Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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This week music enthusiasts from across the state will make their way to "Bridge" near Cardwell for the 19th annual Rockin the Rivers festival. The music festival is scheduled to take place August 8 to 10, and the 2019 lineup will include Cheap Trick, Warrant, Dokken and Zakk Wylde. According to co-owner Dave Hamilton, preparations for 2019 have been going well. "Our team plus many dedicated volunteers are working tirelessly to transform the venue and prepare it for the thousands of fans eager...
A 31-year-old was arrested in the early morning hours on July 28 following a home invasion in Whitehall. According to Jefferson County Sheriff Craig Doolittle, the department received a call at 4:55 a.m. from a resident on 2nd Street West who reported he had woken up and found someone in his bedroom. Doolittle said the resident detained the suspect and it was reported he had another person waiting outside in a vehicle. Doolittle added the suspect was able to run out of the back door of the...
Lova Rae Loomis, 74, of Whitehall, Montana passed away, Saturday, August 3, 2019 after battling an aggressive diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer. Lova was born on March 31, 1945, in Dillon, Montana to John Dee and Rachel (Lott) Cherry. She graduated from Lima High School in 1963, and graduated from Western Montana College in 1967. On July 6, 1968 she married James Larry Loomis in Lima, Montana. Lova was a dedicated, inspirational educator who touched many lives in the Whitehall School System. She...
On January 4th, 1945, Milton Neil Segmiller was born in Laurel, MT, the youngest son of Hertha (Dupke) and Michael Segmiller. He was born at home, delivered by a midwife who had to trudge through knee-deep snow to attend his birth; which was truly a blessing in so many ways. He attended schools in Laurel and Fromberg, Montana and obtained his GED in Helena. On August 15, 1964 he married Kyleen Cleveland, in Billings, MT. They were blessed with three children in their almost 55 years of...
Patrick Jerry Brennan Born: April 5, 1975 Murray, Utah Died: July 30, 2019 Whitehall, Montana Our amazing and talented son, Patrick, returned home to his Father in Heaven very unexpectedly on July 30, 2019 at home in Whitehall, Montana. He was with his beloved soul mate Amy Gabron, and their very special little doggies Chloe and Zoey. Patrick had a great love for his family and extended family and loved serving them in any way he could. He had a real soft spot in his heart for all his nieces...
A few years ago, I was covering a Class B State Track meet in Butte and it was a typical Montana spring day that featured just about all four seasons. When I left the house in the morning it was frigid and appeared it might snow at any minute. This really isn't unusual so despite the fact it was near the end of May I put on a heavy sweatshirt and beanie and made the trip over Homestake Pass. Shortly after arriving the weather slowly started to improve and by noon it felt like this was a...
Approximately 125 alumni returned to the Indiana University Geological Field Station in the Tobacco Root Mountains to celebrate 70 years of exploring this diverse geological site. In 1948 Charles Deiss began the field camp because "the region offers more extensive and varied geologic phenomena than any area of equal size in the United States." Since 1950, over 5,000 students from over 200 colleges and universities have enrolled in this course and they came back together from Aug. 2 through 4th...
The Whitehall Biological Weed Control Project has had a busy year. We started June 1st and have collected/released the following numbers so far: Mecinus janthiniformis (Dalmatian toadflax stem weevil, collected near Missoula and Helena): 4,100 = 41 releases. Collection season done. Jaapeilla ivannikovi (Russian knapweed gall midge, from the Whitehall insectary): 30 galls (a gall is a swelling on the plant that contains multiple larvae) = 10 releases. Collection season done. Aulacidea acroptiloni...
A magical season came to an end last Wednesday for the Gallatin Valley Outlaws. The Outlaws finished their season with a heartbreaking 15-14 loss to host the Bitterroot Red Sox at the Montana/Alberta American Legion Class A State Tournament in Florence. A win by Gallatin Valley would have sent them into the championship game against eventual winner Vauxhall (Canada). The squad who plays their home games in Three Forks finished the season with a 42-16 record and won the district tournament in...
