Martinsdale News

HELENA, Mont. - A Martinsdale man has claimed the $90,000 Montana Cash prize from Wednesday's drawing.

My wife and I drove to White Sulphur Springs on Memorial Day and put flowers on the grave of my mother and other relatives who are buried at the cemetery.

“Alberta and Marguerite wanted this to be a museum and not only is it important to their family history, but it's really important to Montana history.”

In a home housing artifacts sometimes only found in the finest of museums in New York City, the average Montanan can find themselves gazing on artwork of Edouard Cortes, handwritten correspondence from Charlie ... via KRTV

Take a trip back in time and discover the history of one of Montana's most illustrious families - the Bairs. via Great Falls Tribune

"Montana Museum Board Breached Duty, Court Says": Today's edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, "The Montana Supreme Court dismissed on Tuesday the board of the Charles M. Bair Family ... via Legal Times

“We almost always have a constant wind”

MARTINSDALE COLONY -When he was a kid, Peter Wipf and his father used to feed the cattle each morning from a horse-drawn wagon. via Great Falls Tribune

A former U.S. Postal Service employee accused of lying about disabilities to collect workers' compensation has pleaded not guilty to mail and wire fraud as well as theft of federal government money. via KPAX

“I'm not going to be around, because the free market is going to tell me to go to Idaho”

HELENA - Small producers of wind power in Montana say NorthWestern Energy wants to overcharge them for adding their power to the grid that serves NorthWestern's electric customers. via Great Falls Tribune

Audrian L. 'Dutch' Willems, 85, of Great Falls, died of natural causes Feb. 17 in Spokane. via Great Falls Tribune

“There are no bad roads in the skies and a fellow can just skim over woods and mountain peaks and muddy roads and washed-out bridges and gullies and everything else - and do it in half a day.”

Feb. 14, 1865 James Whitlatch recorded his claim to the famous Union Lode, which is said to have made him Montana's first genuine millionaire. via Missoulian

“Kenny wasn't too sure about this square dancing stuff when we first started. I just looked at him and said, 'You gonna come with me?' Now he really enjoys it! If we dance from 7-9 p.m. that equals about five miles of walking.”

Laughter, fun times, no experience necessary - come square dance at the Sidney High School every Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. The cost per couple is $20 for a 10-week course, with senior citizens at no charge. via Sidney Herald-Leader

“I can see his side of it, too”

The Forest Service has rejected a new proposal by Two Dot landowner Mac White that would have granted the public walk-in access to national forest lands near Big Elk Canyon on the east side of the Crazy ... via Billings Gazette

A Texas company with Portuguese backing is working with state natural resource officials in Montana to develop a 300 megawatt wind farm. via Montana's News Station

“We're going to see a number of projects coming through here very, very soon”

A Texas company with Portuguese backing is working with state natural resource officials in central Montana to develop a 300-megawatt wind farm _ twice the size of the state's largest existing wind project. via The Associated Press

HELENA - Montana National Guard World War II veteran Martin J Settle, of Helena, a lifelong Montana rancher, died of natural causes Friday in Helena. via Great Falls Tribune

“It's a lightning bolt away from destruction”

Lawyers for the state and some Meagher and Wheatland county residents urged the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a District Court ruling and stop a trustee board of advisers from closing the ... via Missoulian

“We'd like to make sure that it is preserved and even interpreted better. It really isn't much of a draw right now.”

Tucked between tall grass and maple trees, the Reed and Bowles Trading Post barely resembles the hopping outpost that was Central Montana's lone stop for trappers and traders in the 1870s. via Great Falls Tribune

The Montana Historical Society board of trustees is in unanimous support of the recommended Capitol Complex plan for the Montana Heritage Center. via Great Falls Tribune

Jack Galt was a shrewd poker player who told friends he put himself through Montana State University on his winnings. via Missoulian

A funeral is planned Friday for former state legislator and prominent Republican Jack Galt of Martinsdale. via KPAX