Wibaux News

The Montana Highway Patrol has closed a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 90 east of Billings because of icy conditions that have caused multiple accidents. via Missoulian

“I visit each of Montana's 56 counties every congressional term so I can hear directly from Montanans. I encourage everyone to join me to discuss the important issues facing Montana and the nation”

Congressman Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., is inviting area residents to share their concerns during a series of public listening sessions to be held in seven different eastern Montana counties beginning next week. via Great Falls Tribune

“Staying in constant touch with my constituents in eastern Montana is vitally important as I meet the challenge of representing a state as large, and as diverse as Montana”

Rehberg staffer in area Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg will have a congressional field officer in Sidney for office hours at 4 p.m. Jan. via Sidney Herald-Leader

“I'm at $300 right now, so I'm aiming at $600.”

"We go out with a budget, but like everyone else, no one sticks to it." says shopper, Justin Berg. via KOTA

“We do not believe that Missoula has enjoyed a musical event so thoroughly as yesterday's coming of Sousa's band since - well, since the last time Sousa's band was here”

Fallon County was created at Ekalaka, carved out of eastern Custer County and named after Maj. via Missoulian

A measure abolishing the use of narrow sleds on roads and highways was passed in January 1925. via Sidney Herald-Leader

What do small high schools like Fairfield and Wibaux have in common with much larger places such as Dillon, Libby, Billings Senior, Billings West and Helena Capital? Usually, not much. via Great Falls Tribune

“The territory of Montana welcomes to her borders the great modern agents of civilization - the locomotive and the railroad.”

Nov. 5, 1850 Father Joseph Joset turned the deed of St. Mary's Mission over to Major John Owen in the Bitterroot Valley, marking the first land conveyance in what's now Montana. via Missoulian

Evelyn Rimel and her neighbor and helper George Tayer stand in the center of the Orchard Homes Country Life Club, the setting for a book Rimel wrote chronicling the history of the 96-year-old club. via Missoulian

“The Montana Cooperative Extension Service: A History, 1893 - 1974”

Two pioneers of Montana Extension have been inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame: M.L. Wilson and John C. Taylor. via Montana State University

Billings Central 41, Glendive 6 Colstrip 40, Lodge Grass 0 Columbia Falls 18, Polson 13 Conrad 14, Shelby 8 Cut Bank 27, Choteau 20 Fairfield 28, Fort Benton 27 Malta 37, Plentywood 0 Sidney 34, Laurel 13 ... via Casper Star-Tribune