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The November weather report from the Knees has been released, & the weather for the month was quite a "roller coaster ride" as far as temperatures were concerned. Last Friday the "unofficial" temperature went from 56 above to 7 above in a 24 hour period. Th...

The Whitlash Presbyterian Church will be holding their Bazaar AND Dinner tomorrow (Sunday). Church in Whitlash is at 11 tomorrow morning with the dinner at High Noon with the Bazaar AND Auction following. Why not pile the family into the family bus & make a "Dash for Whitlash" tomorrow morning!...

I had a dream last night that all the food in the world was free, BUT I'm not going to mention this to Lisa Schmidt when she stops by the Puffman Show tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 2:30! Lisa who writes the column, "Prairie Ponderings" Sundays in the Great Falls Tribune will be my special guest tomorrow afternoon & Lisa is out with a wonderful new book, Prairie Ponderings" tha

Life on a ranch can be funny & frustrating, exhilarating & distressing, but it is never, ever boring. Just ask Pondera County's Lisa Schmidt. Lisa is hosting a book signing this afternoon (Thursday) down in Great Falls at the Great Falls Tribune, 205 River Drive South. Lisa w...

The Farm Service Agency in conjunction with RMA & MSU Extension is hosting a series of informational meetings on the NEW programs under the 2014 Farm Bill including PLC & ARC. There'll be a meeting this afternoon (Monday) from 2 until 6 down in Choteau at the Stage Stop Inn Conference Room. The Fa...

The BAD news is that the Devon Church had to cancel their Fall Dinner scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday) because of plumbing problems. BUT...the GOOD(! news is: the Sunburst Lutheran Church Harvest Dinner AND Bazaar IS ON for tomorrow from noon until 3...

The First Presbyterian Church down in Conrad will be holding their Harvest Dinner tonight (Friday) & EVERYONE is welcome! Harvest Dinner hours tonight in Conrad at the First Presbyterian Church are from 5 until 7 & dig this: Take out AND delivery is available by calling 278 3043. Harves...

The Precipitation Report from the Knees area is IN for the month of September (just released this morning!) with total precipitation for the month rolling in at 1.01. A trace was recorded on September 1, 3rd, 12th, 18th & the 29th. September 4th & the 28th saw 0.12. 0.1...

It's Thursday(!) & Shelby is bustling today. Story Time is scheduled for 10 this morning at the Toole County Library & later this afternoon, the Shelby Food & Craft Market will be up & running down in Shelby City Park. It won't be long until we're "All done having FUN" at our Shelby Food & Craft Markets for the season...it was a GREAT su...

What a WONDERFUL week for the area Farmers' Markets here in our Golden Triangle...high temperatures in the 70's & 800's! The Cut Bank Farmers' Market is happening this afternoon (Wednesday) from 3 to 6 at Cut Bank City Park. Tomorrow morning, there's a Food Market up at Spark Park in Sunburst beginning at 9 o'clock SHARP. Ou...

Tall Todd, the custom harvester fellow, says there's still a lot of grain left to be harvested in the Cut Bank area. Todd has moved north of the border to begin harvesting up Alberta way. Earlier, heavy rains delayed the Canadian harvest & early snows put much of the crop FLAT on the ground. Th...

The Oilmont County Water District's water is CONTAMINATED with E. coli & is currently under a boil water ORDER. E. coli bacteria were found in the water supply on August 18th AND August 25th! Additional tests confirmed the presence of bacteria. Th...