Welding Competition by Michael J. Marino Rayce Fischer, a senior at Lockwood High School, took first place in a recent welding competition with a design of a lion’s head, which will now hang atop the doors to the school’s gym.…
Author: Elisa Schlosser
Town Pump Offers LibraryGrants to ‘Keep Kids Reading’
by Staff The Town Pump Charitable Foundation announced Feb. 27 it is offering $1,000 grants to public libraries in Montana to help fund summer youth-reading programs.
I-90 Construction to Resume
by Evelyn Pyburn As soon as the weather improves, construction of the bridges on the I-90 Yellowstone River Project will resume after having been on hold since November. Everything is in place and the contractor, Sletten Construction, is ready to…
Meet Montana’s Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Stephanie Smith-Miller
by Michael J. Marino Worden VFW Post 7407 named Stephanie Smith-Miller, a music teacher at Lockwood School, the Montana State Elementary Teacher of the Year, and paid a visit to her classroom on Monday, Feb. 13.
Nearly 60 Volunteers Clean Up Pesky Plants at Two Moon Park
by Michael J. Marino A group of local volunteers called the “Burning Buckthorns” spent Saturday, Feb. 4 cleaning up Two Moon Park by removing and burning nuisance plant species along the Yellowstone River.
$3 million in Grants Defray Cost of Lockwood Water Plant
by Evelyn Pyburn As the Lockwood Water and Sewer District (LWSD) wraps up the construction of their $9.6 million upgrade of the community’s water treatment plant, board members expressed great satisfaction that the cost of the project was defrayed by…
Strike Averted by Union, County Agreement
by Evelyn Pyburn A contract ratification vote by county employees as members of the Montana Federation of Public Employees will be held this week following a settlement of contract negotiations that has been on-going with their employer, Yellowstone County, for…