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In early October, the Big Stone Hutterite Colony split sending half of its people to the new Grass Land Colony. Both are located in the Centerville School District and on Oct. 15, the district school board passed a resolution to open an elementary school on the Grass Land Colony. During their Nov. 13 meeting, Cascade County Commissioners will consider the
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Downtown property owners have voted to renew the Business Improvement District. The renewal will still require a public hearing and approval by the City Commission, which is scheduled for a February meeting. Holiday lights contest in the works downtown Joan Redeen, community director of the BID, told the district’s board this week that 83.32 percent of property owners within the
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City officials have opted to move forward with negotiating a potential management contract with CourseCo for its two municipal golf courses. During Wednesday’s City Commission work session, city staff reviewed the two proposals that were submitted earlier this fall. CourseCo manages about 30 courses, primarily in the Pacific Northwest, 22 of which are publicly owned. The Great Falls Baseball Club,
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The pool at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind School now has water in it and city staff said they’re working with the school to make that the temporary alternative for the Natatorium, which is scheduled for closure at the end of December. “It’s looking very good for the future for a short-term fix,” Park and Recreation Director
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The downtown might be looking brighter this holiday season with a new contest being organized by the Business Improvement District. The BID is expanding the window decorating contest that the Downtown Chicks have sponsored since 2012. That contest was focused on the ground floors and the BID’s concept this year is to expand the effort to upper levels of downtown
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An intercontinental ballistic missile from Malmstrom Air Force Base was used in a test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California overnight. The missile was pulled randomly from the 341st Missile Wing’s complex and transported to Vandenberg. Anomaly causes termination of Malmstrom ICBM during test launch Operators and maintainers from the 341st prepared the missile for launch, according to
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The City of Great Falls offices, including the animal shelter, will be closed Nov. 12 in observance of Veterans Day. The Great Falls Public Library will be closed Nov. 10 in observance of the holiday. There will be no changes to the residential or commercial sanitation collection schedule next week. On Veterans Day, the Community Recreation Center and Natatorium will
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City staffers are proposing changes to municipal code to expand the Board of Adjustment/Appeals’ jurisdiction. The board currently hears requests for variances to zoning and land development codes, among other issues. City staff told board members during a training session last week that they’re planning to recommend that the BOA jurisdiction would include appeals to administrative decisions, as well as
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The election is over and the unofficial results are in. Results aren’t yet final though. County election officials will resolved provisional ballots by Nov. 13 no one was able to vote twice if they moved or lost a ballot. Counties check those ballots across state rolls statewide to verify, according to Rina Fontana-Moore, Cascade County clerk and recorder. On Nov.
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The film WILDLIFE, set in Great Falls and filmed partially in Livingston will be screened at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center theater on Nov. 14. The film, based on the novel by Richard Ford, is set in Great Falls, in the 1960s. Fourteen-year-old Joe, played by Ed Oxenbould, is the only child of Jeanette (Carrie Mulligan) and Jerry (Jake
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