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Julia Tonne receives UM Outstanding Senior Award

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In addition to graduating from college with a Bachelor of Arts in communication, a minor in English, and a health communication certificate in just three years, 2017 Stanford graduate Julia Tonne also won a prestigious award from the University of Montana’s Communication Department.

From Harvard to Judith Gap

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It was a fluke, a very serendipitous fluke that changed the direction for Harvard graduate Lisa Screeton, leading her on a path to teaching and eventually to Judith Gap Montana.

MFU participates in Farmers to Families program

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Montana Farmers Union is pleased to partner with the Western Montana Growers Cooperative and Lake County Community Development Corporation to distribute boxes of Montana-grown produce to families in need as part of the Farmers to Families Food Box program. This program will support local farmers who lost markets due to closures of schools and restaurants.

Montana crop production forecasts

Winter wheat production in Montana, based on conditions as of July 1, 2020, is forecast at 71.05 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is down 8% from the June 1 forecast and 25% below the 95.00 million bushel crop produced last year. Estimated acreage for harvest, at 1.45 million acres, is 450,000 acres less than the 1.90 million acres harvested in 2019. As of July 1, the average yield is forecast at 49.0 bushels per acre, down 1.0 bushel from the June 1 forecast and from last year’s final yield.

2020 Central Montana Junior Livestock sale goes virtual

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While many things have been cancelled in 2020, one event we still have to look forward to is the 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Sale at the Central Montana Fair on Friday, July 24 at 3 p.m. And this year, you can attend the sale in person or online! To minimize crowds and keep our communities and 4-H/FFA families safe, we have added an online bidding option, where you can view a live-stream of the sale ring while social distancing from home. We strongly encourage buyers to utilize the online option when possible.

Grasshoppers invade eastern Central Montana

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Sometimes you wonder if the year 2020 is cursed. First the coronavirus, then murder hornets and now…grasshoppers?

Team up, mask up

Wednesday afternoon Governor Steve Bullock announced the mandatory wearing of masks in counties with four or more active cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The directive from the governor came after two weeks of both steadily rising case numbers and pleas from the business community and others for Montanans to “mask up.”

NEWS BRIEFS

Fergus County Transportation Committee annual meeting on July 20

LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOTTER

The following report is taken from information provided by the Central Montana Dispatch and does not represent the total scope of police or sheriff activities. All persons are innocent until proven guilty.

Two new COVID-19 cases in Fergus County

The Central Montana Health District issued the following release on Thursday morning.

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