La Salle News

Once upon an extremely dry summer before the turn of the previous century, Carlton C. Calkins took advantage of a natural spring-fed depression on his land east of Longmont to make a lake.

John and Alice Derrera of Greeley celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a second wedding on Nov.

Weld County has another world champ. Trent Johnson has designed and built Western hats for a U.S. president - twice - the emir of Kuwait, and the secretary general of the United Nations, just to name a few.

I'm calling regarding the article from Christine Magnuson recently. She said 45,000 lives lost each year because of lack of health insurance.

For information on Fern Tree Farm, call 352-4478 or go to www.fernhillfarm-christmastrees.com. For information on Christmas Tree Acres, call 284-6061. For information on Windsors' Christmas Trees, call 686-5253 or go to www.windsorstrees.com. Two area cut-your-own Christmas tree farms will open Friday.

Two Weld County students enrolled at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling are recipients of "Student of the Month" awards for their respective academic programs.

Kody and Candace Lostroh sit on the corral at their home south of Kersey on Friday afternoon.

Holiday revelers have plenty of options when it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree.

Rozetta Anderson prepares for another serving of jalapeno jelly, served by Sandy Felte on Saturday morning at the Family Affair Craft Sale at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 225 6th St., in La Salle.

Zachary Schatz of Longmont was driving his 1997 Audi southbound on Highway 287 at 3:45 a.m. when he ran off the left side of the road and into the median where he struck a concrete culvert.

Kody Lostroh was driving to his La Salle home Monday afternoon from Las Vegas where he had just won the 2009 PBR World Championship - and the $1 million prize that goes with it - in front of a sold-out Thomas & Mach Center crowd Sunday.

LIONS CLUB PANCAKE BREAKFAST, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at La Salle Lions Club, 112 Main St., La Salle.

A Weld County jury convicted a 24-year-old Fort Collins man on six criminal counts in an Evans home burglary last year.

A 20-year-old man from the Brighton area is now facing a felony cultivation charge after his landlord found 95 marijuana plants in the basement of the house he was renting in La Salle.

Organizers of an event are inviting residents to remember the life of a former soldier who hailed from La Salle.

John Gates is a proven leader. He demonstrated this quality when he was chairman of the Greeley Independence Stampede.

Guest speaker Ron Buford will speak at the Sunday morning services at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 2101 16th St., Greeley.

The annual Weld County 4-H Mardi Gras will be 3-9 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Exhibition Building in Island Grove Regional Park.

Danielle Rutz, 19, of Greeley, left, Shay Lang, 18, of Ault, center, and Megan Pershing, 18, of Greeley, train for the jazz portion of the Colorado Dance Collective Company on last Thursday at the Dance Factory in Greeley.

Jessie Jerke, 19, left, of La Salle works to pick up a playing card with her physical therapist, Katie Castleberry, on Thursday afternoon at Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital in Loveland.