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HELENA – Several attempts to file fraudulent tax returns have been detected for this year’s income tax season, the Montana Department of Revenue announced today. The fraudulent filings were recently discovered by the department’s fraud detection programs. “Basically, hackers have stolen people’s identities and filed fraudulent tax returns in order to steal refunds,” explained Department of Revenue Director Mike Kadas. “The department is vigilant about stopping fraud and is taking extra care with all returns to look for signs of identity thef...
Bill and Mary Forrester met in Great Falls, MT while Bill Forrester was stationed at the Air Force Base and his future wife was there training to become a nurse. On July 6, 1951 they were married and will be celebrating their 64th anniversary this summer. In 1952 their oldest son was born and shortly after that during the Korean War, Bill Forrester was stationed in Alaska and Mary Forrester moved back to Sidney, where she is from originally. Eighteen months later, he joined her. It has been...
In just a few days, most of us in one way or another will celebrate Valentine's Day. This day has come to symbolize great romance, and lovers of all ages who have sweethearts or significant others in their lives will send flowers or cards, give candy, or in some other way show their love and adoration for their special person. Love comes in many guises. There's the passionate, hormones-raging-out-of-control love of youngsters (think Romeo and Juliet); there's the love born of the desire for...
Local Red Cross volunteers respond at all hours of the day and night with food, blankets, clothing, lodging, and comfort to help more than 500 people with nowhere else to turn after disasters in 2014. That includes 15 families displaced after a tornado hit Watford City, ND last summer. As the population in western North Dakota and eastern Montana increases, the need for volunteers and capacity also rises. From home fires to blizzards and tornadoes to floods, the Red Cross will be there. But we can’t do it without the help of our neighbors. 9...
MEDORA - The Chateau de Mores State Historic Site will host the program “Fashioning the West: Clothing and Culture in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras” with Anne Foster at 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at the Chateau de Mores Interpretive Center. There will be a $20 admission fee. How can a hoopskirt be liberating, a corset comfortable, and just how do you sit down in a bustle? Foster answers these questions and more in this presentation combining historical photographs and reproduction clothing. More than simply whims of fashion, clo...
The North Dakota State Historic Preservation Office and the State Historical Society of North Dakota invite the public to provide input into historic preservation goals and activities for the five year period beginning January 1, 2016. A survey into the challenges and goals for historic preservation can be accessed at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WLYR28C. Responses will be collected through July 1, 2015 and will be used to determine the direction of historic preservation for the future. Periodic update of the state’s comprehensive historic p...
Goody bags were created and donated by local youth from the First English Sunday School, of Bainville, and given to Roosevelt Medical Center to be distributed to young patients who have to visit the emergency room. "These bags are a great comfort and distraction for children who can feel very nervous and scared when they are in an emergency situation. It's also such a great way for those who made the bags to give something back to their community," said Vicky Grimsrud, Activities Director for...
Noah Thiel, fourth-grade student at Rau School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Feb. 2nd, and a chance at a $50,000 college scholarship. The school-level geographic bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 27th Annual National Geographic Society. Runner-up was Kailey Olson. Thiel will take a written test that is submitted to the state level. Up to 100 of the top scorers in each state will be eligible to compete in...
Bill Whitsitt, retired Devon Energy Executive Vice President, keynotes the 40th Economic Outlook Seminar series, “The New American Energy Revolution: Reshaping Montana.” The series begins in Missoula Friday, January 23, 2015 and concludes in Miles City March 18. The half-day seminars will highlight economic trends for local, state and national economies. UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research economists Patrick Barkey and Paul Polzin will present economic forecasts for each seminar city, and industry experts will provide the outlook for...
