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When Jen Dailey and her daughter-in-law Becky went in search of a big buck a friend had told them about, they didn't know the buck they found would be a Boone and Crockett Award qualifier. "I've been after a buck of that caliber for years. It was a deal with my dad. I needed to get a bigger buck than him. One of our friends called and said, 'Hey, I think I found Jen a buck,' so Becky and I drove over," Jen Dailey said of the 2019 hunt. Jen and Becky parked on the east side of...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received twenty-five calls for service during the week of Feb. 28 to March 6 in the Lincoln area. Deputies performed seven traffic stops. Two of those calls for service generated a case report in the last week: Deputies responded to reports of threats toward another's life March 1 in the 6000 block of W Highway 200. The threats were substantiated and deputies had to act. The incident ended up in a standoff with the suspect inside his home....
How would the world be different if animals could talk? "Well my dog doesn't like my cat so he would probably call him mean names. It would be awesome if my dog could talk. We would be best friends and we could just play together." - William Simon, Pre-K "If animals could talk we would see animals in the city shopping for different things." - Kaydence Simon, Kindergarten "If animals talk it would be amazing. We'd understand cats saying, 'LET ME GO!'" - Emilia Barnett, 1st...
Spring brings warmer days, muddy roads and elementary school basketball week! Coaches Derek Perez and Shane Brown, with the patience of Job, teach the basic concepts of basketball to dozens of Pre K thru fourth grade "Squirmy Wormy," players, whose concentration wobbles between their team strategy and waving to family members in the bleachers. Grant Keaster joyfully announced that "My favorite thing is shooting!" which is a common refrain among the Pre-K crowd who have...
Montana House and Senate Adjourn for Mid-Session Break After Breakneck Floor Sessions After days of marathon sessions, the Montana House of Representatives and Senate adjourned for a nearly week-long break, having advanced more than 200 bills between the two houses in just two days. The break falls on the "transmittal" deadline, in which all bills that don't have spending attached must advance from the house they originate in, or are considered effectively dead. This session,...
At any given time, there could be anywhere from three to twenty books that I’m reading. While most people keep their books neatly stacked on their nightstand, mine are, more often than not, scattered on my bed. Most of mine are usually in the realm of self-help or self-improvement. (Let’s face it, we all could use a little self-help and improvement, whether we know and recognize it, or not). I like to have at least one fictional book or novel to help me leave reality for a whi...
As a country, we've just come through easily the worst election of my lifetime and one where obvious weaknesses in our system were exposed. Most Montanans I talk to are eager to put those passions behind them and get back to normal. Turning down the temperature is going to take work from us all, but one thing that is definitely needed is an election process everyone agrees is fair and transparent. We rely on elections to settle disputes over our most closely-held values. We...
Reverend John P. (Jack) Preston, Jr, age 75, of Cody, Wyo. passed away peacefully at the Long-Term Care Center in Cody on Feb. 24, 2021. Jack was born in Butte, Mont. on September 12,1945 to John and Dorothy (Cloke) Preston. His parents divorced shortly thereafter and Jack was raised as an only child. He grew up in Butte and graduated from Butte High School in 1963. He spent considerable time on the family's ranch in Dewey, Mont. Jack graduated from the University of Montana... Full story
Sandra (“Sandy”) Malquist, 78, passed away peacefully at home with her beloved family by her side Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Sandy was born in Milwaukee, Wisc. on Aug. 18, 1942 to Walter and Anastasia (Daisy) Kiedrowski. She graduated from Holy Angels Academy High School in 1960. Sandy attended one year of college to pursue an English degree, but then switched to obtaining a career in cosmetology. After completing cosmetology school, she owned and managed her own salon. Sandy ma... Full story
Judy Gail Clark McConnell, age 72 of Hamilton, completed a life with love, laughter, and kindness. Judy was born June 8, 1948, to Vern Dexter and Earldean "Deanie" (Hendrickson) Clark, in Great Falls, Montana. She graduated from Florence Carlton High School, in 1967. Judy married Jim McConnell on Nov. 16, 1985 in Lincoln, Montana. They added a son, Jason, and daughter, Cori, to make this family complete. Judy was a past member of the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed being an... Full story
A failed transformer at the Landers Fork substation knocked out power to most of the Lincoln valley Saturday night. The failure cut power to 1,321 Northwestern Energy customers in the valley at about 7 p.m. The outage lasted some five and a half hours. Crews began working on the outage not long after it was reported, and Northwestern Energy dispatched a second crew to Lincoln at 10:30 p.m. to help the crews that were already on working to repair the equipment. Power came back...
The sights and sounds of vintage snowmobiles around Lincoln Saturday hearkened back to the towns days as one of Montana's earliest snowmobile destinations. For the fourth year, the Bootlegger Inn hosted their Vintage Snowmobile Show and Fun Run, featuring sleds built prior to 1996. Bootlegger owner Allen Brandt said this year brought in the largest group of historic sleds in the event's history, with upwards of 50 vintage snowmobiles taking part in the fun run. The route for...
The new movie "Ted K," directed by Tony Stone, debuted Mar. 1 in Berlin at Berlinale, the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Sharlto Copley as Ted Kaczynski and "portrays him here on the basis of his diary entries and his written pamphlets," according to the Berlinale film description. The description goes on to say music and intense images combine with text fragments to "create a hypnotic composition about violence, isolation, and the nature of the...
A Lincoln man arrested Tuesday, March 2 following a standoff with Lewis and Clark County deputies was released on his own recognizance March 3 after spending a night in the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center. Gregory Scheele, 60, has been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon after making what deputies perceived as threats against two individuals - identified in court documents only as 'C' and 'R.' Deputies arrested Scheele at 11:30 a.m. March 2, after he...
