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Dillon Tree Board announces community forest pruning

Patrick Riedl, a certified arborist from Billings, was awarded the City of Dillon tree pruning and removal contract for 2021. Pruning and removal will take place at 18 different locations along Dillon’s streets. Forty-seven trees will be pruned, and seven trees will be removed due to rot and possible failure. All tree stumps from the removed trees will be ground out. Work will begin in May and should be completed by the end of the month.

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

Beaverhead County rural schools hold science fair

On a typical year, the Rural Science Fair is held at the University of Montana Western. It is a fun and crazy day. Students, teachers, judges, and parents and other family members fill the arena. Students nervously await their judging times as they stand by the tables of display boards and experiments. Judges move from table to table, listening intently to presentations explaining the hypothesis, procedures, results, and conclusions. They ask questions and mark their score sheets.

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare:

March 13 – A baby boy to Nicholas and Susanne Valach of Dillon.

MSU medical student receives prestigious Army scholarship

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BOZEMAN, March 25 — A Montana State University student and future doctor received a comprehensive and competitive scholarship through the U.S. Army last month to facilitate her medical training and aspirations as a rural health care provider.

Twin, Sheridan students haul in over $15,000 in prizes in business contest

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Kids in the Ruby Valley are fired up about entrepreneurship. After a recent contest concluded, students from Sheridan and Twin Bridges were over $15,000 in cash and scholarships richer, due to their innovative and fertile business acumen.

Twin Bridges School and Community Foundation looks to promote excellence

The Twin Bridges School and Community Foundation met Monday, March 15 in Twin Bridges to update their current by-laws and elect new director officers.

Thawed: Dillon Rotary Ice Melt Contest ends

Given the frozen state of the lake the day before, the sight of the Dillon Rotary Ice Melt Contest floating on an ice-free Logan Lake on Thursday might have seen like a late-winter mirage.