentence in a Great Falls courtroom on Thursday.

Jeramey Sheeler of Vaughn, who left his 4-year old daughter in the car for hours in sub-zero temperatures last December, received his sentence in a Great Falls courtroom on Thursday.

A Vaughn man was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday for leaving his 4-year-old daughter alone in a car while he visited a teenage girl on a frigid night last December.

The Great Falls YWCA has selected Autumn Frey as its new executive director. Frey, of Vaughn, takes over for Jill Martinez, who left the position in April to take a job with the Center for Mental Health.

Vicki Lynn Gordon, 56, of Great Falls, a former college admissions counselor, died of undetermined natural causes July 15 at her home.

It's the dog days of summer in Great Falls and that can only mean one thing - it's time for the Montana State Fair.

Crews from six rural fire departments and the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation battled a 100-acre wildland fire into the evening Thursday.

CHOTEAU - Citizens State Bank of Choteau is celebrating its 100th anniversary July 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. with a barbeque, live music and drawings.

A Thursday afternoon grass fire near Sun River burned nearly 200 acres. The fire started as a controlled burn on South Birdtail Road, but when it got out of control it spread quickly to the south and east.

Peggy Reed, 63, of Great Falls, a homecare nurse and homemaker, died of complications from diabetes Sunday at her home.