Froid School Oct. 30: Chicken strips, macaroni and cheese, veggies, fruit. Oct. 31: Mummy dogs (pigs in a blanket), maggot eggs (baked beans), skin flakes (potato chips) and zombie eyeballs (grapes). *** Culbertson School Oct. 30: Chicken bowl (chicken chunks, mashed potato, gravy, corn). Oct. 31: Chili, cinnamon rolls, mixed berry cups *** Bainville School Oct. 30: Breakfast:

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reminds landowners, watershed groups and others that this winter’s deadline to apply for Future Fisheries Improvement Program grants is Nov. 15. The goal of FWP’s Future Fisheries Program is to restore rivers, streams and lakes to improve Montana’s wild fish habitat. Entities can receive funding for qualifying projects that benefit Montana’s wild fish.

What is IRMAA? Well, IRMAA is not a beautiful woman! Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount is a surcharge added to the Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D standard premiums for persons who have incomes above the income thresholds set annually by the Social Security Administration. These thresholds are calculated using a person’s MAGI (modified adjusted gross income) from the two years

A man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Oct. 17, to his role in stealing $150,000 by hacking into an elderly Montana woman’s computer, according to a press release from the Montana U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sukhdev Vaid, 24, of India, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release after admitting to wire fraud. Vaid accessed a 73-year-old woman’s account

Most of Montana is likely to see its first major snowfall of the season this week and the first hard freezes of the season at lower elevations, according to Monday’s forecasts from National Weather Service offices across the state. Winter storm warnings and winter storm watches went into effect Tuesday from the Continental Divide eastward across the Rocky Mountain Front, central and southern

Big Sky Butcher LLC from Glendive received a loan offered through the Meat & Poultry Processing Intermediary Loan Program Sept. 8. MPILP is a USDA financial program granting $4 million to Great Northern Development Corp. to establish a revolving loan fund for meat and poultry processing businesses and activities. Matt Baca owns Big Sky Butcher, LLC, and plans to open a state-inspected

As Halloween nears, costumes, decorations and horror movies are sure to generate scares. Another thing that might generate a scare is the prevalence of youth using tobacco and nicotine products. Our young people are increasingly turning to new types of tobacco and nicotine products. Tobacco use and addiction mostly begin during adolescence. Nicotine exposure during adolescence can cause addiction,